Master rigger Mike Parnell walks up to a rack and picks up what looks like a giant rubber band. In reality, it is a 10-ft-long, 2-in.-wide lifting sling made of thin, yellow nylon webbing. Parnell ...
FAA issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) yesterday for immediate inspections of Beech 1900, 1900C and 1900D to find mis-rigged elevator control systems. Ground tests last week of rigging ...