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Champion Aerospace presentation was another demonstration
that IA renewals thrive on great technical content.

Maintenance Records Entries and Other FAA Safety Team News
Of course, I am biased, but the closing FAA presentations
were excellent.
Inspector Greg Horrell, from the Boise FAA Safety Team,
showed a lot of maintenance-related products and programs,
mostly accessible from the website. With the typical high level
of enthusiasm, he showed high value material. He articulated
the importance of ongoing recurrent training for all AMTs. He
talked about the AMT Awards program and about the Charles
Taylor Award program that is especially significant to many
long-experienced (50+ years' experience) delegates at the IA
renewal. Quite honestly, he made me proud of the FAA outreach
to general aviation maintenance personnel.
Inspector Cliff Smart, from the Boise Flight Standards District
Office, reinforced the old adage that "... an aircraft is not airworthy
until the paperwork is equal to the weight of the aircraft ..." He
covered the various maintenance records described in FAR's 43

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and 91. With continuous clarity he reviewed the topics of high
importance for IAs. That included information on Airworthiness
Directives, Form 337, field approvals, and more. His presentation
was the "Right Way" to complete a day of IA renewal training.

END OF COURSE EVALUATION AND OBSERVATIONS
Organizers distributed a thorough program and speaker evaluation. The IAs gave high marks to the speakers and logistics.
Organizers and speakers appreciated that. There were many
participant remarks about the great mix of technical and humancentered speakers.
This event reminded me of the depth of knowledge and dedication of the general aviation IA workforce. This meeting had, at
least five generations represented (from 28 to 88 years). The high
level of enthusiasm ignored age. They were all dedicated aviators!
I was proud and honored to be a member in their ranks.
Special thanks to those that organized the event and helped
me ensure the technical accuracy of this article. That includes
Kenneth Simonian, Gregg Horrell, and Cliff Smart from FAA and
Doug Heidebrink from the Mission Aviation Fellowship.

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