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Big Aviation checks out AirVenture
By Peter S. Lert
They looked like anyone else wandering the showplane lines and vendor displays at AirVenture this year: shorts, T-shirts, camcorders, sunburn. But they weren’t "just visitors"—they were a team of engineers from General Electric and Airbus Industries, on what they themselves described as a "treasure hunt for innovation."
Of course, engineers visiting AirVenture is nothing new. Indeed, it probably isn’t the first time an engineer has managed to figure out a way to come to Oshkosh at company expense. This group, however — including members from both firms and from Europe as well as the United States — came with a very specific objective in mind, and with a highly detailed plan in place for achieving it.
The objective was simple: "Stimulate the GE and AI teams on themes of innovation for the aerospace industry."……………..
………………In terms of inspirational pioneers, one group chose John Monnett; another chose Eben Mocke Sr., who produces and markets the RAF gyroplane kits; and the third chose Canadian "Fern" Villeneuve, who started flying as a civilian after WWII, joined the RCAF, and led its first jet formation aerobatic team.
http://www.airventure.org/2008/7sat2/big_aviation.html
By Peter S. Lert
They looked like anyone else wandering the showplane lines and vendor displays at AirVenture this year: shorts, T-shirts, camcorders, sunburn. But they weren’t "just visitors"—they were a team of engineers from General Electric and Airbus Industries, on what they themselves described as a "treasure hunt for innovation."
Of course, engineers visiting AirVenture is nothing new. Indeed, it probably isn’t the first time an engineer has managed to figure out a way to come to Oshkosh at company expense. This group, however — including members from both firms and from Europe as well as the United States — came with a very specific objective in mind, and with a highly detailed plan in place for achieving it.
The objective was simple: "Stimulate the GE and AI teams on themes of innovation for the aerospace industry."……………..
………………In terms of inspirational pioneers, one group chose John Monnett; another chose Eben Mocke Sr., who produces and markets the RAF gyroplane kits; and the third chose Canadian "Fern" Villeneuve, who started flying as a civilian after WWII, joined the RCAF, and led its first jet formation aerobatic team.
http://www.airventure.org/2008/7sat2/big_aviation.html