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Aircraft Landing Gear Shop Visit Repairs and Overhauls

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Aircraft Landing

August 28, 2018

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com takes a look at Aircraft Landing Gear Overhauls Introduction Original equipment manufacturers [OEMs] continue to balance the need to design lighter and more robust landing gears. The use of titanium has been seen for several decades after first appearing on the B747 and in a more significant way on the B777…

Aircraft Landing Gear Design and Certification Considerations

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Aircraft Landing Gear Design and Certification Considerations

August 27, 2018

Steven Bentley

The Landing Gear being an integral part of the airframe system enters an early design phase. As well as being optimised for the physical installation, The Landing gear must to comply with all regulatory and airworthiness requirements. Many found in FAR 25 / CS 25 for Large Aircraft and FAR 23 / CS 23 for…

Development of Landing Gear MRB tasks

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August 24, 2018

Steven Bentley

Introduction The Landing gear basic design is developed early in the aircraft design cycle due in part to the length of the product development cycle time as well as the need for integration into the aircraft structure. The primary role of course of the the Landing Gear System to absorb Airframe loads during the landing…

Considering the role and purpose of Aviation Regulatory Train the Trainer Courses

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August 23, 2018

Steven Bentley

Steve Bentley MD of Sofema Aviation Services discusses the merits of an effective TTT Course Program What is Train the Trainer? It is a program whereby we train adult educators on the various techniques to deliver effective training in subjects which cover in-depth an understanding of effective training techniques, learning styles and communication processes applicable…