1. House of Hose Manufacturer: Air-Pro Specifications: Miami-based Air Pro's specialties include aircraft and engine hoses as well as interiors expendables. It offers customized hose kits for scheduled maintenance support and to store onboard for emergencies. Air-Pro is a distributor/manufacturer for Smiths Tubular Systems and Hydrasearch. www.air-pro.com Link 606 2. Just Expendables Manufacturer: Aircraft Inventory & Management Services

Airlines rarely have sufficient spare staff that are expert in both MRO and IT to manage a major IT transformation.

1. Air Data Test Set On Wheels Manufacturer: DAC International Applications: Reduced vertical separation minimum-compliant three- or four-channel air data test set with multiport isolation capabilities as designed to test static, pitot and angle-of-attack functions.

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Washington Contractor Conundrum Everything old is new again, though sometimes going back to the future requires a mandate. The FAA is hard at work on a rule aimed at making contract maintenance easier to perform and oversee. At the draft rule's core are two requirements—that airlines keep lists of all their third-party maintenance providers, and that the providers follow instructions provided to them by the carrier—including everything that has been on the books for four-plus decades.

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FAA issued an airworthiness directive requiring modifications