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on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly. Four African-American women who were employed as human computers were key players at NASA during the “space race” and early space flight. The medals will go to Katherine
Johnson, to Christine Darden, Ph.D., and (posthumously) to Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson. These four women contributed in major ways to the advancement of women (and especially African-American women) in the world of science and engineering. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian honor bestowed by the U.S. Congress. President Trump signed the
legislation November 8 providing the gold medals to these four trailblazing NASA scientists.
SKILL CHECK — THE NEWEST
FEATURE ON
JSFIRM.COM
JSfirm.com announces its newest website feature: Skill Check. This will allow all job seekers to take a multiple choice, 10-question Skill Check to refresh their aviation knowledge in any of the 20 aviation-specific categories. Joel Scekeres, Member Advocate,
says, “Skill Check development will be ongoing; we plan to regularly add new and different content. The goal of this initiative is to create refresher material for current aviation industry employees that can also double as a study guide for future graduates.” From incoming college students
to executives with 20+ years of experience, anyone can take these Skill Checks to test their knowledge and learn more about other aspects of aviation. Scekeres adds, “Skill Checks are made possible in part by our partner schools, who worked with us to help provide these materials. We look forward to the students and alumni of these schools visiting
JSfirm.com to utilize the Skill
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Checks that their alma mater has helped create.” To try Skill Checks, visit jsfirm. com/skillcheck.
DUNCAN AVIATION RECEIVES APPROVAL TO UPGRADE HONEYWELL’S RMU AND
RCZ UNITS Duncan Aviation announces it has received approval from Honeywell Aerospace to perform automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) upgrades on the Honeywell RMU-855 and the RCZ-850 and RCZ-833 series transponders on aircraft that are on-site at a Duncan Aviation facility. All three of Duncan Aviation’s
full-service facilities (Battle Creek, MI; Lincoln, NE; and Provo, UT) and its 27 Satellite Avionics Shops
and workaway stations will be open through the final weeks of 2019. For visits to a Satellite Avionics Shop or a full-service Duncan Aviation facility for an ADS-B upgrade, the Honeywell units will be sent to Lincoln for the modification. “Our turntime at this point has
been running five days,” says team leader of Component Technical Representatives, Dan Magnus. The FAA’s January 1, 2020, mandate deadline for upgrading aircraft to ADS-B is a mere six weeks away. “With the FAA’s mandate drawing
closer, we’re especially pleased to have received this approval from Honeywell to perform these modifcations in-house. It will allow us to maximize the time remaining to complete ADS-B mods for these
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