This is the benchmark portable manual since 1952. It is revised and updated for the 21st Century. The definitive nuts-and-bolts manual for all-metal aircraft, from Cessna 15s to Boeing 747s, this newly revised and updated classic gives mechanics and technicians clear, step-by-step, fully illustrated procedures for all standard aircraft tasks.The Sixth Edition of this bestseller features coordinated step-by-step procedures, methods, and techniques - including those used by Lockheed and Rockwell Boeing. It details basic shop practices such as drilling and riveting. It shows you how to install electrical wiring and plumbing. It gives clear directions for nondestructive testing, corrosion prevention and control, and other vital tasks. It fully demonstrates forming and fabricating, and covers materials and materials handling, and more! The "Standard Aircraft Handbook for Mechanics and Technicians" is the one all-metal-aircraft source that you'll turn to again and again, for projects large and small.