July/ August 2023

A digital record keeping system for aircraft records has huge advantages over the paper method we’ve been using for over a century. Some of these advantages include:They can be...

Douglas Speight is one of the senior mechanics at Wiggins Airways. He has 10 years of experience with the company and has been an inspector for the past five. “I like to consider...

By learning how to repair propellers, Tucker Johnson, Aircraft Mechanic IV, saved Lynden Air Cargo over $100,000. Johnson started at Lynden Air Cargo as an apprentice while in...

SSgt. Joshua D. Hensley describes himself as a fourth-generation active-duty Army brat who went blue. Hensley’s family never pushed him to join the military. In fact, it was quite...

Benjamin Cohen caught the aviation bug as a kid, thinking originally that he would one day be a pilot. A trip to the local A&P school while in high school changed his mind. “Once...

Industry experts discuss what's available and share the best practices for installation and testing.

After graduating from LSU, Steven Rider took an apprenticeship in the industry and found his niche and he would eventually receive his Master of Aeronautical Science from Embry...

A helicopter mechanic and ambassador for the industry, Faith Ortega got her mechanical start as a kid , helping her father, an auto mechanic, around his shop. Knowing she wanted...

Neena Gill has worked her entire career at StandardAero Limited. Gill learned about StandardAero through family, friends and the excellent reputation the company has within Winnipeg...

Gregory Ruby is a senior inspector with Kalitta Air, which has long been a part of his life. His father also works for the company. Ruby joined Kalitta Air on his 18th birthday...

Timothy A. Smith is a go-to person for Bombardier’s Challenger program. He’s a project manager, aircraft lead, line service, and operations supervisor.  What ...

Before joining the world of aviation, Jonathon Parnell was working on an ambulance. Looking for a career change in 2016, he applied to Certified Aviation Services. “I'd had some...

Learning is what Eric Van Oeveren enjoys most about his career. “Some days you're learning to work on different systems. We're a Part 135 charter operator, so every once in a ...

Chris Hurtado is passing down knowledge. He works two jobs in aviation maintenance, performing line maintenance with UPS, but at FEAM he was brought in to help train the staff...

In his role as manager – ProOwnership Maintenance, Textron Aviation, Caleb Gibson leads a team of maintenance specialists, all serving in a director of maintenance-like capacity...

Jordan Moore didn’t know what he wanted to do with his career. He was bouncing around from opportunity to opportunity, before deciding to take his hobby, travel, and see if he...

Joe Sabatini, director of business development, Thornton Aviation, joins AMT for this edition of the Director of Maintenance Discussion to talk about logging aircraft maintenance...

Jacob Davis is a lifelong aviation enthusiast. He started small: building and flying model airplanes at age 12 and continued in International Miniature Aerobatic Club (IMAC) competition...

Josh Rawlins is not only personally helping the next generation become AMTs, he’s leading initiatives to create new schools and opportunities.Rawlins is the chief operating officer...

Michael Green at age 15 helped out in the body shop in Georgia his mom has managed for 32 years. Green assisted the painter, scuffed bumpers and helped out where needed, then ...

Moritz “Mo” Conrads recently was promoted to senior maintenance manager of Spirit Airlines operations in Orlando, Florida. He’s working on a master’s degree from Embry-Riddle ...

Robert George manages large, complex projects while keeping a close eye on the details within the operation, and all the while, he is developing and strengthening the team around...

Megan Bringham attended the Aviation Institute of Maintenance in Irving, California, and got her A&P at age 30. She then went to work for Thrust Flight in Addison, Texas, and ...

While in the U.S. Navy from 2003-2013, Dave Campbell served as an aviation electronics technician in Strike Fighter squadrons VFA-146, VFA-122 and VFA147 and did multiple tours...

Alexsander Garcia began working in aviation in 2007, following in the footsteps of his father, himself a 43-year veteran of the industry. Garcia worked various jobs during his...

AJ Silva is committed to both the preservation of aviation history and the continued safety of modern aircraft. He spent much of his childhood at Carson City Airport in Nevada...

A year after Dylan Trochim joined Duncan Aviation’s Textron team in Provo, Utah, as lead technician, the team increased the work it performed by 96% and its ELR (effective labor...

Congratulations to this year’s class of AMT’s 40 Under 40 award winners. They represent the industry’s best and come from all around the world and world of aviation.

After leaving the military in 2016, Austin Newby was unsure of what to do. His stepfather, Richard Rawling, began taking Newby with him to work on his planes. Here, he fell in...

Bradley Campbell is a welder – certified by the American Welding Society as a Certified Welding Inspector in 2015 – and launched into the career path straight out of high school...

As the Falcon Lead Maintenance Tech for West Star Aviation, Derek Kilberg leads a crew that sees a plane from start to finish after it comes in the door. “We do anything from ...

Daniel Douglas always knew aviation was the field for him ever since he was 2 years old, stumbling across a stack of old air show programs his father had. “It was in high school...

Aviation is in Jonathan Edmonds’ blood. He’s fourth generation in the industry, starting back with his great grandfather. Edmonds' father, David, worked in maintenance roles around...

For most of his life, John Shearer was interested in aviation. Growing up near Grand Forks Air Force Base, he caught the aviation bug during one of their air shows. After high...

Patrick Peterson has been an automotive mechanic, a diesel mechanic and a service tech. He ran his own business rebuilding snowplow hydraulics for five years. But none of it seemed...

Miles Anderson said he fell in love with aviation long before he was old enough to participate in it. “I grew up beside an airport in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and from the roof...

Aaron Simmons is the face of the shop at Gibson Aviation Services LLC. As the lead aircraft technician and shop manager, there are few aircraft (or pilots) that Simmons doesn’...

Aashish Grover is the senior technical operations lead at Archer Aviation, which plans to bring electric aircraft taxis to the market in 2025.   Initially, Grover worked...

Ever since she took her first flight on an airplane, Chrishanna Frayser has known she wanted to work in the aviation industry. She thought for the longest time that her only options...

Ryan Shepherd became the CEO of Victory Lane Aviation at age 28. “There’s a lot of people that would chalk it up to coincidence or the right place at the right time, which has...

Ray M. Mosquera is the first person in his family to graduate from college. In 2020 he earned an Associate of Science – Aerospace/Aviation Maintenance Technology from Salt Lake...

Serviceable part inventory has tripled, and sales have increased by more than 2,000% since 2019, when Chelsea Pearse began managing Duncan Aviation’s Engine Parts Reclamation ...

Ciarán Argue, who has EASA and FAA aircraft maintenance licenses, has experience and knowledge in commercial aircraft across the world. His training began in Shannon, Ireland,...

ECT uses an amine-based formula for gas path cleaning of jet engines in power recovery or running applications. R-MC has higher temperature stability than any other commercially...

CorrosionX Aviation features Polar Bonding and Fluid Thin Film Coating (FTFC) technologies, CorrosionX Aviation is specially formulated to displace moisture, stop corrosion instantly...

D-Zolve 1220 is designed to remove hard to strip aircraft paints. It can be used on aluminum, low strength carbon steel, stainless steel, fiberglass and other metal and plastic...

ExxonMobil's Mobil HyJet V is a fire-resistant hydraulic fluid made of phosphate ester that is compatible with Type IV and Type V hydraulic fluids, elastomers and other materials...

As part of its portfolio realignment, Raytheon Technologies announced it will now be represented as RTX. As announced in January, the company will operate three focused businesses...

JPB Système, has announced that it has acquired a stake in France-based 3D printer manufacturer start-up, Addimetal, in a move that will offer the companies complete and secure...

While at the FAA, Nolen led the agency’s efforts to enable the safe entry of eVTOL aircraft into the national airspace.

Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce the purchase of all intellectual property, capabilities, and equipment for the FMG4400D Flash Measuring Gun from DeVore Aviation Corporation...

International Aero Engines AG (IAE), a multinational consortium comprised of shareholders including Raytheon Technologies' business Pratt & Whitney, Pratt & Whitney Aero Engines...

Elliott Aviation, a leader in developing and delivering quality aircraft solutions, announces the addition of Daniel J. Edwards as president and chief executive officer. In this...

This was a rare opportunity to procure an entire aircraft.

Upon obtaining an EASA STC certification for this innovative solution, this project will incorporate certified heat-release real glass in commercially operated aircraft with more...

Hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of a transformative project for the Southern Alleghenies region: a new aviation maintenance, repair and services hub...

Aviation software company unveils new name and brand.

GE Aerospace has awarded SkyWest Airlines, a subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. a technical license to use GE’s 360 Foam Wash system on its CF34 aircraft engines, making SkyWest the ...