Fall Weather, Football Season & The Fort Worth Alliance Airshow
Posted by Clare McGarrey on October 24, 2014
With Fall weather rapidly approaching and football season in full swing, there’s a lot of things for people to be excited about. The Fort Worth Alliance Air Show is coming soon. This time of the year is a favorite of mine. You have high school football games on Friday nights, college games on Saturdays, NFL • Read More >>
Topics: Blog
Five Common Mistakes When Designing Aircraft Modification Kits
Posted by Clare McGarrey on March 24, 2014
In the last 20 years InterConnect Wiring has assembled thousands of aircraft modification kits (AKA mod kits, loose wiring assemblies, or LWA’s) for a wide variety of OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturers). During this time InterConnect has witnessed some repetitive problems associated with these kits. Currently there is no aircraft modification kit standard throughout the industry • Read More >>
HELI-Expo – What a Ride!
Posted by Clare McGarrey on March 6, 2014
As I look out of the window of my family’s bedroom on Amtrak #422, I am curious to know why there is a man in the middle of nowhere, just standing there. I am on the Sunset Limited route from Los Angeles, California back to Fort Worth, Texas, just leaving HAI’s Heli-Expo. It was a • Read More >>
Four Steps to Procure Harnesses Without HADs
Posted by Clare McGarrey on February 25, 2014
So you are an F-16 user or maintainer and you need to order a spare F-16 electrical wiring harness. You try your normal ordering channels but no one is quoting. Instead their response is “no bid” due to one of the following reasons: (a) no Harness Assembly Drawing (HAD) available, (b) no Mylar available, or • Read More >>
When Should A Military Aircraft Be Rewired?
Posted by Clare McGarrey on February 10, 2014
A common question that military users and maintainers of aged aircraft ask is “when should their aircraft be rewired”? This is a very good question. Is it based on the number of flight hours or is it the number of years since it left the production line? Actually, there are additional and more important factors • Read More >>
“Four Reasons People Don’t Require Laser Marked Wires”
Posted by Clare McGarrey on August 30, 2013
It is hard to believe that in this day and age that some engineers allow aircraft wire not to be laser marked. The technology is easy to acquire and marking machine prices have gone down from over $100,000 to less than $50,000. The old wire marking standard MIL-W-5088 and the current standard AS50881 both require • Read More >>
Topics: Laser markable MIL Spec Wire
