July/ August 2023

Cortec Corporation
Corrosion inhibiting packaging in the form of VCI film or VCI paper allows metals to be stored or shipped in rust-free condition.
Corrosion Prevention

Corrosion Prevention

Aug. 29, 2023
Vapor phase corrosion inhibitors can slow the attack of corrosion on components, tools, aircraft and more.
Collins Aerospace
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Lighting & Lamps

When to Upgrade to LED

Aug. 23, 2023
Newer LED models are increasingly common as exterior aircraft lighting solutions, but knowing when to retrofit legacy lighting solutions to LED can be tricky.
Jet East Aviation
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NDT/NDI

The How, When and Where of NDT

Aug. 18, 2023
There are many kinds of nondestructive testing (NDT) methods and knowing when, where and how to properly use each is crucial.
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Maintenance Providers

Time Is Undefeated

Aug. 10, 2023
In 2015, I was honored to join AMT Magazine’s inaugural class of 40 under 40 honorees. Having now surpassed the milestone birthday that removes me from eligibility for the list...
Duncan Aviation
Amber Garrett
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Amber Garrett — Structures Team Leader, Duncan Aviation

Aug. 10, 2023
While in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2012-17, Amber Garrett worked on CH-53s, Hueys and Cobras. Her military experience running the structures shop for the Marine Aviation Logistics...

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Record Keeping

Why Scanning Paper Records Is Not a Prerequisite for Moving Into an Electronic Recordkeeping System

Aug. 10, 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
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Douglas D. Speight — Aircraft Mechanic, Wiggins Airways

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
Tucker Johnson
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Tucker Johnson — Aircraft Mechanic IV, Lynden Air Cargo

Aug. 10, 2023
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
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: SSgt. Joshua D. Hensley — Aircraft Metals Technician, 2nd Maintenance Squadron(2MXS), Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana

Aug. 10, 2023
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
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Benjamin Cohen — Aviation Maintenance Technician, Coca-Cola Consolidated

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
Inmarsat
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Cabin Communications

Wi-Fi Installations on Business Jets

Aug. 10, 2023
Industry experts discuss what's available and share the best practices for installation and testing.
Steven Rider
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Steven Rider — M.A.S., Director of Operations, Cannon Aviation Modification and Repair

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
Faith Ortega
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Faith Ortega — Helicopter Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Helicopter Base Mechanic, Air Evac Lifeteam

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
Standard Aero
Neena Gill
Rotorcraft

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Neena Gill, CPA, CMA — VP/GM Helicopter Programs, StandardAero

Aug. 10, 2023
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 P. Ruby Jr.
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Gregory P. Ruby Jr. — Senior Inspector, Kalitta Air

Aug. 10, 2023
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 Smith
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Timothy A. Smith — Challenger Operations Supervisor, Bombardier Business Aircraft – Hartford

Aug. 10, 2023
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 ...
Jonathon Parnell
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Jonathon D. Parnell, Shop Supervisor, Certified Aviation Services- Components

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
Eric Van Oeveren
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Eric Van Oeveren — Mechanic, Burgess Aircraft Management

Aug. 10, 2023
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 ...
FEAM Aero
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Chris Hurtado — Aircraft Maintenance Technician, United Parcel Service (MIA) & FEAM Aero (MIA)

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
Caleb Gibson
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Caleb Gibson — Manager, ProOwnership Maintenance, Textron Aviation

Aug. 10, 2023
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
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Jordan Craig Moore — Apprentice Aircraft Technician, United Airlines

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
Thorton Aviation
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Maintenance Providers

How To Return an Aircraft to Service

Aug. 10, 2023
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
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Jacob Davis — Maintenance Shop Manager, International Jet Aviation Services

Aug. 10, 2023
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
Education & Training

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Josh Rawlins — Director of the Aircraft Mechanic Program (Part 147 School), Epic Flight Academy

Aug. 10, 2023
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
Paints & Coatings

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Michael Green — Global Business Services Manager, AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings

Aug. 10, 2023
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 ...
Spirit Airlines
Moritz “Mo” Conrads
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Moritz Conrads — Senior Maintenance Manager, Spirit Airlines

Aug. 10, 2023
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 E. George Jr.
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Robert E. George Jr. — Director of Maintenance, Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services Tampa, Florida

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
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Megan Bringham — A&P Mechanic, Thrust Flight

Aug. 10, 2023
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 ...
David Campbell
David Campbell
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Dave Campbell, B.S. — Maintenance Organization and Avionics Specialist, Avex Aviation, LLC

Aug. 10, 2023
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
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Alexsander Garcia — President, Icon Aerospace

Aug. 10, 2023
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
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: AJ Silva — Chief Technical Officer / Co-Founder, Legacy Warbirds LLC

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
Duncan Aviation
Dylan Trochim
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Dylan Trochim — Airframe Team Leader, Textron/Embraer, Duncan Aviation, Provo, Utah

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
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Maintenance Providers

AMT's Top 40 Under 40 of 2023

Aug. 10, 2023
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.
Austin T. Newby
Austin T. Newby
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Austin T. Newby — Aviation Maintenance Technician, United Airlines SATMM

Aug. 10, 2023
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
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Bradley E. Campbell — Lead Technician, AWS CWI #15081051, StandardAero

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
Derek W. Kilberg
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Derek W. Kilberg, Falcon Lead Maintenance Tech, West Star Aviation Chattanooga

Aug. 10, 2023
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
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Daniel Douglas — Maintenance Control Manager, Northern Jet Management

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
Jonathan Edmonds
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Jonathan Edmonds, Owner, Edmonds Aviation

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
John Shearer
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: John Shearer — A&P, IA, Shop Supervisor, Skytech

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
Howard Siedlecki, former owner of Sunshine Aviation Services, with current owner Patrick Peterson (pictured at right).
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Patrick G. Peterson, Owner, A&P, Repair Station Administrator, Sunshine Aviation Services

Aug. 10, 2023
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 D. Anderson
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Miles D. Anderson — Director of Maintenance, MindWinder Aviation and NorCal Aero

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
Gibson Aviation Services
Aaron Simmons
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Aaron Simmons — Lead Aircraft Technician/Shop Manager, Gibson Aviation Services LLC

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
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Aashish Grover — Senior Technical Ops Lead, Archer Aviation

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
Chrishanna Frayser
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Chrishanna Frayser, Aviation Maintenance Technician, Plane Care

Aug. 10, 2023
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
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Ryan Shepherd — Chief Executive Officer, Victory Lane Aviation

Aug. 10, 2023
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 Mosquera
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Ray M. Mosquera — Avionics Technician/Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic, Flight-Deck Avionics

Aug. 10, 2023
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...
Duncan Aviation
Chelsea Pearse
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Chelsea Pearse — Reclamation Program Coordinator, Duncan Aviation, Lincoln, Nebraska

Aug. 10, 2023
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 ...
Ciaran Argue
Maintenance Providers

2023 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professional: Ciaran Argue — Aircraft Maintenance Technician, Southwest Airlines

Aug. 10, 2023
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,...
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Chemicals & Solvents

R-MC & AirCare Aviation Compressor Wash Products

July 18, 2023
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...
Corrosion Technologies
CorrosionX Aviation
Corrosion Prevention

CorrosionX

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

D-Zolve 1220

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
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Lubricants

Mobil HyJet V

July 12, 2023
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...
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Defense

Raytheon Technologies is now RTX

July 5, 2023
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 Systeme
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Engines & Components

JPB Système Acquires Stake in French 3D Printing Manufacturer, Addimetal

June 20, 2023
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...
Archer
Billy Nolen
Business & General Aviation

Billy Nolen, Former FAA Administrator, Joins Archer as Its Chief Safety Officer

June 14, 2023
While at the FAA, Nolen led the agency’s efforts to enable the safe entry of eVTOL aircraft into the national airspace.
Duncan Aviation
During this transition, Duncan Aviation is actively acquiring equipment and growing its parts inventory. The company anticipates being able to ship new FMG4400D orders by mid-summer 2023.
MRO

Duncan Aviation Purchases FMG4400D Program From DeVore Aviation Corporation

June 14, 2023
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...
IAE
Kim Kinsley
Engines & Components

Kim Kinsley Succeeds Earl Exum as President of International Aero Engines AG

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

Dan Edwards Joins Elliott Aviation as President & Chief Executive Officer

June 9, 2023
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...
Magnetic MRO
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Fokker
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Interiors

Fokker Services Group and Aviation Glass Sign Innovation Agreement on STC for Certified Heat-Release Real Glass

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...
Mid-Atlantic Opportunity Park
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MRO

Pennsylvania Leaders Break Ground on Major Aviation Development

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...
Veryon
Norman Happ
Maintenance IT

ATP Is Now Veryon

Aviation software company unveils new name and brand.
GE Aviation
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Engines & Components

SkyWest Airlines First North American Operator to License Jet Engine Cleaning System, GE’s 360 Foam Wash

May 31, 2023
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 ...