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
Air Works and Air Four join Bombardier network
Bombardier has announced the addition of two new service facilities for Challengers and Globals to its worldwide maintenance network.Air Works
Maintenance and Modifications
...And marks 40th anniversary of Rolls-Royce 250 service
Standard Aero, a Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Engineering company, is marking its 40th anniversary of service on the Rolls-Royce 250 turboshaft engine.
Maintenance and Modifications
Standard Aero receives FAA ok for PT6A upgrades...
The FAA has granted several supplemental type certificates (STC) to Standard Aero for upgrades to aircraft powered by the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A t
Maintenance and Modifications
CAE inks MX training agreement with Hawke Pacific and Falcon
CAE has signed a five-year agreement with Hawker Pacific to provide maintenance training for the company and its clients within the Southeast Asia region.
Maintenance and Modifications
Landmark Aviation and Air Alliance offer engine repair
Landmark Aviation has expanded its agreement with Air Alliance of Germany to offer aircraft maintenance, repair, modification and completion to owners and
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO first to sign lease in Dubai
Livewel Aviation Services has signed the first lease for space at the newly launched Dubai World Central Aviation City on Al Maktoum International Airport,
Part 145 rewrite isn’t the feared lion
Aviation is an industry where the various factions often have nothing in common beyond the air in which they travel.
Maintenance and Modifications
Threshold Aviation Group: Maintenance Op Grows Out of Corporate Flying Assignment
Threshold Aviation Group is evidence of evolution in action.
Maintenance and Modifications
Avmats Expands Capabilities for Falcon Filters
Corpair Supply, the component arm of Chesterfield, Mo.-based Avmats, can now clean, bubble point and flow check Falcon hydraulic filters.
Maintenance and Modifications
P&W Canada Opens Singapore Distribution Center
Pratt & Whitney Canada has opened a parts distribution center in Singapore to help accelerate deliveries to customers in the Pacific Rim region.
Maintenance and Modifications
The Maintenanace Group to Join Bizjet International
BizJet International of Tulsa, Okla., is expanding its corporate aviation services by adding Atlanta-based The Maintenance Group, which has been providing
Maintenance and Modifications
Yingling Offers Cessna 441 Continuous Inspection Program
Operators of Cessna 441 Conquest IIs have a new option for compliance with the continuous inspection program Cessna initiated last June.
Maintenance and Modifications
Fargo Jet Center to Offer Hawker Beechcraft Service
Hawker Beechcraft announced that Fargo, N.D.-based Fargo Jet Center has joined its worldwide network of authorized service centers.
Maintenance and Modifications
Embraer Breaks Ground on New Bizjet Service Center
Embraer has broken ground at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., for a new service center.
Maintenance and Modifications
CD Aviation Services Opens Canadian Service Center
Neosho, Mo.-based CD Aviation Services has opened a Honeywell authorized service center on Calgary International Airport in Alberta, Canada for the TPE331
Maintenance and Modifications
PAMA Adds Technical Program to Annual Conference
The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) has announced a new format for its annual meeting and aviation maintenance conference.
Maintenance and Modifications
Lufthansa Technik Boosts Engine Capacity in Hamburg
Lufthansa Technik expects to complete construction of a $71.26 million 161,000-sq-ft production facility at its Hamburg location in early 2009.
Maintenance and Modifications
Epps gets Cessna NDI Facility OK
Epps Aviation, located at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta, has been given Cessna authorized independent NDI facility certification.
Maintenance and Modifications
Banyan Air Service Discounts King Air and Citation Inspections
Banyan Air Service is offering a 10-percent reduction on major inspections for King Airs and Citations through the end of this month.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bell Tail Rotors Subject of Transport Canada Warning
Transport Canada (TC) has issued an Urgent Airworthiness Directive that calls for the inspection of certain tail-rotor components.
Maintenance and Modifications
Q400 Gear Incidents Prompt Inspection Recommendation
A second incident involving the collapse of a right main landing gear shortly after touchdown on a Bombardier Q400 operated by SAS has prompted an OEM reco
Maintenance and Modifications
Standard Aero Breaks Ground for Maryville Expansion
Standard Aero is planning a $5.5 million, 10,000-sq-ft expansion for its existing 120,000-sq-ft Maryville, Tenn.
Maintenance and Modifications
P&W Canada Inks Five-year Deal with Standard Aero
Standard Aero has entered a five-year purchase agreement with Pratt & Whitney Canada for 500 aircraft engines as part of its PT6A-135A, -42 and -52 upgrade
Flight Department Profile: Chalk Hill Winery
For some flight-department managers, the thought of the boss and his 150-pound Great Dane flying a brand-new, small jet around the world might be cause for
Columbia Bankruptcy
The bankruptcy of Columbia has attracted the attention of a number of companies, including Cirrus.
Aircraft
Cirrus sketches jet details in broad strokes
“From our point of view it’s not as big a jump from piston aircraft to a jet as you might think,” Alan Klapmeier, chairman, CEO and cofounder of Cirrus Des
Aircraft
Raisbeck adds zip to the Learjet 35/36
“Welcome to Lear Jet Country,” a marketing slogan that attached itself to the early-20-series Lear Jet, is likely to be remembered only by industry old-tim
Accidents
Final Report: Maintenance error leads to hard landing
GULFSTREAM V, WEST PALM BEACH, FLA., FEB.
Accidents
Preliminary Report: Grand Aire Falcon Crash #1
Dassault Falcon 20, Swanton, Ohio April 8, 2003–At approximately 1:50 p.m.
