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
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Rolls-Royce Expands North American On-Wing Services
Rolls-Royce has opened its new North American headquarters for On-Wing Care at Indianapolis International Airport.
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FlightSafety Offers Hawker Beech Mx Training
Hawker Beechcraft has developed a maintenance training program, in partnership with FlightSafety International, for its product lines.
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Layoffs at Dassault Falcon’s Little Rock Facility
“The layoffs came primarily in initial engineering and design.
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Offshore manufacturing raises industry questions
Like it or not, we live in a global economy.
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MRO Profile: Capital City Jet Center
Brian Short, director of operations at Bolton Field’s Capital City Jet Center (CCJC), is a man with a vision.
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Hot section: california MRO offers international on-call service
Corona, Calif.-based Single Point of Contact has introduced a new service: single-point assist maintenance service exclusively for overseas destinat
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Hot section: Duncan Aviation to offer Phenom 100 service
With the recent completion of its first paint work for an Embraer Phenom 100 and the addition of line maintenance for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F-E,
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Hot section: Gulfstream launches parts warranty program
Gulfstream Aerospace has instituted a two-year parts warranty program.
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Hot section: Embraer marks Le Bourget Service Center anniversary
This past March marked the first anniversary of Embraer’s Executive Jets Service Center at Le Bourget Airport (LBG), Paris, France.
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Hot section: ARSA executive ambivalent about end of repair station nprm
Sarah MacLeod, executive director of the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), is cautiously optimistic about the FAA’s recent withdrawal of a no
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Hot section: Sabreliner, AIRMARK to install GKN windshields in LearJETS
Airmark International, an independent Learjet parts distributor, has teamed with aviation services provider Sabreliner to install Airmark-provided GKN Aero
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Hot section: Dallas Airmotive expands PW305 capability
BBA Aviation’s engine repair and overhaul company, Dallas Airmotive, has expanded PW305 capability at its Dallas Love Field (DAL) facility.
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Hot section: India joint venture to provide heavy iron maintenance
Heavy-iron operators traveling to India and the neighboring region will soon have a maintenance option.
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Hot section: Aviall Wheel & Brake Services gets nod from xojet
Aviall Services’ product repair services division has signed a deal with XOJet to provide wheel repairs, overhauls and replacement services.
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Hot section: Corjet Europe named gulfstream parts distribution center
Gulfstream Aerospace added another European parts distribution center to its product support network.
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Hot Section: PremiAir opens Hawker Beech MRO at Oxford Airport, UK
PremiAir has officially opened a new fixed-wing maintenance center for Hawker Beechcraft aircraft at Oxford Airport, UK.
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Hot section: StandardAero cuts Employees at business aviation facilities
The hobbling economy has forced another company to cut personnel.
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Hot section: Worldwide MRO market to top $55 billion by 2015
In a report titled Aircraft Maintenance, Repair And Overhaul (MRO): A Global Market Report, Global Industry Analysts provides a comprehensive review of the
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Worldwide MRO market to top $55 billion by 2015
epair And Overhaul (MRO): A Global Market Report, Global Industry Analysts provides a comprehensive review of the MRO industry and quantifies potential in
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GDAS Closes at MSP
General Dynamics Aviation Services (GDAS) plans to shutter its facility located at Minneapolis-St.
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CryptoFirewall designed to prevent counterfeiting
Parts counterfeiting presents a serious concern for manufacturers, and a California company has designed a technique to protect OEMs and operators.
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OEMs and small firms take maintenance services mobile
An aircraft on ground (AOG) event is an inconvenience operators want to fix swiftly, and OEMs and independent companies are launching mobile service teams
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BBA Opens Service Centers in South Africa, India
BBA Aviation’s engine repair and overhaul (ERO) group has expanded its international service support network with the opening of field service centers in J
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Greenwich AeroGroup To Acquire Banner Aerospace
Greenwich AeroGroup has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Banner Aerospace Holding and its aviation subsidiaries.
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BizJet Begins Its First A318 Elite Completion
BizJet International, Lufthansa Technik’s Tulsa, Okla.-based U.S.
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Firms Accredited To Give 2nd Life To Scrapped Aircraft
Salvaged aircraft parts can be a good deal or a dangerous one but members of AFRA–Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association, a non-profit industry association t
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FSF Weighs in on Foreign Repair Station Performance
Referring to the foreign repair station oversight language in the House FAA reauthorization bill (H.R.915) that passed last Thursday, William Voss, preside
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Dassault Launches Falcon Online Seminar Series
Dassault Falcon recently hosted the first Falcon e-Forum, an Internet-based seminar designed to provide Falcon operators with an exchange of information an
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Lufthansa Technik and eJet Services Offer CRJ Support
Lufthansa Technik and U.S.
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Millville Jet Center Financial Woes Deepen
Millville Jet Center’s financial predicament is making news for the second time since last November.
