When Southwest Airlines on Tuesday grounded 128 planes after discovering it failed to perform mandatory inspections of the backup hydraulic systems on the aircrafts, it begged the obvious question: ...
Aircraft hydraulic systems were developed in the early 20th century as a practical means of transmitting robust mechanical power generated by a pump, usually driven by an engine, to a motor or ...
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The winning Parker AP15V World Pump will help meet the aircraft’s Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) fuel efficiency and reliability goals. Parker Aerospace’s AP15V World Pump has been ...
The Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate recently completed an extensive effort to help certify a maintenance process that could extend the life of aircraft hydraulic ...
WASHINGTON -- A hydraulics system failure compounded by software problems caused a V-22 Osprey aircraft to crash in December, killing four Marines, the corps said in a report Thursday. The corps ...