Lombardo covers business aviation maintenance-related issues. He is also a writer and on-air reporter for AINtv. He has over 3000 articles published and is the author of several books on aircraft systems for pilots and on the topic of flight simulation.
He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in education from the University of Illinois, has taught aviation for over 35 years in industry and as a university professor and academic dean at three different universities. He is also a frequent seminar and after-dinner motivational speaker.&nbsp;
Lombardo holds an A&amp;P Certificate, ATP, CFI and Ground Instructor ratings. He was a corporate pilot and was a research pilot and flight instructor at the University of Illinois. An FAA Safety Counselor for over 25 years, he was one of the original 13 Counselors appointed to the FAA’s Airworthiness Safety Program for maintenance technicians.&nbsp;

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David A. Lombardo

Duncan Aviation regional avionics sales manager Mark Francetic will host a free ADS-B and Fans 1A+ seminar on February 19 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Focusing on the mandates for ADS-B and Fans 1A+, Francetic and Duncan Aviation’s channel partners—including Satcom Direct, L3, Honeywell and Universal Avionics—will present practical information about the certified equipment that is available now for business aircraft.

 


Francetic, Duncan Aviation’s expert on all things NextGen, has made it his mission to provide useful, practical information about not only the technology but also precisely what equipment operators need to outfit and/or retrofit their aircraft with to comply with the mandates stipulated in the approaching 2020 FAA deadline.

 


The seminar, which includes several vendor displays, begins at 8 a.m., is being held at the Radisson Hotel in Salt Lake City and includes lunch. Francetic will also host a seminar at the Embassy Suites at Dallas Love Field in Dallas on April 7. Additional dates and locations will be announced shortly.

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