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
Duncan Aviation gets multiple aircraft STC for RAAS
Duncan Aviation has been awarded a “multiple aircraft type” STC for Honeywell’s runway awareness and advisory system (RAAS), allowing the company to instal
Maintenance and Modifications
Components companies merge
Aircraft Components Company, of Tulsa, Okla., and Turbine Aircraft Components, of Addison, Texas, have merged and will operate under the name Aircraft Comp
ARSA praises Mica's standing up for small businesses
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) praised U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation facilities to become Legacy service centers
Embraer recently named the Jet Aviation maintenance facilities in Bedford/Boston, Dallas and Teterboro, N.J., authorized service centers for the Legacy.
Training and Workforce
PAMA offers maintenance management workshop
The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) announced a new addition to its popular series of professional development workshops offered each
Training and Workforce
Industry gets more time to review training manual
The maintenance industry received a 60-day extension from the FAA to review and comment on draft AC 145-RSTP.
Regulations and Government
FAA extends deadline for Part 135 seating compliance
The FAA has extended the implementation deadline for the Handbook Bulletin for Airworthiness, 04-06D to August 31.
Maintenance and Modifications
Cessna might build Arizona Citation service center
“The fleet is growing and we want to make the right decision at the right time.
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: Landmark Aviation
Newly named Landmark Aviation is still growing within the business aviation community, at least when it comes to name recognition.
Maintenance and Modifications
CRS Jet spares receives ASA-100 certification
The Aviation Suppliers Association (ASA) has awarded its quality system standard ASA-100 to CRS Jet Spares.
Maintenance and Modifications
Wing Aviation adds third paint facility in Houston
Less than two years after breaking ground on its second paint facility, Wing Aviation has announced that principal construction on its third paint hangar h
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Source combines avionics and maintenance facilities
A recently completed 120,000-plus-sq-ft facility is the new home of Jet Source Business Aviation Center at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, Calif.
Maintenance and Modifications
Corpair supply expands into Falcon and Haker markets
For years Corpair Supply of O’Fallon, Mo., has been closely associated with the repair and overhaul of Sabreliners.
Maintenance and Modifications
TAC Air forms alliance with THI Maintenance at Shreveport
The Hangar Incorporated (THI) has entered an agreement with Shreveport, La.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA waives recurrent test for learjet 30s and 55
Bombardier Aircraft Services (BAS) has received approval from the FAA to eliminate skin contour tests for the ongoing operation of the Learjet 31, 35, 36 a
Maintenance and Modifications
BizJet International to provide maintenance in northeast
BizJet International of Tulsa, Okla., announced a service-center agreement with FirstFlight Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of FBO Air, located at El
Maintenance and Modifications
Sharp details offers Xzilon for aircraft cleaning
Sharp Details now offers Granitize Aviation International’s new product, Xzilon (pronounced zy-lon), an aircraft exterior high-solids formula corrosion inh
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: Vitesse Aviation Services
Darnell Martens, president and CEO of Vitesse, has devoted his career to business aviation.
Maintenance and Modifications
Turkish MRO chooses Maintenix
Mxi Technologies has announced that Teknik Servis Sanayi Ticaret (myTechnic), a start-up MRO facility in Turkey, has selected the Maintenix maintenance man
Maintenance and Modifications
Ameco Beijing breaks ground for central warehouse
Ameco Beijing has begun construction on an 86,300-sq-ft, 50-foot-tall central warehouse scheduled to be operational next October.
Maintenance and Modifications
GE signs Dubai MOU
GE Aviation and Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) have signed a memorandum of understanding for global cooperation.As part of the agreement, GE
Maintenance and Modifications
LTT joins European Aerospace Quality Group
ASD’s European Aerospace Quality Group (EAQG) and Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that calls for LTT, a
Maintenance and Modifications
Purdue develops wireless engine bearing monitor
Researchers at the Birck Nanotechnology Center in Purdue’s Discovery Park and at the Sadeghi mechanical engineering laboratory have developed tiny wireless
Maintenance and Modifications
Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation services CAMO+ certified
The German Airworthiness Authority has certified Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) as a Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization (CAMO+
Maintenance and Modifications
Sabena Technics will support ACJ in Armenia
TAT Group subsidiary Sabena Technics has agreed to provide full A319 Airbus Corporate Jetliner support to the Armenian company Armavia.
Maintenance and Modifications
Groups support scholarship funds for Mechanics
The AMTSociety has joined forces with Northrop Rice Foundation to generate scholarships for aviation maintenance-related education.
Maintenance and Modifications
CRS receives 20,000th battery from Securaplane technologies
Securaplane recently announced that CRS Jet Spares, a Securaplane mainship and emergency battery line distributor, has sold its 20,000th mainship battery.
Maintenance and Modifications
Landmark Aviation chooses service training provider
ServiceElements has signed a three-year agreement to provide a customer service culture enhancement program for employees at Landmark Aviation’s four maint
