Citation Summer 2005

• ProPilot PRASE Survey Results
• RVSM and Continued Airworthiness
• Would you like Voice Annunciation on your CJ?
• Want Graphical Weather?
• Trivia Question

ProPilot PRASE Survey Results

— Aaron Hilkemann

Duncan Aviation again placed high in Professional Pilot magazine’s annual PRASE readership survey. Conducted annually, Duncan Aviation has received top ratings for decades. Here are the 2005 results:

Best Avionics

• Duncan Aviation-Lincoln
  — #1
• Duncan Aviation-Battle Creek
  — #2
• Duncan Aviation Teterboro
  — #4
• Best Maintenance Duncan Aviation-Lincoln — #1
• Duncan Aviation-Battle Creek
  — #6

Best FBO (Line Service)

• Duncan Aviation-Lincoln
  — #32

Thank you for recognizing our team members for their hard work!

RVSM and Continued Airworthiness

— Dave Lewis

With DRVSM now in effect, continued maintenance will be an ongoing concern. The age and the method by which your aircraft was made RVSM capable will determine how maintenance will be performed. New aircraft are delivered RVSM capable, middle-aged aircraft will typically have a factory solution through a factory service bulletin or STC, and older aircraft find their solution through an independent STC.

Some models have more than one solution and this is where the confusion lies. When an aircraft is in for maintenance, the service center must know the exact RVSM solution used.Without this information, wrong procedures could be applied, resulting in an unsafe aircraft or lost schedule.

Duncan and the local FAA FSDOs strongly encourage operators to carry the RVSM Operations Manual on the aircraft at all times. This manual includes all the information the maintenance facility needs to maintain RVSM to proper standards. This manual will direct the technicians to factory maintenance manuals or identify an STC which will have its own instructions for continued airworthiness (ICA). Typically a copy of the STC is kept in the RVSM Ops Manual.

Would you like Voice Annunciation on your CJ?

— Joe Austin

There is a switch on the back of your annunciation box that activates or deactivates the voice annunciation that comes over the overhead speakers in the cockpit. If you activate or deactivate voice activation, a log book entry should be made.

Want Graphical Weather?

— Kim Konopnicki

If you have a Universal MFD-640, you can now get WSI or XM Graphical Weather. Contact Kim Konopnicki for more information at 800.525.2376.

Trivia Question

— Joe Austin

The previous question was: Why is the forward pressure bulkhead at Fuselage Station 94.0 on most all of the Citation models?

The answer: An imaginary point (similar to a datum point) is determined in front of the plane following the contours of the nose. The point varies depending on the length of the nose. Another point of interest: the 560XL, 650, 680, and 750 all measure the F.S. 94.00 at the top of the forward pressure bulkhead NOT at the bottom of the bulkhead.

This edition’s question is: Most of the cockpits are going to EFIS displays, even in 172s and 182s. The older, round instruments used in jets and piston aircraft had a slang name. What was it and how did they get this nickname?

To answer, call Joe Austin at 800.525.2376.

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