Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic

51fixer · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:39 pm

Robbie Roberts wrote:

Rich-
Yes! I got my exam from Charlie! If you are with the group I think you are referring to, you guys moved your aircraft right before I started- April/May 06... He mentioned you guys today, while we were chatting. Wish I'd have been around when you had the Mustangs there- I would have really enjoyed the chance to work on them!(You would have had to have pried me away from them with a Cletrak!)

Bob Rysak used to talk about working on the Mustangs there during classes sometimes, in General. (Bob is no longer at AIM... ) Nice guy, but swore up and down a Mustang had an inline 6 cyl. engine! I only argued that one with him till I got tired of trying to explain a Merlin engine has a few more than 6 cylinders...

Fred is still around, and still a great help to everyone. I have to run up to see him next week.

I know there are still couple T-6s based there- I was one of the students(yes- there were a few of us) who would have to go and watch them, listening to that beautiful engine when they'd taxi out.

Their bumper sticker says "I (heart) Jet Noise" I wanted one which said "I (heart) Radial Song", but no one ever followed up on the idea...

Robbie

Now with A&P Super Powers!(number pending version)

lol

Rick Yersak has a Harvard there still I believe, Silver with Yellow Bands in RAF markings. I believe that United Refrigeration's CEO has Buzz Cortease's old Yellow SNJ-5 in Willow Grove markings. Buzz had a PT-19 but now has a Polished SNJ-5 which used to be in Long Island. He has moved it to Red Lion in NJ. There is the L-39 in red, white and blue markings in the TWE hangar. Keystone Aerial Surveys there has descended from Aero Services. In the past the large hangar where Hortman and the Philly Police Helicopters are had housed a B-17 and P-38's along with some other misc warbirds which were used for aerial photos and mag work long ago.
Rich

N3Njeff · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:40 pm

Robbie Stuart wrote:

Congratulations & welcome to the world of aviation maintenance.

Below is something to remember.

The Aircraft Mechanic’s Creed

UPON MY HONOR I swear that I shall hold in sacred trust the rights and privileges conferred upon me as a certified mechanic. Knowing full well that the safety and lives of others are dependent upon my skill and judgment, I shall never knowingly subject others to risks which I would not be willing to assume for myself, or for those dear to me.

IN DISCHARGING this trust, I pledge myself never to undertake work or approve work which I feel to be beyond the limits of my knowledge nor shall I allow any non-certified superior to persuade me to approve aircraft or equipment as airworthy against my better judgment, nor shall I permit my judgment to be influenced by money or other personal gain, nor shall I pass as airworthy aircraft or equipment about which I am in doubt either as a result of direct inspection or uncertainty regarding the ability of others who have worked on it to accomplish their work satisfactorily.

I REALIZE the grave responsibility which is mine as a certified airman, to exercise my judgment on the airworthiness of aircraft and equipment. I, therefore, pledge unyielding adherence to these precepts for the advancement of aviation and for the dignity vocation.

Jerry Lederer
Founder, Flight Safety Foundation

Robbie

I wish more read this...............I know a few that must have read the one from JiffyLube.

51fixer · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:47 pm

N3Njeff wrote:

Robbie Stuart wrote:

I wish more read this...............I know a few that must have read the one from JiffyLube.

I thought Jiffy Lube's was more like this:
I will tighten the drain plug- sometimes.
I will re-fill the fluids after I have drained then- sometimes.
I will not get the interior dirty- sometimes.
I will treat the customer with respect- sometimes.
Sometime I will remember all of this, but not today.
Rich

kenlyco · **Joined:** Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:05 pm **Posts:** 656

I remember my last day of school I was going to show off to the new students what a hot start was on--- I think it was a J-34, I blew it up. They were not happy but i still got my license :oops:

Matt Gunsch · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:25 pm

congrats on the ticket, and welcome to the world where boat and car mechanics make more than you do with none of the liability.

Pat · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:52 pm

Matt Gunsch wrote:

congrats on the ticket, and welcome to the world where boat and car mechanics make more than you do with none of the liability.

Ain't that the truth! :cry:

-Pat ('nuther A&P)

Hal B · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:55 pm

Congratulations Robbie; glad the testing went well for you!

bax101 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:58 pm

Matt Gunsch wrote:

congrats on the ticket, and welcome to the world where boat and car mechanics make more than you do with none of the liability.

gee that makes me fell better about myself now. Way to put on the pressure.

Robbie Roberts · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:35 pm

Thanks Everybody!

Robbie

The Inspector · **Posted:** Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:41 am

Congratulations Robbie! You are amongst a dwindling cadre of folks who will take on the life long commitment to do every task 100% correctly each and every time, there is no room for 'darn near', you screw up, large numbers of folks die in a group in a corn field. Don't take anyones word for it, everyone else in aviation lies about tasks being completed, if you can't 100% verify it with your own two Vulcan squinties, donot sign it off!! I pledged to myself when I started that if I ever knowingly had a part in killing people because of laziness or stupidity, I couldn't live with myself and would run off the hanger roof.
This may sound trite, but you now have a certified license to learn. Learn at least one new thing every day and put it in what I call my mental file cards. I've been at this since my sophomore year in High School where I took two classes a day at H.S. and the rest of the day @ A&P school, that was 44 years ago.
When you get some years of experience under your belt, do what I'm doing at the end of my career, pass what you know on to the next Robbie, strive to make him a better, more knowlegable mechanic in two years than you were in five, share you tricks of the trade with another new guy!

51fixer · **Posted:** Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:40 am

One of my ultimate standards is I want to sleep at night. I won't allow myself to do work to a standard that will cause me to lose sleep.
Rich

famvburg · **Joined:** Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:41 am **Posts:** 540

Congrats! I know what you mean about dates. I always feel like I'm getting away with something when I sign off an Annual on April 1. Like the one I did yesterday........

Robbie Roberts wrote:

Just wanted you guys to be among the first to know-

Today I took my Oral/Practical exam for my A&P certificate.

I may now humbly introduce myself as:

Scott A. Roberts, FAA Certified Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic.

Although April Fool's Day, this is NOT an April Fool's joke! I just have a sense of humor about certification dates!(My Pilot's Certificate is dated 17 December 2003) I planned to take it today. Had I failed, the joke would have been on me!

Robbie

my new motto- "I can fix that!"

sgt hawk · **Posted:** Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:15 am

Atta Boy, Robbie, Don't bust your nuckles too many times!

Airlift48 · **Joined:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:01 pm **Posts:** 746

Congratulations! I remember the feling I had leaving the DME's place with that temporary card in my hand! Whoo-hoo!!

Welcome to the club!

krlang · **Posted:** Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:15 pm

Welcome to the "Club"
Prepare to be beaten with it!

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