Thu, Apr 19, 2007
How Durable ARE Composite Planes? Columbia Aircraft's Tom Bowen
Weighs In
ANN's Paul Plack is in Lakeland, FL talking with Tom Bowen,
VP/Engineering for Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing. Tom explains
how last year's freak hailstorm, which damaged 66 aircraft awaiting
delivery, led to research which revealed much about the durability
of composites.
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Aero-Briefing -- where you'll hear these stories:
More aluminum gets bent at Lakeland...
AOPA gets lots of petition signatures...
And Sonex has a new entry-level offering for aerobatic
competitors
...And more
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 04.19.07
(ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing:
04.19.07 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature: Stress-Testing Composite
Aircraft -- 04.19.07 (ANN Special Feature, with
Columbia Aircraft VP/Engineering Tom Bowen.)
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