What Is An Airworthiness Certificate?
Posted by Joe Marler on February 12, 2019
Let’s start off with a quiz. Please answer the following question: Is an Airworthiness Certificate: (A) like a Driver’s License, where it is an official document issued to a person authorized to fly an airplane (B) an official document issued to an aircraft If you answered (A), you would be wrong. Sorry. That’s called a … Continue reading “What Is An Airworthiness Certificate?”
4 Critical Items to Include When Designing Aircraft Modification Kits
Posted by Clare McGarrey on January 29, 2019
Now that US Aerospace and Defense manufacturers are extending the life of more and more older aircraft, fixed-wing and helicopter modification kits are becoming more and more prevalent. In the last 26 years InterConnect Wiring has assembled thousands of aircraft modification kits (AKA mod kits, loose wiring assemblies, or LWA’s) for a wide variety … Continue reading “4 Critical Items to Include When Designing Aircraft Modification Kits”
What is an N-Number?
Posted by Chris Vardy on December 18, 2018
When you look at the tail of a military or commercial airplane or helicopter, you always see a series of letters and/or numbers. Did you know that for civil aviation, those are called N-numbers? So, what is that? To put it simply, an N-number is an alphanumeric string appearing on the side of all American … Continue reading “What is an N-Number?”
C-130 Conferences: 4 Interesting Facts Learned + Bonus Photos
Posted by Clare McGarrey on November 26, 2018
C-130 Conferences: 4 Interesting Facts Learned + Bonus Photos The C-130 is a great workhorse cargo airplane, first introduced in 1957. It is not surprising that such a great aircraft warrants two separate major annual conferences. The first conference, the C-130 Hercules Operators Conference (HOC), always hosted by Lockheed Martin, was October 15th – 18th. … Continue reading “C-130 Conferences: 4 Interesting Facts Learned + Bonus Photos”
What Is SAE-AS50881 and How Does It Relate To Wiring Harness Design?
Posted by John Ashour on April 16, 2018
InterConnect has been in business now for over 25 years. InterConnect’s birthday was January 12, 1993. Over the years InterConnect has seen many different companies call-out ‘SAE-AS50881’ as the standard for manufacturing wiring harnesses. When InterConnect’s engineers and planners see this note they get a smile on their faces and chuckle because SAE-AS50881 is not … Continue reading “What Is SAE-AS50881 and How Does It Relate To Wiring Harness Design?”
Topics: Aerospace Vehicle, AS50881, Blog, IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620, JSWAG, MIL-W-5088, NAVAIR 01-1A-505-1, Wiring
