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Where Wrenches Meet Code

Navin Rajcoomar — A&P Student, IT Engineer, Aviator at heart.

Powerplant study guides, aviation pioneers, and field notes from where flight meets code.

Inspiration

Words That Drive Us

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane. The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

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Nikola TeslaInventor & Electrical Engineer

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

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Wilbur WrightPioneer of Powered Flight

A nation's ability to fight a modern war is as good as its technological ability.

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Frank WhittleInventor of the Jet Engine
Writing

Thoughts

Personal

From Ogle to Orlando: Why I Chose Aviation After 20 Years in IT

Some decisions look like pivots. This one felt more like coming home. A story about growing up near an airport, a 20-year detour through IT, and what it finally feels like to chase the dream.

To be published  ·  by Navin
Technical

What a Proxmox Cluster Taught Me About Aircraft Systems Thinking

Redundancy. Fault isolation. Zero single points of failure. Turns out IT infrastructure and aviation maintenance speak the same engineering language — and understanding one makes you better at the other.

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Technology

Eight Names You've Never Heard — Who Wrote the Paper That Invented Modern AI

In 2017, eight researchers published a 15-page paper that restructured the entire field of artificial intelligence. Most people using AI every day have never heard their names. Here's why they should.

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Pioneers & Innovators

Standing on Their Shoulders

Every aircraft I'll ever touch exists because someone refused to give up. A few of the people I look up to:

Wilbur and Orville Wright

Wright Brothers

Pioneers of Powered Flight · 1903

Two bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio who cracked open the sky. Twelve seconds at Kitty Hawk changed human history — and their systematic, methodical approach to engineering is the same discipline every aircraft mechanic carries today.

Frank Whittle

Frank Whittle

Inventor of the Jet Engine · 1930

An RAF officer who patented the turbojet in 1930 and spent a decade fighting bureaucracy before it ever flew. Every turbine engine I study traces straight back to his stubborn refusal to give up.

Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla

Inventor & Electrical Engineer · 1856–1943

Alternating current, the induction motor, a vision of the future so far ahead of his time we're still catching up. He died poor and uncelebrated — history has since corrected that debt, if incompletely.

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What I Know

My Expertise

Aviation first — backed by twenty years of technical discipline.

Aircraft Systems — A&P

Currently completing FAA Airframe & Powerplant certification at the Aviation Institute of Maintenance in Orlando, Florida. My focus is turbine and powerplant systems — fuel systems, fire protection, engine instruments, and hydraulics. Hands-on training with industry-standard maintenance equipment and FAA advisory materials. Targeting MRO roles with major carriers upon certification.

FAA A&P Turbine Systems Powerplant Hydraulics Fire Protection Fuel Systems Instrument Systems

Turbine & Powerplant Focus

My specialization within the A&P track. Gas turbine theory, fuel metering, lubrication systems, ignition, and engine instrumentation — studied from the FAA handbooks down to the part level, reinforced with self-built study tools and hands-on shop time. The engine bay is where I want to spend my career.

Gas Turbines Fuel Metering Lubrication Ignition Systems Engine Instruments FAA-H-8083 Series

Carried Forward from IT

Before aviation, I spent twenty years building and maintaining enterprise infrastructure — networks, firewalls, virtualization, storage. What carries forward isn't the toolset; it's the discipline: methodical troubleshooting, documentation, redundancy thinking, and zero tolerance for "it's probably fine."

Systems Thinking Troubleshooting Linux Networking Virtualization

What I Do

Aircraft Maintenance Training

Hands-on A&P coursework covering airframe, powerplant, and avionics systems — trained to FAA standards at AIM Orlando.

Airworthiness Mindset

Precision, documentation, and accountability — every task done to standard, every step traceable. The FAA way is the only way.

Systems Thinking

Whether it's a hydraulic circuit or a Docker stack, I approach every system the same way — understand it completely, then simplify.

Always Learning

From server racks to turbine bays — I build my own study tools, read the source material, and never stop asking how things work.

Who I Am

About Me

Some dreams don't die — they wait.

Growing up in Guyana, I lived beneath the flight paths of Ogle Airport. Every aircraft that passed overhead was less a machine and more a question I couldn't stop asking: how does that work, and how do I get closer to it?

Life had other plans first. I spent over two decades building expertise in IT infrastructure — Proxmox clusters, FortiGate firewalls, ZFS storage, enterprise networking. I got good at it. But the sky never stopped calling.

Today, I'm a full-time Airframe & Powerplant certification student at the Aviation Institute of Maintenance in Orlando, Florida, with a focus on turbine and powerplant systems. My goal is MRO work with a major carrier — bringing two decades of technical discipline from IT into the world of aircraft maintenance.

The detour wasn't wasted. Every troubleshooting mindset, every system I've diagnosed, every network I've hardened — it all translates. Aviation and IT speak the same language: precision, redundancy, and zero tolerance for failure.

"The best time to pursue a dream was twenty years ago. The second best time is now."
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Currently

A&P Student — Aviation Institute of Maintenance, Orlando

Background

20+ years in IT infrastructure, networking, and systems engineering

Location

Haines City, Florida

Open To

MRO opportunities with major carriers upon A&P certification