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Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook–Airframe

FAA-H-8083-31B Version 2023

Acknowledgments

Stewart Systems for images used throughout Chapter 3

Superflite for images used throughout Chapter 3

Cherry Aerospace (www.cherryaerospace.com) for images used in Chapters 4 and 7

Raytheon Aircraft (Structural Inspection and Repair Manual) for information used in Chapter 4

Mr. Scott Allen of Kalamazoo Industries, Inc. (www.kalamazooind.com) for image used in Chapter 4

Miller Electric Mfg. Co. (www.millerwelds.com) for images used in Chapter 5

Mr. Aaron Novak, contributing engineer, for charts used in Chapter 5

Mr. Bob Hall (www.pro-fusiononline.com) for image used in Chapter 5

Mr. Kent White of TM Technologies, Inc. for image used in Chapter 5

Safety Supplies Canada (www.safetysuppliescanada.com) for image used in Chapter 5

Smith Equipment (www.smithequipment.com) for images used in Chapter 5 Alcoa (www.alcoa.com) for images used in Chapter 7

Mr. Chuck Scott (www.itwif.com) for images used throughout Chapter 8

Mr. John Lagerlof of Paasche Airbrush Co. ([paascheairbrush.com](https://paascheairbrush.com)) for image used in Chapter 8

Mr. Philip Love of Turbine Products, LLC (www.turbineproducts.com) for image used in Chapter 8

Consolidated Aircraft Coatings for image used in Chapter 8

Tianjin Yonglida Material Testing Machine Co., Ltd for image used in Chapter 8

Mr. Jim Irwin of Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. (www.aircraftspruce.com) for images used in Chapters 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15

Mr. Kevan Hashemi for image used in Chapter 9

Mr. Michael Leasure, Aviation Multimedia Library ([www2.tech.purdue.edu/at/courses/aeml](https://www2.tech.purdue.edu/at/courses/aeml)) for images used in Chapters 9, 13, 14

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) (www.aopa.org) for image used in Chapter 10