Aircraft Ground Service Guide

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We have recently released our new Aircraft Ground Service Guide in full flash. You can view it right on your computer as easily as if you were holding it in your hands. I would like everyone's input on this guide if you are familiar with it. Every year I am tasked with updating it so any comments on how I can improve it would be much appreciated. If you are not familar with it, you can view the cover here http://www.nata.aero/publications/catalog.jsp. What I specifically would like to know is what aircraft are missing that you would like to see added. Or if there is any additional information that might be helpful to you.
 
acoulby said:
We have recently released our new Aircraft Ground Service Guide in full flash. You can view it right on your computer as easily as if you were holding it in your hands. I would like everyone's input on this guide if you are familiar with it. Every year I am tasked with updating it so any comments on how I can improve it would be much appreciated. If you are not familar with it, you can view the cover here http://www.nata.aero/publications/catalog.jsp. What I specifically would like to know is what aircraft are missing that you would like to see added. Or if there is any additional information that might be helpful to you.
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Since I can't see what aircraft are included without purchasing it, I'm not sure I can help. Is the Table Of Contents posted somewhere, or a sample entry?
 
I am uploading a sample flash version now to our server for you to view. It should be finished in about 20 minutes. You can go to www.nata.aero/agsg/sample to view the whole guide at no charge. Just flip to the index to see the included aircraft. I will need to remove this from the web on Tuesday. Feel free to print the index.
 
All V-tailed Bonanzas are "35" - but only 1967 and on are "V35" (prior were 35, A35, B35, etc., up to S but skipping Q and R, then V35, V35A and V35B ).

Also, more Bonanzas will hold 80 (74 usable) than will hold 60.
 
Hmmm... Noted that the Cessna 172 "Skyhawk" is absent (in either the 100LL or the Jet-A aftermarket version). As is the Turbo 182, which has an O2 fill port. Yes, the 172 is rather ubiquitous, but a new line guy (or gal) might still need to have the info. And someone working Signature at ORD certainly would because they see so few of them! :)
Also, I note that the Piper Arrow is missing. And is the Diamond Katana the same as the DA-20?
 
All good suggestions. We do have the Diamond Katrina to add. Sometimes it is like pulling teeth to get the information we need out of the manufactures.
 
Cessna Citation 680 (Sovereign) is missing. So are Cessna 206 (Stationair) and Cessna 320 (Skynight). Otherwise, that's a pretty cool guide!
 
The Dash 8 you have...the photo is a -400 model, the specs are for the -100 model. There are quite a few differences between the evolutions of the DHC-8 series (AC and DC ground power points, lav service point, doors, fuel/pax capacity, and more than 20 feet difference in size between 100 and 400).

And you're missing the Antonov An-225 :).
 
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All good suggestions. We do have the Diamond Katrina to add. Sometimes it is like pulling teeth to get the information we need out of the manufactures.
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I see you have the Cessna 152, the 172RG, the 182, and then the 207. Not all 172's were RG, some 177's were, and the 182 came as either fixed or retract with optional turbo, which as someone else noted does have oxygen. Also, 182 fuel capacities can range from 62 gallons (old, normal tanks) to 96 gallons (new, long range tanks).

I noticed one outright mistake: On the Beech 99, on the top-down view. On one side, you show the outboard wing tank as the aux (which is correct), and the other side you show the outboard wing tank as the main (which is incorrect) - The nacelle tank is the main.
 
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