HANGAR TALK
Annual Enterprise Business Awards at the Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona. Established in 1998, Stonecipher
started Guidance with one helicopter and himself as the sole instructor pilot and employee. Today, Guidance Aviation is recognized as a leading col legiate helicopter flight training acade my with a fleet of fiftteen aircraft, fifty employees, and hundreds of graduates throughout the country now working in the aviation industry. Twentyfour of the Guidance employees are U.S. mili tary veterans. Selection of The Person of The Year
Arizona Aviator, Business Owner Named Person of the Year by Small Business Administration
John Stonecipher, President & CEO
of Guidance Aviation, accepted the Arizona Small Business Administration's Person of The Year Award from the State's SBA CEO, Rick Murray and National SBA District Director, Robert Blaney, during the State's SBA 20th
by the Arizona Small Business Administration is based upon the fol lowing criteria: (1) Staying power, (2) Growth in number of employees, (3) Increase in sales, (4) Current and past financial
performance, (5)
Innovativeness of product or service offered, (6) Response to adversity, and (7) Evidence of contributions. "Our success is a result of the great
people that work at Guidance. These people are simply the best of the best,"
stated Stonecipher. Stonecipher's experience is formida
ble. With nearly 9,000 accident free hours of Pilot In Command time, he is rated in both helicopters and airplanes and has served the aviation community as a Designated Pilot Examiner for more than 7 years. Throughout a career committed to education and aviation, he has maintained his Flight Instructor Certificate and has held aviation posi tions as Director of Operations, Chief Pilot, Chief and Asst. Chief Instructor, Check Airman for both (Part 141) and FAA approved pilot schools and (Part 135) unscheduled air carriers. Additionally, Stonecipher is a founding member and currently serves on Helicopter Association International’s (HAI) Flight Training Committee while also holding the distinction of Adjunct Professor at Yavapai Community College for the Associate of Applied Science Professional Helicopter Pilot Degree.
AW169 Helicopter Final Assembly Line To Be Established at AgustaWestland Philadelphia
AgustaWestland recently announced
that a final assembly line for the new generation AW169 helicopter will be established at its AgustaWestland Philadelphia facility located at Northeast Philadelphia Airport in the United States of America. The first Philadelphia built AW169
helicopter will be inducted into the final assembly in May 2014 and will be deliv ered to the first customer in early 2015. The new production line will ramp up to produce around 20 aircraft per year by 2017. Incorporating a lean advanced manufacturing philosophy, the new AW169 production line will be scalable to accommodate production escala tions based on market demand. Also AgustaWestland’s facilities in Vergiate
20 June 2013
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54
