| Over forty years of successful combined experience in administration, research
and development,design engineering, quality control, manufacturing and computer
graphic arts in military and commercial aircraft flight instruments and systems both
domestic and foreign. Author of nine U.S. patents and one Canadian patent. Significant Accomplishments:
Developed a product line, black boxes and indicators for helicopters both domestic
and foreign that resulted in four U.S. patents and one Canadian patent. Created the
engineering and material control procedures as well as the quality control system.
Initiated TSO/PMA. as well as STC applications for the product lines, generated
over 300 TSO/STC applications for various products. Conceived, designed and supervised the manufacture of aircraft instruments
amounting to over 56 million dollars in sales over a ten year period to both domestic
and foreign rotary wing aircraft. Originator of five U.S. patents in the field of solid
state and mechanical systems pertaining to commercial fixed wing aircraft. Over two decades in the design and development of aircraft instruments and
related systems. Conceived and developed the entire product line for Instrument
Specialties, Inc. developed over two thousand models for sales to domestic and
foreign markets. These designs earned the endorsements of Allison, Lycoming,
Pratt & Whitney as well as Beech Aircraft, Cessna, Mooney Aircraft, Bell
Helicopter, Boeing Vertol, Hughs Helicopter, Kawasaki, M.B.B., Agusta,
Aerospatiale Helicopter , and Pezetel (Poland). Introduced "Desk Top Publishing" to my printing franchise with the first available
Macintosh system and was successful in replacing photo typesetting and
propagating the computer concept through out the franchise. Became fluent in
computer graphics and utilized this technology in my design career to develop
engineering drawings, technical manual layout, technical displays, brochures,
proposals, and circuit board designs. September 1991 to Present
Consultant to Management, Primary objective was to mount a strong engineering
effort in support of STC programs involving a Programmend continuity Sensor
( PCS). This required establishing Engineering drawing and part numbering
controls as well as manufacturing procedure formats to support new product efforts.
Originated the quality control system and provided the manual to further support the
TSO efforts. Instigated the redesign of the “PCS” to make it a viable product for its
intended market. Application of this device for the Army uncovered a serious defect
in the Apache AH64 and the Blackhawk H60 Helicopters, it was my challenge to
provide a solution to this problem. This effort resulted in the first of my latest patents
( 4 issued to date) the “Auto-Fault” was born. This device would operate with the
PCS and identify a broken wire in the Chip Detector circuits, this effort evolved and
matured to the point of eliminating the PCS and incorporating a sensor in the Chip
Detector nose piece (second Patent) further testing was required and improvements
were initiate. “Fuzz Burning” (third Patent) was incorporated. This required a heavy
engineering effort in developing improved magnetic circuits (Chip Detectors) and the
digital electronics required for precise burn control. Qualification testing to DO160C
was required and preformed to enable flight testing of this device on the Apache and
on the Coast Guard C-130 which was successfully completed. Additional
requirements for this system required further design effort to make this applicable
to a broad field of applications, a sensor was designed that could reside in a
connector seal (4th Patent). This device “Auto-Fault” has been approved and flying
on Bell Helicopter Models 430, 412, TH 57, 206B, 407 and UH 1N also the Coast
Guard C-130 and Apache are in work. Other efforts in product design resulted in
the development of Indicators, Transducers and installation kits for the BO-105
these units required TSO and STC support. Further Engineering requirements
involved a vendor supplied Torque Converter Box that has a serious failure history,
it was my challenge to redesign this system from the ground up and make it a viable
reliable product for Benz Airborne Systems. This system is now used in the Bell
Helicopter 212, 412 and the Air Force UH 1. Education: BSEE 1957 O.C.U., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Certified Radiological Instructor, 1962 Kansas State University Professional:
Instrument Society of America
Flight Instrument Society
Aerospace Lighting Institute
Helicopter Association of America
Society of Automotive Engineers
Association of the U.S. Army
Planetary Society, U.C. Berkley Licenses and Certificates: Instructor, Radiological Testing, State of Kansas
Airman Certificate, F.A.A. #2072334
F.A.A.DMIR #SW-6117
F.C.C. First Class Radio Phone
Amateur Radio License (General) K0YES-W5VRL | | |
