An Inside Look At One Of The World's Aviation Legends (Part
One)
Piper Aircraft is one of the legends of aviation... responsible
for some of the iconic aircraft that literally define what the
world thinks about general aviation. This is a company that is
determined stay a force in the GA world. And, of course, the fact
that Piper is about to launch the test program for their first jet
project is ample testimony of their commitment to the future of the
company and the position they want to play in the aviation
world.
ANN's Jim Campbell toured the Piper plant a few weeks ago in the
company of Piper CEO, Jim Bass.. a guy who not only knew his way
around the plant floor, but seemed to now the name of EVERY staffer
he ran into. Bass, it appears, is a hands-on kinda guy.
A graduate of Ohio State, with a BS in Mechanical Engineering,
Piper tells ANN and Aero-TV that 'most of Jim’s experience
has been geared towards aerospace and avionics in one form or
another, and since joining Piper, he has been learning how to
fly.'
“While most CEOs have very little time to devote to
activities outside of the office, I believe that knowing how to fly
our aircraft is a vital part of my job – not to mention that
flying gets under your skin and won’t let you go.”
Bass came to Piper in 2005 after serving in leadership positions
with several major companies. Just prior to joining Piper, he
served as CEO and Board Director of the publicly-traded Suntron
Corporation, leading the Phoenix, Arizona-based manufacturing
company’s financial turnaround.
Additionally, as Senior Vice President of the Sony Corporation
from 1992 to 2000, he was responsible for a multi-billion operation
focused on television manufacturing and employing 3,000 employees
worldwide. Before joining Sony, Jim held various manufacturing and
engineering management positions at the Aerospace Group of the
General Electric Corporation and graduated from GE’s
manufacturing management program.
So... Come Along With Aero-TV and Let's Take A
Close Look Inside Piper Aircraft
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Coming Soon!
Aero-TV Sees What It Takes to "Compete" As An
AMT, Looks At The FAA FAASTeam Program, Updates On The Garmin
495, Flying The Piper Matrix, Gets Some GREAT Rotax
Lessons, Gets Updated On ALL Things Lopresti, Has A FUN Chat With
Corkey Fornof, Sees What Happens When AMTs Compete, Checks Out The
Ltest in Life-Raft Technologies, Checks Out More "HIGH" Tech
at I/ITSEC 2007, Hears From AOPA On Critical Aviation Issues,
Spills Some Juicy (and HIGHLY Detailed) Cirrus G3 Info, Scores
A BUNCH of LSA Reports, and SO MUCH MORE!!!!! Do NOT Miss
Them!
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