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Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship

5th Apr 2008, 22:29

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10-year background check

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Posted By Wing Land and Spars

Something to hide? Well, I wouldn't want anyone...

Something to hide? Well, I wouldn't want anyone to know about that time I jumped out of an airplane with a parachute after stealing $1,000,000 ... might get a fine for unauthorized skydiving ....
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Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship

31st Mar 2008, 00:11

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10-year background check

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Posted By Wing Land and Spars

10-year background check

What exactly is a 10-year background check? (US)

What are they checking, how do they check it, and how do they use the results?

Stuff like that's always seemed rather mysterious, so I wonder...

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

28th Feb 2008, 19:35

Replies: 10

Acrylic Windows - Life Limits, Inspections

Views: 1,282

Posted By Wing Land and Spars

Acrylic vs Polycarb - actually, that's an...

Acrylic vs Polycarb - actually, that's an interesting question (another would be why bother having pax windows at all ... ).

Like you suggest, I'd guess cost is a big factor. Acrylic is strong...

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

28th Feb 2008, 10:23

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Acrylic Windows - Life Limits, Inspections

Views: 1,282

Posted By Wing Land and Spars

So, to summarize ... On the big jets, there...

So, to summarize ...

On the big jets, there are two pressure-vessel panes for redundancy, inner and outer. They're made of single-ply stretched acrylic (and if they're curved to fit the match...

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

25th Feb 2008, 21:45

Replies: 10

Acrylic Windows - Life Limits, Inspections

Views: 1,282

Posted By Wing Land and Spars

So on the heavy iron, they're on condition, and...

So on the heavy iron, they're on condition, and there are two panes that are part of the pressure vessel - thanks.

But, are the individual panes multi-ply, or single-ply?

For comparison, on our...

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

24th Feb 2008, 13:44

Replies: 10

Acrylic Windows - Life Limits, Inspections

Views: 1,282

Posted By Wing Land and Spars

Hm, interesting. So are Boeing/Airbus windows...

Hm, interesting. So are Boeing/Airbus windows single-ply or multi-ply?

Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship

23rd Feb 2008, 21:25

Replies: 4

How is US training for helicopters?

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Posted By Wing Land and Spars

Here're some things for you to take a look at: ...

Here're some things for you to take a look at:

http://www.verticalreference.com/helicopterforum/

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/012908/met_241405264.shtml
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Forum: Engineers & Technicians

23rd Feb 2008, 21:07

Replies: 10

Acrylic Windows - Life Limits, Inspections

Views: 1,282

Posted By Wing Land and Spars

Acrylic Windows - Life Limits, Inspections

Just curious, for those of you who work on pressurized aircraft that use single-ply acrylic windows, are they considered on condition, or life-limited?

(On our airframe they're life-limited, and...

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