Product Improvement, by popular request:  Attach Documents to Work Order Discrepancies

A number of customers thought it might be helpful to upload external documents to individual Discrepancies in the Work Orders, to keep things in order, and we agreed.

What kind of documents? 

You can upload whatever you need to accompany the record.

What formats are accepted?

*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.png  and *.pdf ONLY.   (No Word or Excel docs at this time).
Max file size: 4MB

Here’s how to upload:

1. View/Open the Profile you want to add the documents to:

2. Click on View to open an existing Discrepancy, OR click the +Add button to make a NEW Discrepancy line:

3. Click the +Add Document button:

4. Click the Choose File button, and select the File you want.  Add a Name and a Date to the file, and click the Upload button:

You can also DELETE a Document if no longer needed.

Click on the file you want to delete:

Click the Delete button:

Choose Yes.  This is permanent.  Select Cancel if you’ve changed your mind:

Give it a try and let us know what you think.  Your feedback is appreciated!

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If you use Firefox as your browser, you may experience some issues viewing ADs and other PDF files.

Firefox, by default, automatically downloads any PDF files it encounters, and does not display them on the screen.

The good news is that there is a solution!

Depending on the version of your Firefox, you can either change the settings so it will display PDFs on screen, or you can activate an Add-on.  Either way should help with viewing ADs and other PDF files.

Here’s one way to change the settings:

Open Firefox.  In the menu bar, click Firefox, click Preferences.  This will open the Settings page.

In the Search box, type “pdf“.

It will display a list that you may have to scroll through.

Locate Portable Document Format (PDF), and click the drop down on the right side.

Select Open in Firefox.

You’re all set.  It should now display all PDFs on-screen.

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Odd looking ADs?

If you use Mac’s Safari browser, you might run into an odd looking AD page, and may wonder why your Related Links and AD Notes aren’t showing up.

It could be because “Reader View” is active.  Just click on the Reader View icon on the LEFT side of the URL bar, to turn it off.

Reader View ON –  No AD Notes or Related Links showing:

Reader View OFF – AD Notes and Related Links are showing:

Enjoy reading this very informative message from our good friend, Dean Showalter:

This oil was in the wrong part of the prop…

Good morning friends!

This container of oil came out of Aram’s propeller… it’s the propeller from podcast episode 177 and from the previous email I sent out. Check it out:

The reason this is a problem is because there should be an air cavity in the front of this Beech 278 propeller. If there is much oil in the front of the hub, it means the o-ring on the piston has allowed oil to leak past.

And when this happens, the prop becomes “hydrolocked.” In normal operation the piston compresses the air in the front of the prop as the piston moves forward to rotate the prop blades. But if there is oil in the front of the hub, the oil is not compressible, and prevents the piston from moving forward… and the blades can’t rotate, and the prop stays in the low-pitch / high RPM position.

​See more pictures and read more of the story here.​

Thank you to all who responded to that last email with excellent feedback, comments, and ideas. I appreciate it so much!

And be sure to listen to the podcast this week to hear the full story. Hopefully, Aram will be back in the air in his P35 Bonanza real soon!

Have a great Saturday,

Dean Showalter

Read more of Dean’s articles at AirplaneOwnerMaintenance.com

BLANK AIRFRAME AD REPORT:

At times, we’re asked if a Blank Airframe AD Report can be created and printed.

That is not possible within our system (for Airframe), if there are no ADs to be printed.

However, we have attached a sheet here, if you’d like to manually hand-write on this form.  It is a Blank Airframe AD sheet.

Currently, it is not a digital fill-in style, it is just a blank sheet for you to fill out by hand.  Perhaps sometime later, we will make it fill-able.

Simply click this BLANK AIRFRAME AD sheet to download, save and print.

Though BLANK AD Reports cannot be created for Airframe, they can be made for:  Engine, Propeller and Appliances.  Just run and AD Search for those categories, and you will see a “Create Blank AD Report” button in the Search screen:

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Flights to Fight Hunger

First Posted: 5/17/2008

LIMA – “It was the funnest time I ever had!” Steven Cotterman, 9, said after his plane ride.”He was a little nervous at first. The plane dipped and he grabbed the seat. It was worthwhile,” said Jim Moneer, who had brought Steven to the airport for his first airplane ride.

The plane rides Saturday at the Allen County Airport were worthwhile for the Northwest Ohio Food Bank, as well. Rides lasting about 15 minutes sold for $15 per person, with all the profits going to the food bank, said Dennis Perry, co-owner of the airport. Five planes flew people over Lima, while many more planes were on display.In addition to raising money for the food bank, Perry said he and co-owner Kim Henkener, who bought the airport eight months ago, hoped to introduce the airport to the public.”You’d be surprised at how many people don’t know where the airport is,” he said. Some people have lived in Lima their whole lives and never visited the airport.”He expected between 2,000 and 3,000 people to attend the airport’s open house. A raffle also was held for a Discovery Flight.”The best way to start is to take a Discovery Flight,” said Scott Keyes, the owner of the airport’s flight school. “It’s a short intro to flying an airplane.”Keyes said it’s one thing to go up as a passenger in a plane, but it’s something different to go up with an instructor.”Then you decide if you want to be a pilot,” Keyes said. “It’s not hard. You just have to enjoy it, do the homework, progress from lesson to lesson.”In addition to completing a training kit for ground school and learning to fly a plane, there are other important lessons related to the plane that need to be learned. One of the most important things an aspiring pilot needs to do early in the process is to pass a medical test, Keyes said. Other topics of study include how to care for the plane, navigation, and weather.”You almost become a weatherman when you become a pilot,” Keyes said.Richard Keller, who has flown since 1988, was piloting a 1979 Cessna 172N Saturday. He shouted, “Clear!” and shortly thereafter began taxiing down the runway with two passengers.”I just love flying,” he said. “I fly for the sport of it, the entertainment. It’s a quick way to get places.”

Source:  https://www.limaohio.com/archive/144705/news-local_news-article_29206ea7-6721-5ecc-b87a-4905fafab6f5-html

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The AD Toolbox lists Advisory Circulars.

Here’s how to locate them:

1. From the main Member Dashboard, locate the navigation panel on the left side of your screen.
2. Scroll down until you see Advisory Circulars.  Click on it to open list.
3. From drop-down list, click Advisory Circulars.

If you have a Multi-User account, then you may have noticed that throughout the program, the list of your User names will appear in certain places, such as:

• • • Logbook Record
    • AD Reports
    • ICA Forms
    • W&B Forms
    • W&B Rev Forms
    • Weight with CG
    • 337
    • Work Orders

Now, you will also see the User List available in the Invoices.  The selected name appears on the Invoice under “Written By”:

This feature can be helpful to larger shops with an “Admin” person assigned to creating Invoices.

To change that User, open the Invoice, click Edit Invoice:

Click the drop-down list under “Invoice Written By“, and select the name you want from the list.  Be sure to click SAVE!

We hope you find this new option useful.  Let us know your thoughts.

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We’ve had a number of questions for Parts that fall under a $1.00 amount.

If you’re only listing the Part as a few cents, be sure to always include a zero (0) ahead of decimal point (.) so your end result appears something like this:

0.25

0.50

0.75

Always put a zero before the decimal point, and the amounts should work for you without any trouble.  For example:

If you don’t, you will see errors, like these:

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