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Aviation History
1997
1997 - 2930.PDF
Personality!; The principal current and past Airbus Industriee managers who were interviewed for or contributed to the creation of this spe cial report Roger Betcille - former president of Airbus Industrie. Became head of the flight-test depart ment in 1952 at Sud-Kst Aviation in Toulouse. From 1957 to 1970 he held senior posts with Sud- Aviation, including deputy technical director of and A300 programme manager. In 1970, Beteille was appointed senior vice-president, technical and programme co-ordination at Airbus Industrie, and executive vice-president and general manager in 1974. From February until.March 1985, he was also president and chief executive of Airbus Industrie. Adam Brown - vice-president strategic plan ning. Joined I lawker Siddeley Aviation at I latfield in 1962, working in sales engineering and then in sales. In 1973 he came to Airbus as general sales manager and in February 1989 he became vice- president marketing. After the launch of the A3 30 and A340 in June 1987, Brown was appointed to the new function ofvice-prcsident-strategy, before assuming bis present responsibilities in May 1994. Derek Brown - former vice-president of new products policy co-ordination. Began his aero space career with de I lavilland (later British Aerospace) in Hatfield, UK, where ultimately became head of projects and research. I le joined Airbus in 1979, and before his retirement in 1986 was programme manager on the A320 and vice- president of new products policy co-ordination. Alain Garcia - senior vice-president engineer ing. Succeeded Bernard Ziegler as senior vice-pres ident engineering in 1996. I lis previous position had been vice-president general engineering at Airbus. I Ie originally joined Sud Aviation as a flight- control engineer on the Concorde programme. Garcia has been involved in Airbus programmes since 1969, and was head of the consortium's depart ment for powerplant systems in 1972. Alan Pardoe - product manager A330/A340. Started as a performance engineer jt Rolls-Royce in 1976, before joining British Aerospace in 1979as a sales engineer. Later that year, he joined Airbus Industrie where, between 1979 and 1996, he held various marketing posts. In 1996, he was appointed to his present position . Jean Pierson - president and chief executive. Joined Sud Aviation in 1963, where he became pro duction manager four years later. In 1972 Pierson was named general manager of Aerospatiale's SOCATA subsidiary. Between 1976 and 1983 he- was general manager of Aerospatiale's Toulouse plant, becoming Manager of Aerospatiale's aircraft group in July 1983. In that capacity he was also a member of the Airbus supervisory board. Pierson became managing director of Airbus in April 1985. Jurgen Thomas - senior vice-president Large Aircraft division.Worked with Airbus between 1976 and 1988, having previously been with VFVV in Munich. He then returned to Germany where he managed MBB's MPC 75 regional-jet project, and later became executive vice-president of of the engineering design and technology division. Between 1993 and 1995 Thomas was the European director of the abortive American-European V'LCT project, before being appointed head of Airbus' Large Aircraft division in March 1996. Bernard Ziegler-former senior vice-president engineering. Retired from Airbus in 1996 after a 26-year career with the company- Originally a French air force fighter pilot and test pilot, he joined Airbus as its chief test pilot and head of the flight-test department. On the A300s maiden flight, Ziegler was the co-pilot, and he crewed on the first flights of all Airbus types up until the A340- 200 in April 1992. Ziegler was perhaps the most powerful single influence in developing cockpit design and in shaping the fly-by-wire control laws which Airbus introduced first in the A320. EXACT LATCH SOLUTIONS FOR APPLICATIONS Over fifty years of solid experience shows in latching solutions. Hook latches. Rotary latches. Pin latcnes, Veeband. Tension-shear latches. Pressure relief latches. We even make latches that you couldn't name before we invented them- Adiusta-Keepers , Trigger lock and Missile Air latches, for example. We're the world headquarters for quick-access latching and fastening solutions, we're looking for new challenges. In the U.S.A. call 1-800-360-2217 with your precision application and see how fast an exact solution can be yours. HARTWELL CORPORATION a subsidiary of Western Sky Industries, Inc. tW 900\ We9v Placentia California 92870 USA Tel: 1-714/993-4200 Fax: 1-714/777-4031 Web: www.hartwellcorp.com '^ed Europe and Far East Contact: Hartwell Corporation c/o PO Box 136 2500 Lier 1 Beljium Tel: +32-(0)3-4882888 Fax: +32-(0)3-4883677 Congratulations Airbus! On your 25th Anniversary
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