David A. Lombardo
Contributor
Lombardo covers business aviation maintenance-related issues. He is also a writer and on-air reporter for AINtv. He has over 3000 articles published and is the author of several books on aircraft systems for pilots and on the topic of flight simulation.
He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in education from the University of Illinois, has taught aviation for over 35 years in industry and as a university professor and academic dean at three different universities. He is also a frequent seminar and after-dinner motivational speaker.
Lombardo holds an A&P Certificate, ATP, CFI and Ground Instructor ratings. He was a corporate pilot and was a research pilot and flight instructor at the University of Illinois. An FAA Safety Counselor for over 25 years, he was one of the original 13 Counselors appointed to the FAA’s Airworthiness Safety Program for maintenance technicians.
Latest from David A. Lombardo
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier expands service & maintenance facility network
Bombardier Aerospace has added a new line maintenance facility (LMF) and boosted capabilities at two existing facilities– expanding its global network of a
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Embrear authorizes its first Indian service center
India’s Indamer, a wholly owned subsidiary of European Aviation Holding, has been named an Embraer authorized executive jet service center.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA honors CD aviation services with Diamond Award
CD Aviation Services (CDAS) of Neosho, Mo., a turbine engine maintenance facility, was awarded the Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Diamond Certificat
Hot Section: Naples Jet Center approved as Venezuelan repair station
Naples Jet Center, based at Naples Municipal Airport, Fla., has been approved as a Venezuelan repair station by the Instituto Nacional de Aeronautica Civil
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Hot Section: Cessna opens Citation service center in Arizona
Cessna opened its Mesa Citation Service Center adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz., last month, having moved to the area from Long
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: AMECO Beijing continues aggresive facilty expansion
Ameco Beijing held a grand completion ceremony on March 18 last year for its A380 hangar, the biggest aircraft maintenance building in Asia.
Now, A
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Hot Section: CRS gets AS9120 recertification
CRS Jet Spares announced recertification of its quality management system by the Bureau Veritas Certification in accordance with ISO 9001:2000 and the corr
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BBA AVIATION ERO MOVES TO DEER VALLEY AIRPORT
A new, larger facility adjacent to Deer Valley Airport in North Phoenix has become home to BBA Aviation engine repair and overhaul (ERO) company Dallas Air
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Hot Section: Belt tightening measures implmented at Duncan Aviation
Duncan Aviation is cutting some production team members’ hours and implementing pay cuts in all other positions.
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Hot Section: Aviall to distribute CF34 parts
GE Aviation has signed an exclusive distributor agreement with Aviall Services that covers unique spare parts of the GE CF34-3 for the remaining life of th
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section:MRO to open in India
Duke Aviation will be opening the first independent MRO facility in India.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: API becomes global distributer for saft batteries
Tennessee-based Aerospace Products has become an authorized worldwide distributor for SAFT aviation batteries.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section:Cessna employee sells stolen parts on eBay
A Cessna Aircraft A&P mechanic has been charged with one count of selling stolen aircraft parts.
Business Aviation in Asia
“Last year was a great year for business aviation in Asia, especially the Greater China Region.
As wolves circle, industry must take action now
The distrust of business aircraft and the people who fly in them didn’t start with the big three automakers flying on business jets to Washington to
Presidential TFR Disrupts Chicago Airspace
More than 20 Chicagoland airports experienced significant operational disruption as a result of the presidential temporary flight restriction (TFR) imposed
Accidents
NTSB Raises Maintenance Issues in Nascar Crash
The NTSB determined that a July 2007 accident in Sanford, Fla., which killed the two aboard the airplane and three people on the ground, was caused by a se
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Adds Finland Line Maintenance Facility
For the 12th time in as many months Bombardier Aerospace has added a new line maintenance facility (LMF), most recently in Finland.
Maintenance and Modifications
TBM Tech pubs available exclusively from ATP
nounced an exclusive agreement with EADS Socata to distribute TBM technical publications.
Maintenance and Modifications
BFB Aero Services and APA Services merge
BFB Aero Services will acquire all assets, business and obligations of APA Services as a result of the recently announced merger of the two companies.
Maintenance and Modifications
Embraer receives approval for new U.S. distribution center
The Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil–ANAC) has certified a new Embraer U.S.
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Hawker Beechcraft moves into Arizona facility
Hawker Beechcraft has moved into a new facility at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz.
Maintenance and Modifications
Standardaero gets contract for fire supression MX
The Direction de la Défense et de la Sécurité Civile (DDSC) of Marseilles, France, has selected StandardAero to provide PW100 and PT6 engine maintenance se
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream London Luton authorized to service G150
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved Gulfstream’s London Luton Service Center to perform maintenance on EASA-registered Gulfstream G150s.
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Business jet support coming to Shangai
Hawker Pacific and the Shanghai Airport Authority have broken ground on a planned business aviation facility at Shanghai’s Hongquiao Airport.
Maintenance and Modifications
Aerospace Welding gets EASA OK
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has approved the Part 145 certification for Aerospace Welding Minneapolis.
Maintenance and Modifications
New Hampshire company named Pilatus PC-12 service center
Pro-Star Aviation of Londonderry, N.H., has been designated a PC-12NG service center and sales rep.
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Transdigm acquires Aircraft Parts Corp
Aircraft Parts (APC) has been acquired from Unison Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric’s GE Aviation, by TransDigm Group in a stock p
Maintenance and Modifications
Oklahoma repair facility specializes in Falcons
Like a lot of young Americans in the late 1960s, Pete Cranick was introduced to aviation through the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
Global Jet Services offers maintenance e-learning
Maintenance technicians have a new way to accumulate training toward their Inspection Authorization (IA) and the FAA Awards Program.
