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Vol. 1 - No. 3
Friday, September 7. 1945
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OUR I®W ENGINE CHECK FOHL;
The new engine check form is ready now
for your use. It is imperative that all
engine mechanics in charge of engine
checks make an earnest effort to familiar
ize themselves with this form.
Vi/hen a plane comes in for an engine
check, whoever accepts the job should ob
tain one of the engine check forms and
put it on a clip boar4. He then must enter
on the form, the owner's name, address,
telephone number (if any), the NC number,
make, model and serial number of the air
craft, make, model and serial number of
the engine, and the make, model and serial
niomber of the propeller. This may seem a
great deal of trouble to some mechanics.
However, it is information that we need to
do our paper work without encountering a
great deal of inconvenience and extra
expense. After we have adopted a regular
form for all our jobs, we can omit detail
ed information above, because it will be
entered on the job form.
Under "Description of Work" the mechanic
Ti(ill find all necessary operations for an
engine check. As each operation is per
formed the column in front of the descrip
tion of work should be checked. On some
engines some of the listed work will not
have to be performed. If this is the case,
merely omit the check mark on that line
and proceed to the next operation. In case
any work has to be done which is not list
ed, the mechanic should make use of the
lines below the heading, "Other Repairs
Not Listed Above" and enter all such oper
ations.
To give you an example, suppose you re-
lacved the heater muffs to inspect the
crndition of the exhaust stacks for cracks.
xet us say that you found a crack in the
Ight stack that has to be welded. You
will check the line "Removed Heater
Luffs" and also check the line "In
spected Exhaust Stacks". Below the
heading "Other Repairs Not Listed
Above" you must then enter "Removed
right exhaust stack and welded crack".
It would not be necessary to state
that you reinstalled the stack after
welditig. It is self-evident that the
stack had to be reinstalled; it cer
tainly would not be possible for the
stack to get back on the engine with
out your doing the work. At the bottom
of the form the mechanic should sign
his name, give his rating and number,
and insert the date.
Do not forget that the engine check
has to be entered in the log book. It
is important that whoever brings a
plane to us for repairs surrenders all
papers and log books to the person
authorized to accept the job. Failure
to ask for these papers often causes
us unnecessary work as well as a delay
in the delivery of the airplane to the
customer.
P5RSCNALS
While working on his automobile last
Saturday, kr. R. G. Newell had the mis
fortune of injuring his left hand. We
miss "Windy" and we hope he will be
back with us soon.
Mr. 0. V. Sprinkle left the employ
of Piedmont Aviation to enter State
College at Raleigh, N.C. He will study
Aeronautical Engineering there. In the
short time he was with us he did a
splendid job. Good luck to hiin in his
new endeavor.
Due to illness, Mr. L.J,Lambert,Jr.