How safe are turbine engine rotor life limits?
On November 13,2020, an Antonov 124 departed from Novosibirsk with destination Vienna, Austria loaded with auto parts. Shortly after take...
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FAA AD 2020-18-12 not adopted by EASA. A tell tale of a drift from the industry?
Recently FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) published AD 2020-18-12. This AD (Airworthiness Directive) is effective for certain Boeing...
EASA-JCAB TIP; EU-JAPAN Airworthiness acceptance procedures
Already some months ago, (June 2020) EASA and Japan signed the TIP (Technical Implementation Procedures) for mutually agreed on,...
Aviation EU and China closer (EASA-CAAC TIP)
Effective 1-Sept-2020, CAA- China and EASA have agreed on cooperation in oversight and certification of Aeronautical products and...
Boeing fined $1.25m for ODA violations. Justified?
Full disclosure; at moment of writing this is a fine proposal, not an imposed fine. What are ODA violations? What is ODA? ODA stands for...
The lowdown on alternative jet fuels (amended)
Before the claimed "pandemic" and associated collapse of the commercial aviation industry there was a lot of social and advertisement...
Aircraft reactivation post storage (parking)
During the latest economic crisis that developed in the beginning of this year a massive number of aircraft were parked long term as...
737 MAX NPRM
After having conducted additional certification test flights in July, the design review obviously has been on-going and yesterday, the...
What makes a technical consultant a good one?
If the title does not raise eyebrows, what will....? There are many kinds and flavours of technical consultants. There are many that...
AMC-20 Amendment 18 issued
24-June, EASA issued Amendment 18 of AMC-20. Document downloadable from this post. AMC stands for Acceptable Means of Compliance AMC-20...
737 MAX and an airworthiness perspective
737 MAX and an airworthiness perspective In the public domain, the grounding of the 737 MAX has been and is continuing to be on a high...
EASA Easy Access Rules
EASA, today, published a consolidated document worthwhile saving. The document Combines the new rule sets for continuing Airworthiness in...
737-800 inspections
During the last months (since mid March 2020) we have been assisting a lessor in preparing for a potential reposession of 11 aircraft...
Speaking at Aeropodium Dublin 30-Jan-2020
Bart Mak accepted the invitation to speak at the Aeropodium event in Dublin. Event theme was Continuous Airworthiness Management. Our...
EASA EPAS 2020-2024
EASA published European Plan for Aviation safety 2020-2024 on 20-Jan-20 This document reflects where the regulations may go in the coming...
Visited Formnext Frankfurt
Bart Mak and Bart Weijman visited the Formnext fair in Frankfurt to gain knowledge and have an overview of 3D scanning solutions for the...
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EASA EPAS 2020-2024
EPAS; EUROPEAN PLAN FOR AVIATION SAFETY PUBLISHED BY EASA
20-JAN-2020, EASA published the new EPAS. This document is interesting as it contains a look into the future of EASA rule making. The area of initial and continuing airworthiness forms an important part of the document. Chapter 9 and 10 of the document cover the airworthiness issue that will be subject to change in the coming 4 years.
Subjects like Class D cargo compartment fire protection, HP rotor integrity, AMC-20 update, airworthiness review processes and technical records requirements are expected to be updated. The document contains NPA numbers and organisations are encouraged to consult the document in order to be prepared for the future
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