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.&nbsp;
Lombardo holds an A&amp;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.&nbsp;

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David A. Lombardo

McKinney Aerospace of McKinney, Texas, has received its first STC for the Honeywell Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS). The approval is for the Gulfstream IV. According to Rick Brainard, director of avionics sales for McKinney Aerospace, “This is the first of several RAAS certifications we have in process. It is our goal, within the next month or so, to have a RAAS solution for all of our target-market aircraft types, including the Gulfstream IV-SP/V, Global Express, Hawker 800A and Challenger 601-3A/R and 604.”

McKinney Aerospace offers RAAS solutions

McKinney Aerospace of McKinney, Texas, has received its first STC for the Honeywell Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS).

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