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Chapter 10

April 8

•1931 — Amelia Earhart climbs to a record altitude of 18,415 feet in a Pitcairn Autogiro at Willow Grove, near Philadelphia.

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April 8

•1940 — The United States Navy places a contract with Grumman for two prototypes of the XTBF-1, later named “Avenger,” a chunky mid-wing monoplane that would become the United States Navy's standard carrier torpedo bomber of World War II.

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April 8

•1943 — Republic P-47 “Thunderbolts” were first flown in combat over Western Europe.

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Chapter 10Technical Publications

Raymond Wayne

Introduction

• In an airline, Technical Publications may be its own separate entity or may be a part of another organization, depending on the airlines size.

It may be more efficient for a smaller airline to have Technical Publications as a part of Engineering Organization or Quality Assurance

•Technical Publications is like secretary of airline.

Functions of Technical Publications

• The primary reason for having a Technical Publications organization is to ensure that all applicable publications related to the airlie operation are available to the users and are up to date with the latest changes.

• The responsibilities of Technical Publications can be boiled down to three essential functions:

o Receipt and distribution of publications issue by outside sources within the airline.

o Printing and distribution of publications generated by various organizations within the airline.

o Establishment and maintenance of a complete, up-to-date library system for all documents necessary for M&E operations.

Airline Libraries

•Airlines typically use a main library, in addition with several satellite libraries, to effectively house and organize all documents

Satellite libraries are used mainly to mitigate travel time for the various organizations throughout the airline.

Control of Publications

•Maintenance-related documents are classified as either controlled or uncontrolled

Controlled - Certifies airworthiness off the aircraft, engines, and components• Revisions and updates are well-documented

Uncontrolled - Issued for general information only and are not used to certify airworthiness.

•Although some hard-copy manuals are required to be kept on hand and a master copy of each document/publication, manuals are commonly maintained online as a digital copy.

Document Distribution•Technical Publications will package documents

and revisions and send them to the using organizations by the most appropriate means.o Distribution protocol mandates

A letter to accompany the package, detailing its contents

As well as a signature verifying the receipt and applicability of the package's contents

•Technical Publications is not responsible, however for the implementation and dissemination of the package's contents post-distribution.

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