themselves to small shop repairs. I have watched over the years as many of the smaller shops have disappeared and one-man shops are rare. However, the AEA does continue. One reason is that the FAA and TC needs to have such an organization to discuss current avionics issues. The AEA was instrumental in creating some of the early avionics shop guidance material with Transport Canada which I was highly involved with during the nineteen seventies and eighties.


The conferences that were organized by the AEA were a major point on the annual work calendars of people who had a role in installing and maintaining avionics systems or the regulation thereof. Not only were they held in interesting places, but they were fi lled with technical briefi ngs. As the Transport Canada senior person responsible for both the avionics licence and certifi cation and regulation of avionics repair stations, I attended most of them. There was always a large FAA team there as well. Many of them I knew of course, as we participated in technical workshop panel discussions and presented technical papers to the attendees. I recall some of them attracted as many as 1500 avionics associated attendees. In closing, I commend the AEA for all its work over the


last many years and D.O.M. magazine for featuring them. Roger Beebe


is the president of Plane Talk Consulting (www. planetalkconsulting). Prior to establishing Plane Talk Consulting in 2007, Beebe was employed as regional director, Civil Aviation, Prairie and Northern Region with Transport Canada. Beebe


held other positions during his Transport Canada career, including acting director general of Western and Central Region; director, airworthiness; and chief, manufacturing and maintenance for Canada at headquarters in Ottawa, where he was responsible for all maintenance and manufacturing activities and AME licensing. He was involved in approving aircraft maintenance programs for the new aircraft being certifi ed in Canada. Beebe’s civil aviation experience includes Wardair, based in Edmonton and Toronto and Air Canada, based at Toronto. His aircraft maintenance experience was on the B747, Lockheed L1011, DC-8 series, DC-9 series, Boeing 707 and 727 aircraft. He also worked on the Bristol freighter, DHC-6 twin Otter and the DHC-3 Otter and the Viscount. Beebe served more than six years in the Royal Canadian Air Force, four of those years were with 1 Wing Marville, France, and later at Lahr, Germany, maintaining the CF-104 Starfi ghter aircraft. He serviced many 1960s military aircraft from several allied air forces. Immediately prior to leaving the RCAF, Beebe maintained CF-5 and T33 aircraft for 434 Squadron based at Cold Lake, Alberta. During Beebe’s career, he was involved in many national and international activities relating to aviation. In addition to his technical duties, he was involved in all the activities associated with management and executive responsibilities.


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