Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Get up-to-date information on every aspect of aircraft maintenance and prepare for the FAA A&P certification examThis trusted textbook covers all of the airframe maintenance and repair topics that students must understand in order to achieve Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certification as set forth by the FAA’s FAR 147 curriculum. Fully updated for the latest standards and technologies, the book offers detailed discussions of key topics, including structures and coverings, sheet metal and welding, assemblies, landing gear, and fuel systems. Relevant FAA regulations and safety requirements are highlighted throughout. You will get hundreds of illustrations, end-of-chapter review questions, and multiple-choice practice exam questions. New content reflects the industry-wide shift toward all-composite aircraft models and includes explanations of cutting-edge covering systems, modern welding techniques, methods and tools for riveting and rigging, fire detection, and de-icing systems.Aircraft Maintenance & Repair, Eighth Edition, covers:•Hazardous materials•Structures•Fabric•Painting•Welding equipment•Welding and repair•Sheet-metal construction, inspection, and repair•Plastics and composites•Assembly and rigging•Fluid power•Aircraft landing-gear and fuel systems•Environmental and auxiliary systems•Troubleshooting

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This book contains all the information and instruction needed to fulfill the woodwork requirements for an aircraft mechanic's license in 1946. Its detailed information on every aspect of aircraft woodwork will also make the book useful for reference by woodworkers on the job. It is clearly written in non-technical language which anyone can understand.There is much useful data on the different types of woods, their characteristics, their physical structure, properties and uses, ways in which they are cut and seasoned, the specific requirements in strength, moisture content, weight, grain, etc., for different aircraft parts, and the defects which the woodworker must watch for in the selection of wood for each job.There are equally full and specific details about the various types of glues used in woodwork and the techniques of application; about joints and laminations; and about the various types of finishes required on the wood and fabric parts of the aircraft, how they are applied, and how they are removed.The common tools and machines the aircraft woodworker uses are illustrated and the techniques in the skilled use of each tool is explained. There are helpful chapters on blueprint reading and on the safety precautions necessary in woodwork.The last half of the book contains nearly 100 problems which show each step in typical aircraft woodwork jobs, both construction and repair. They illustrate work on all of the wood structures and the fabric or plywood covered parts of an aircraft.The book is illustrated with about 225 detailed drawings and photographs, which graphically show all the materials, tools, and techniques described in the text. There are also useful tables of data on such matters as the allowable and inallowable defects in woods for the various aircraft parts, the amounts of pressure needed in gluing various parts, bending radii of plywoods, the classification of woods by strength, weight, moisture content, specific gravity, etc.