Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Serving the world’s second largest aerospace industry, the UK’s production, design, test & inspection supply chains rely every year on the country’s only 100% engineering focused supply chain event – Aero Engineering - to meet and develop business with global OEMs, primes and top tier producers spanning structures, propulsion systems, components, systems, subassemblies and more.....

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Senior engineering functions invited include: Procurement/Purchasing - Supply chain management - Supply chain selection & surveillance – Integration - Programme management - Design & development - Production & Manufacturing – Assembly - Test & inspection
At Primes /Tier 1 target organisations include: Aernnova, Aerolec, Agusta Westland, Airbus, Alenia Aeronautica, ATR, BAE Systems, BBA Group, BE Aerospace, Boeing, Bombardier Aerospace, CGT, Cobham, Dassault Aircraft, Diehl Aerospace, Diehl/Thales, Doncasters, Dunlop Aerospace, EADS, EADS Astrium, EADS CASA, EADS Defence & Security, EADS Military, EATON Aerospace, Esterline, Eurocopter, Finmeccanica UK, Galileo, GE Aviation GE Aviation Systems (Aero structures), General Dynamics, GKN Aerospace, Goodrich Corporation, HCL, Hispano Suiza, Honeywell, Hyde Aero Products, Latecoere, Liebherr, Lockheed Martin, Marshall Aerospace, MBDA, Meggitt, Messier Dowty, MT Aerospace, Northrop Grumman, PFW, Premium AeroTEC, Raytheon Systems Rockwell Collins, RollsRoyce, Saab Aerostructures, SAFRAN, Selex Galileo, Smiths Group, SNECMA, Spirit AeroSystems, St Bernard Composites, Stork Fokker, Thales, ThyssenKrupp Aerospace, Turbomeca, Turbo-Union, Ultra Group, Unison, Voith Aerospace, Volvo Aero, Vought, VT Group, Zodiac Aerospace......to name a few
"We thought the show was the best we have attended in the last 5 years with over 60 enquiries – it kept three of us busy over the 2 days so well done to all the team. We are delighted to be sponsors of the show." Julia Moore, Chief Executive, GTMA / MRC Manufacturing Resource Centre “This was the third consecutive year at Aero Engineering for Fibracon-Insoll Machined Plastics and certainly the most successful so far. The number of good quality enquiries increased in proportion with the number of exhibitors and we enjoyed meeting with some of the “regular” visitors to this annual event. Our stand for next year is booked as we see this as the best UK aerospace market showcase for our machined plastics technologies Mike Fryer, Director Fibracon \| Insoll “We were thrilled by the number and quality of the visitors this year, the visitors were from a much broader range of industries reflecting how the show has developed and expanded over the last 3 years. We have already received a number of enquiries and one order has been placed and we haven’t even been back a week. Well done to the team for broadening the appeal!” Andrea Rodney Hone-All Precision Limited

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Aero Commander was an aircraft manufacturer formed in 1944. In subsequent years it became a subsidiary of Rockwell International and Gulfstream Aerospace. The company ceased aircraft production in 1986.

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Aero was formed in Culver City, California in 1944 to design and manufacture a light twin-engined transport aircraft. Ted Smith, a former project engineer at Douglas Aircraft Company, assembled a team of 14 engineers to design what would be the Aero Commander. Preliminary design was completed in 1946. The first prototype took flight on April 23, 1948, and was certified by the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) in June, 1950.^[1]
In September 1950 it became the "Aero Design and Engineering Company" of Oklahoma. Its facilities consisted of an aircraft hangar and 26,000 sq ft (2,400 m²) manufacturing facility located at what is now Wiley Post Airport near Oklahoma City. In August 1951, the first production Aero Commander, the piston-powered model 520, rolled off the assembly line. In 1954, the 520 was replaced by the 560 and 560A featuring a larger cabin and more powerful Lycoming piston engines. In 1955, the U.S. Air Force selected the Aero Commander as the personal transport for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, ordering 15 aircraft, two of which were used by The White House. In 1958, the Company introduced the first pressurized business aircraft in the form of the model 720 Alti-Cruiser.^[1]

United States Air Force Aero Commander U-4B.

The company was acquired by Rockwell-Standard in 1958. The aircraft added fuel injection engines and other modifications to increase performance, resulting in the 1960 introduction of the Twin Commander. With the advent of the small gas turbine engine, the 680 T model was released in 1964, followed by the 690 series in 1971, and the JetProp series in 1979.^[1]
The company later incorporated other aircraft types developed at smaller companies and marketed them as components of the Aero Commander line. It also developed a two-engined business jet, the 1121 Jet Commander, but sold the manufacturing rights to Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), who produced it as the Westwind.
In February 1981, Rockwell International sold the Aero Commander division to Gulfstream Aerospace. The final Twin Commander model 1000, released in the early 1980s, was powered by Dash 10 engines. In December 1985, Gulfstream Aerospace was acquired by Chrysler Corp. With a new focus on the business jet market, production of the Twin Commander ended in 1986.^[1]
In 1989 the Twin Commander Aircraft subsidiary of Gulfstream was acquired by Precision Aerospace Corporation. With this acquisition, the company transformed from an aircraft manufacturer to an OEM parts, service and support provider. In 2003, the company was reincorporated as Twin Commander Aircraft, LLC. In 2005 the company was acquired from Precision in a management buyout.^[1]

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Aero Commander 100 (1960) Single-engine four-seat high-wing piston-engine civil utility aircraft. Fixed tricycle undercarriage.

Aero Commander 200 (1950s) Single-engine four-seat low-wing piston-engine civil utility aircraft; Design rights purchased in 1966 from Meyers Aircraft Company. Retractable tricycle undercarriage.

Ag Commander A-9 (1950s) Single-engine one-seat low-wing aerial application aircraft. Horizontally opposed piston engine. Fixed tailwheel undercarriage.

Ag Commander S-2 Thrush (1956) Single-engine one-seat low-wing aerial application aircraft. Radial piston engine. Fixed tailwheel undercarriage.

Aero Commander 500 (1948) Two-engine high-wing piston-engine civil utility aircraft. Retractable tricycle undercarriage.

Aero Commander 1121 Jet Commander (1963) Twin jet engine midwing civil utility aircraft. Later produced by IAI as the Westwind.

Ag Commander was a brand name used by Aero Commander for their line of agricultural aircraft. Two unrelated aircraft were marketed under this name: the CallAir A-9, sold as the Ag Commander A-9 and B-9, and the Ayres Thrush (aka the Snow S-2), sold as the Ag Commander S-2. Both aircraft were originally the products of smaller manufacturers that Aero Commander had purchased. The Ag Commander brand was dropped in 1970 when Rockwell dissolved the Aero Commander division.

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