Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA)
Posted by Steve Floyd on September 10, 2019
The FAA has established an authorization process for aircraft part manufacturers, and their approval. Parts Manufacturer Approval is an approval granted by the United States Federal Aviation Administration. The first step is the applicability; deciding the procedural requirements for issuing PMAs and the set of rules for governing the holder of the PMA. The • Read More >>
InterConnect Releases New Electrical Wiring Engineering Design eBook!
Posted by Marc Piloian on April 23, 2019
This eBook is the 8th in a series developed by InterConnect Wiring. It aims to provide engineering and technical personnel unfamiliar with wiring harness design insight into some of the process steps required to design an Electrical Wiring Interconnect System (EWIS) for combat aircraft such as the F-15 or F-16 as well as air vehicles • Read More >>
Topics: Aircraft Rewiring, Blog, Commercial Aviation, Conductor, Connectors, Disconnects, Electrical Harnesses and Panels, Engineering, Engineering Design, F-16, F-16 Electrical, F-16 Electrical Wiring Harness, System Diagram, Technology, Wire, Wiring, Wiring Diagram, Wiring Harness Design, Wiring Harness Specification, Wiring Harnesses
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. • Read More >>
What Does the FAA Do and When Was it Started?
Posted by Clare McGarrey on November 6, 2018
What does the FAA do and when was it started? Don’t you love to learn new things? I know I do. Did you know that the modern age of powered flight began in 1903 when Orville and Wilber Wright made the first sustained, powered flight on December 17 in a plane they built? Do you • Read More >>
Topics: Blog, Civil Aviation, Commercial Aviation
Compilation of 2016 Blogs
Posted by Clare McGarrey on January 23, 2017
In 2016 InterConnect Wiring created The Wonderful World of Wiring newsletter. This newsletter included thirty-six (36) blogs about various aspects of electrical wiring in the aerospace sector. This book is a compilation of these articles (blogs) and is written to educate the common man. The information herein is not intended for electrical engineers or PhDs; • Read More >>
Topics: Blog, Connectors, Engineering Design, Panels, Quality, Quantity, Quote, Testing, Wire, Wiring Harnesses