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 will be holding its last NextGen seminar for 2015 on December 9. Duncan Aviation’s regional avionics sales manager Mark Francetic and channel partners L-3 Aviation Products, Garmin Avionics, Satcom Direct, Honeywell, Rockwell Collins and Universal Avionics will present practical information about the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) and future air navigation systems 1A (Fans-1A) mandates. Discussion includes information about the supplemental type certificates (STCs) and certified equipment currently available for business jets.

 


The seminar runs from 8 a.m. to 2:10 p.m. PST at the 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant in Van Nuys, Calif. Seminar space quickly fills to capacity; <a href="mailto:Mark.Francetic@DuncanAviation.com?subject=December%209%20NextGen%20Seminar">contact Francetic</a> for more information and to RSVP.

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News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

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