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Scout Maintainer Blown
Overboard
A sudden bump forces a maintainer to stand up into the exhaust of a TF-34 engine. The heat was bad, but the fall
was worse.
AT1 Jan Cronister
Unwanted Stowaway
Maintainers find a tool they didn't know was lost.
VAW-117 Maintenance Department
So You Think It Can't Happen to You
Moving an aircraft out of a hangar, PCs miss a piece of SE, but the aircraft
finds it.
AMHAN David Teague
Flying Without an Airplane
During a test-cell run, a failed tie-down fitting allows an engine to take a short
flight.
Lt. Mark Nieto
Almost Bitten on a Bits Flight
Kapton wiring causes an in-flight fire and teaches an aircrewman another lesson.
AD2 Jason Dubose
It's the Amps That Kill You
On a cross-country flight, an NFO sees an electrifying display of stupidity.
Lt. Jeff Martin
Letters to the Editor
CMB Tested at Rotary Wing A new product may change the way component inventories
and aircraft logbooks are annotated.
Dan Steber
Don't Let FOD Boss You Around
Technology has found a way to improve FOD-prevention
efforts.
Dan Steber
A Real Story About a Wheel Job
Take a pressurized tire and beat out the bearings with a socket extension, the
explosion is spectacular.
Capt. Scott Clifton, USMC
Windscreen Cover Saves Time and Money
Marines design a simple product to reduce sun damage to their helos and to prevent
heat exhaustion to other Devil Dogs.
Capt. Jesse Ortega, USMC |
Special Tools Need Special Attention
A new shop supervisor finds out the hard way about tool accountability.
AMH1(AW) Fergus O'Doherty
Air Wing Toolbox: Centerspread
Spot Corrosion Work Easier and Better
NavAir has developed a new sanding wheel to improve the corrosion-control process.
John C. Milliman
Almost Crushed by a Canopy
A Plane captain loses situational
awareness for just a second and almost loses his life.
AN Alberto Sabogalbonfant
Bravo Zulu
VF-2, VAW-136, VQ-2, VAQ-142, VF-102, VQ-4
HSL-44, VR-46, VF-143, VP-47, VAW-117
Give Me a Brake
How many chains does it take to secure an aircraft? More than three to prevent
a crunch.
ADC Michael Sabo
My Great Fall From Red Ripper 205
Two people work together to get parts into the cockpit, but danger lurks when the weather
turns bad and one person tries to finish the job.
AT2 Jason Counterman
Container May Burst If Heated
Put two cans of propellant into a bucket of hot water, and a maintainer will get injured.
AMS1(AW) Luis Albarracin
It's a Cover...Just the Wrong One
A component with a plastic shipping cover-instead
Of a metal blanking plate--is left near a heat source and causes a maintenance nightmare.
MAWTS-1 Safety Department
My Routine Maintenance Disaster
An FA-18 traps on board a carrier and drops wheel spacers on the deck.
AMS2 Richard Sunderlin
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