AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE

In classes we started anti-icing and de-icing systems. The objective of these systems is to avoid the creation of ice in the surfaces of the plane. The ice can be a seriously problem in aviation.  Icing tends to occur at the leading edges of the wings and stabilizers, propellers, windshields, antennas, etc. This causes a distortion of the geometry of the supporting surfaces and as a consequence a decrease of the lift. For these reasons we need prevent the creation of ice (anti-icing) and remove it if necessary (de-icing). In the workshop we have worked in the boots of the wings and elevators leading edges. This involves sending the bleed air of the engine to the boots of the leading edges to break the ice formed. In English class we told about our bedrooms, in my case I spend little time in mine. I always study in the library, for this reason the unic time I spend in my room is to sleep and dress.

On November 21, we had the exam of M.07A, a very long exam with differents parts. There was a exam of 1.500 pages, and the difficult was the development, this part had two different questions. One question about the tools that you need to put a rivet, and the second development about when working with electrical components or systems. There was a long day, we arrived at 7:30 and we left at 19:30! We stayed 12 hours in Globalia, we arrived without light and I came back home in the dark. The part of the test was simple and easy, all questions were logical and obvious. In theorical classes we started and finished a short theme, water and waste (ATA 38), with Ivan, a new instructor. He have a lot of experience and he was explaining us how to be a good maintenance mechanic. For a few weeks, my phone started to have problems with the baterry, when the weather is cold my baterry percentage plummets and this was a important fact to change the phone. I was all weekend doong reserchs and compa...

Another week in Globalia, we are continuing the explication of ATA 21 (Air conditioning) with Jaime.  It is interesting how it is possible to create an ideal temperature inside the plane, this is achieved thanks to the mixture of hot air and cold air. We get hot air from the engines, it is called bleed air, obtained in the first stage of the yocompressor. On the other hand, we get cold air from outside, called ram air. Basically we combine these airs in the heat exchangers to achieve the desired temperature. A clever way to achive the perfect temperature for the passengers and the crew. In nhe workshop, we have been polishing the practice notebook implementing it with the data of the plane manual. In the practice of this week we was to balance the horizontal helm, a simple job necessary to ensure that the helm have the appropiated angle of attack with the lines of air. The weekend was so boring, I was studying the M.07, I just left home to see the match of my team with friends, ...

AirPaint Painting your dreams Welcome to AirPaint, the aircraft company specialized in structures and painting. We know the difficult conditions in which an airplane can fly, and we work the wear of the paint and the fuselage due to the collision of particles at high speeds in flight. Our company is responsible to fix the structural damage of the aircraft, we also have the paint service to give a perfect finish and enlarge the life of the aircraft Our services include the entire Boeing 737 family and the AirBus A330 / A340 families. We are prepared for any structural arrangement, like bends, dents, notches...We have the newest technology of ultrasound to detect any imperfection in the skin of the plane and our employees are all experts in structural damages with a certificate B1.1 and they are sheet metal workers. We also work to eliminate corrosion in the different fuselage passages by applying different chemical treatments, we count with sprinkler machines to evenly distribu...

This weekend I had two parties, the first one was the birthday of one of my friends, the party was in Binissalem, in the garden of his house. The problem was the weather, there was quite windy and we had to do a barbacue, I don't know how we get alight and ignite the carbon. The Saturday, I had match but I couldn't play because in the last game, disputing a ball, I got hit in the ankle and I couldn't train that week.That night there was a Techno party and I went with Álvaro and my teammates. The DJs were incredible and Álvaro and me met the DJ resident of Mallorca, it was a good night. In Globalia we have started Air conditioning and pressurization with Jaime, it´s interesting how the airplanes keep inside a pressure where we can be without problems. In the workshop we have do the maintenance of the shock absorber, we have had to take out the air and to compress the shock absorber to see if ther was hydraulic liquid. With the maintenance manual following the instru...

The Friday was November 1st, and we didn’t have class. The Thursday 31 there was a party in the same place as Son Pacs (Son Rossinyol) but after the party of Madrid my body needed a break. Finally I went to the parking in front of the club while my friends drink something before enter. I was there because a lot of friend, that they study outside the island, came for the parties. The Friday I met with them, we had dinner in the house of one of them and we stayed there speaking about our lives and studies. The Sunday we had match, after two match that I couldn’t play and my team lost them, we won 3-0 against Sant Marçal. I played all game and I avoided 3 goals attempts. The Monday we hadn’t class, and I used the day for rest. In classes we finished to mount the turbocompressor.  The important of the practice was point the steps and to point the connections of the pipes to be able to mount later. We didn’t have any problem, and the assembly was completed. And the Wednesday we went t...

Today I want to start telling I was doing in my free time. This weekend was awesome, I went to Madrid with my childhood friends and Álvaro. As I said last post, we bought the ticket for a party and all of us wanted to enjoy the weekend. My brother studies in madrid, and I went to his house. I couldn’t spend much time with him, but enough to catch up. We arrived to Madrid the Friday at 1AM, my friend decided to rest for the next nigth, but Álvaro and me met with my friends of Madrid and we went to a club next of my brother’s house. Fabrik, the discotheque, is amazing, there was five  rooms and the main room was all decorated with horrifying and dark. We was like ten of Mallorca and we stayed almost all night together. The bad thing of the night was that someone stole the phones of two of my friends, but they could return to the island. In classes we started to see ATA 36 (Pneumatic) with Jose Miguel. We are learning how to pressurizate the aircraft and how to compress the air to h...