Avionics News August 2014 - 7

TRAINING SITE:

TRAINING TIME!
AEA hosts four training
classes in August

The Aircraft Electronics Association is offering four
educational courses during the month of August in the
Dan Derby Center for Professional Development at its
international headquarters in Lee's Summit, Missouri.
First, the AVIONICS INSTALLATION AND
INTEGRATION TRAINING course is slated for Aug.
18-20. Presented by Don Dominguez of Radioman
Avionics, this three-day course is designed for
technicians who have completed AEA's Basic Wiring
and Avionics Installation Course and/or have a
couple years of basic avionics installation practice
and are looking for more experience integrating
common general aviation installations. Technicians
will learn how to plan, install, interface, configure
and check out an installation consisting of a Garmin
GTN 650 touchscreen nav/comm/GPS, Garmin
GTX33ES remote transponder and an Aspen EFD1000
primary flight display.
In addition, the PITOT-STATIC AND TRANSPONDER
CERTIFICATION TRAINING course takes place Aug.
21. Attendees will learn the proper methods for
conducting pitot-static and transponder certification
testing. This full-day course offers hands-on training,
including a regulatory review and an explanation of the
proper administrative procedures for completing these
critical certifications. It also includes a transponder
tune-up course. The contents of this course can easily
be incorporated into approved training programs for
certified repair stations.

Dan Derby Center
for Professional
Development,
AEA International
Headquarters.

INFORMATION/
REGISTRATION
www.aea.net/training
816-347-8400

The RVSM MAINTENANCE AND ADVANCED
TRANSPONDER TRAINING course immediately
follows on Aug. 22. Attendees will be introduced to
the regulations, documentation, test equipment and
maintenance practices associated with performing
RVSM maintenance and will follow with an in-depth
look at Mode S transponders. This course assumes the
attendee has good operating knowledge of Federal
Aviation Regulations 91.411 and 91.413.
Finally, the NATIONAL CENTER FOR AEROSPACE
AND TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES AIRCRAFT
ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN REVIEW course takes
place Aug. 25-27. Presented by Bruce Bessette, who
has more than 30 years of avionics and maintenance
experience, this three-day course provides a
review of all 34 subject areas for the NCATT AET
certification exam. At the end of this review, course
attendees should be prepared to take the NCATT AET
certification test, which will be administered free of
charge (a $100 value). Upon successful completion
of the AET exam, attendees will be eligible to
test for additional ratings, including the NCATT
Radio Communications Systems (RCS), Dependent
Navigation Systems (DNS) and Autonomous
Navigation Systems (ANS) endorsements.
For more information or to register for these
professional development opportunities, visit www.
aea.net/training or contact the AEA at 816-347-8400.
Class size is limited, so register today. q

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