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
ATI Offers JT15D Mobile Response Team
Aviation Turbines International of O’Fallon, Mo., is offering a mobile response team to serve i
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Elliott Adds ANAC Approval for King Air TCAS 4000
Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) has awarded Elliott Aviation an STC for the i
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CRS Jet Spares Shows Sales Up for Last Quarter
“We are grateful to announce that, for the first time since the international economic downturn
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Jet Aviation Opens New Jeddah Facility
Jet Aviation is scheduled to move into a new FBO facility in Jeddah by the end of the month.
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DAE Puts StandardAero Up For Sale
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is accepting offers “for part or all of StandardAero,” accordi
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DAE Puts StandardAero on the Block
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is accepting offers “for part or all of StandardAero,” according to a Reuters report last Friday.
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Boeing 747-8 Completion signed by Jet Aviation Basel
Jet Aviation Basel is the first completions center to sign a contract for a private Boeing 747-
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EuroAirport Site of AMAC Aerospace Widebody Hangar
Amac Aerospace Switzerland has expanded its maintenance and completion facility at EuroAirport
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Snecma To Provide Full CFM56-5B Support for ACJs
Snecma and Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC) have entered into an agreement for Snecma to supp
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Chromalloy Opens Casting Center in Tampa
“It’s about life-cycle cost management,” Tom Trotter, v-p and general manager of Chromalloy Castings, told AIN about the company’s new 150
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FAA Extends Deadline for IA Renewal Comments
The FAA has extended the date for responses from December 6 to January 17 on its recent Notice
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Timco Aerosystems Interiors To Expand
Timco Aviation Services has announced that Timco Aerosystems’ interiors engineering and manufac
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West Star Offers Dallas-based Mobile Support Team
MRO operator West Star Aviation has added a mobile support team (MST) at its facility on Dallas
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Stevens Aviation Named Power 90 Installer
Smyrna Air Center has authorized Stevens Aviation to participate in the Power 90 upgrade progra
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Yingling Aviation Expands to Independence, Kansas
Wichita-based Yingling Aviation has opened a maintenance and service facility on Independence Municipal Airport in Independence, Kan.
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FAA Proposes AD for Citation X APU
The FAA is proposing for the Cessna Citation X an
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Hot Section: ATI providing mobile response to JT15D operators
O’Fallon, Mo.-based Aviation Turbines International is offering its JT15D customers a mobile response team deployed on a vehicle equipped with the toolin
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Hot Section: Millennium Concepts will supply Piperjet crew and pax seats
Piper Aircraft has selected Millennium Concepts to provide the passenger and crew seats for its new PiperJet Altaire.
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Hot Section: Bombardier Adds 60th Service Center
Bombardier Aerospace has added three AOG line maintenance facilities (LMF)–in Monterrey, Mexico; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Riga, Latvia.
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Hot Section: CRS solves billback problems with flat-rate pricing plan
CRS Jet Spares reports a 25-percent decrease in customer additional billings (billbacks) over the past 18 months as a result of its Option 2 pricing prog
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Hot Section: Heritage Aviation is named authorized blr winglet dealer
BLR Aerospace has named Heritage Aviation of Burlington, Vt., an authorized dealer for its King Air winglets.
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Hot Section: Jet Aviation launches AOG East Coast Mobile Maintenance
Jet Aviation has launched the Jet Response mobile maintenance service program with mobile maintenance vehicles based at Boston/Bedford, Mass., and Teterb
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Hot Section: F1rst Support Center Goes Live for AOG Aircraft
Using integrated satellite-based tracking to keep tabs on its worldwide AOG personnel and assets, BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul is now offering
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Hot Section: hartzell propeller gets stc for turbine engine composite prop
Hartzell Propeller has received an FAA type certificate for its new advanced-composite ASC-II four-blade propeller.
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Jet Aviation Offers Mobile Maintenance in Northeast U.S.
Jet Aviation has launched its Jet Response mobile maintenance service program, which dedicates
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Gulfstream Expanding Savannah Location
Gulfstream Aerospace has announced a $500 million, seven-year facility expansion plan at its Sa
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Sifco Offers Cadmium Touch-up Kit for AOG Applications
“We have a specialized process to repair damaged cadmium that makes it particularly suitable to
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EU Gives Final Okay on Embraer Facility in Portugal
Embraer announced that the European Union has formally approved the company’s proposed $64.7 million manufacturing complex in Évora, Portugal.
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Associated Aviation Acquires Timber Wolf Aviation
British Columbia-based Associated Aviation has acquired Timber Wolf Aviation of Ottawa, Canada.
