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Lakeland, FL, December 23, 2014 Rick Garcia, President and CEO, Gulf Coast Avionics announced that the company recently completed a full digital upgrade on a Bell 412EP helicopter operated by the Panamanian Servicio Nacional Aeronaval.

When this 412 arrived in our shop last August it looked every bit like a helicopter that had worked long and hard. As you can imagine, its original analog avionics and instruments were becoming unreliable and difficult to repair, Garcia said. The state-of-the-art digital avionics package including Garmin Helicopter Synthetic Vision (HSVT) gives Panamanian Public Forces pilots the highest levels of system reliability, safety and situational awareness.

Andy Smith, GCAs Installation Sales Representative explained that the project began with the removal of all of the helicopters original analog avionics, mechanical flight and engine instruments, wiring harnesses, and mounting hardware.

To accommodate the new Garmin EFDs, GTN radios and Electronics International digital engine displays we had to design and fabricate a new, custom metal instrument panel and center pedestal for the 412, he said. We also had to build-up new wiring harnesses that would integrate all the new digital avionics with the original autopilot, weather radar and other instruments that were staying in the aircraft."

One of the major challenges with this upgrade was integrating the analog units the operator wanted to keep in the aircraft. It took a lot of effort and planning to get the autopilot, radar, engine instruments, TCAS and other systems to work seamlessly with the new digital displays, Smith said. We couldnt have done it all without a tremendous amount of help from the support teams at Garmin and Electronics International. Their cooperation was invaluable.

Smith explained that the upgraded Bell 412EP panel now features:

Dual Garmin G500H dual-screen electronic flight displays with HSVT

Dual Garmin GTN 650H touchscreen GPS/NAV/COMs

Dual Garmin GTX 33 remote Mode S transponders

Garmin GMA 340 digital audio panel

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Manufacturing/CNC Maintenance

- December 25, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

Employer:

Packers Plus Energy Services

Updated: Dec232014

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Packers Plus is the innovator of open hole, multi-stage horizontal fracturing and we provide technology-based solutions to the oil and gas industry around the world. We are looking for a Manufacturing/CNC Maintenance Mechanic in our northwest Houston office.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Responsible for the maintenance and repair of all equipment and computer numerical control systems including axis/spindle drive systems. Performs tests and repair of Robotic, CNC and PLC systems. Repairs and calibrates instrumentation/ process controls in compliance with API and ISO quality specifications and/or safety systems requirements. Read and interpret electrical drawings and schematics Installing electrical wiring. Maintaining an accurate and detailed record of repairs done to all equipment. Performing preventative maintenance on production equipment as required Installation of conduit and wiring for new equipment, or repairs as required Install piping, hoses and tubing for air, hydraulics and water as required. May be responsible for training other team members and facilitating team activities and any special projects as needed.

Educational Requirements

High School Diploma or GED. Associates or Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics preferred

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Window washer who fell 11 stories reunited with family before Christmas

- December 25, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

A window washer who survived an 11-story fall onto a car in downtown San Francisco has finally been released from the hospital in time for Christmas, family and healthcare officials said Monday.

Marciela Perez, wife of the man who fell, Pedro Perez, told reporters that her husband will require months of rehabilitation after suffering extensive brain injury but that he has improved a lot, according to NBC4.

After nearly a month in San Francisco General Hospital, Perez, 58, was released on Friday in fair condition, a hospital spokeswoman said.

The accident occurred about 10 a.m. Nov. 21 in the city's Financial District. The back of the car where Perez landed was smashed in, but the driver was not injured, police said. Perez fell more than 120 feet.

"As a wife, it is very meaningful for me to have my husband for Christmas festivities," Marciela Perez told reporters at a press conference Monday. "He is my support."

Pedro Perez suffered brain trauma, several broken bones and a ruptured artery in his right arm, his wife told reporters. Its unclear if hell ever walk again but his memory is returning and he can now identify relatives by name, his wife said. Perez will be recovering for three or four months in a Pleasanton facility, according to NBC4.

The driver of the car Perez landed on, Mohammad Alcozai, told KGO-TV that he was happy to be alive and praying that Perez survived.

He said the impact came shortly after he made a left turn, adding that his car's roof almost completely collapsed in the accident.

Maa-Becca Tucker was walking past the crash when she saw the worker lying on the ground. She said he wasn't moving.

Tucker described the scene as crazy and said a woman standing next to her was praying for the man as firefighters took him away in an ambulance.

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Window washer who fell from downtown San Francisco building set to leave hospital

- December 25, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

Published December 22, 2014

OAKLAND, Calif. A window washer who fell 11 stories from a downtown San Francisco building onto a moving car last month is preparing to leave the hospital for a rehabilitation facility where he hopes to walk again.

Pedro Perez, 58, fractured his pelvis, broke an arm, ruptured an artery in his arm, and sustained severe brain trauma when he landed on the Toyota Camry after falling from the top of a bank building in San Francisco's financial district on Nov. 21. The car's driver was not injured.

Perez spent a week in a medically induced coma and still can't move his right arm and leg. But just a month after the fall, he has amazed doctors who originally said it would be months before he could leave the hospital, his wife, Maricela Perez told reporters on Monday.

"They are saying it's a miracle," she said through a translator.

Maricela Perez spoke in Spanish about her husband's recovery at his union shop in Oakland. She said he is in good spirits, complaining about the hospital food and even joking about returning to work down the line, although the couple has agreed it won't be as a window washer.

She said she thought he was dead for the first hour after she heard about the accident. At first, her husband could not recognize members of their extended family, but his memory is slowly improving, she said.

"As a wife, I am very grateful to have my husband for the holidays," she said.

Union organizer Colin O'Leary said worker's compensation would be expected to pay for the cost of Perez's hospitalization and rehabilitation. But without the man's income, the family needs money to help cover rent, utilities, food and school supplies for their two youngest daughters, ages 11 and 16.

Marciela Perez, who works in a plastic factory in San Leandro, California, where the family also lives, said she is working extra hours and the couple's 19-year-old daughter has dropped out of college to help her family.

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Family of window washer who fell struggling

- December 25, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

Maricela Perez, 39, of San Leandro, center, speaks about her husband Pedro Perez while sitting next to translator Colin O'Leary and her daughter Gaby Perez, 11, during a press conference at the SEIU-United Service Workers West office in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. Window washer Pedro Perez, 58, survived falling 11 stories from a building onto a moving car in the financial district in San Francisco last month. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) ( JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO )

OAKLAND -- The wife of a San Leandro window washer who survived an 11-story fall from a San Francisco building in November is asking for donations to support her three daughters, who are facing a meager holiday season.

Maricela Perez, 38, and her 11-year-old daughter, Gaby, appeared at an Oakland news conference Monday morning to ask for help in replacing the wages her husband has lost since he landed on a car Nov. 21.

Perez said her 58-year-old husband, Pedro Perez, broke his right arm, fractured his pelvis, ruptured an artery in his arm and suffered severe brain trauma. He still can't move his right arm or his right leg. He's had "surgery after surgery," his wife said through an interpreter and was in an induced coma for an entire week because the pain was so great.

Maricela Perez, 39, of San Leandro, center, smiles while answering a question about her husband while sitting with translator Colin O'Leary and her daughter Gaby Perez, 11, during a press conference at the SEIU-United Service Workers West office in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. Window washer Pedro Perez, 58, survived falling 11 stories from a building onto a moving car in the financial district in San Francisco last month. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) ( JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO )

"His eyes were shut for an entire week," Perez said. "At first when he woke up, he could only say a few words and couldn't remember familiar faces, and his memory would fail him. But now he is calling us by our names and has conversations."

When she got the first phone call, Perez was told her husband was dead. It was only in the car on her way to San Francisco that she received a second call telling her he was alive.

Perez said her husband has left a hospital intensive care unit and is preparing to enter a rehabilitation facility in Pleasanton, a stay that could last months.

"But now Pedro is not working, and the family has encountered very difficult times," said Colin O'Leary, a translator at the news conference and organizer for Perez's union, Service Workers International Union. "Maricela works in a plastic factory at night and has had to take on extra hours. Her 19-year-old daughter had to quit college to start working and make ends meet."

O'Leary said Perez has health insurance and that his hospital bills and rehabilitation are going to be covered by workers' compensation insurance. He also is receiving disability payments, but it won't be enough.

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