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At a recent AEA International Convention & Trade Show, AEA President Paula Derks asked member companies the following
question: What's working for you? Derks challenged AEA members to share their success stories, best practices and ideas
that are working for their respective companies. This article is part of a series that highlights how AEA member companies
recognized challenging economic circumstances, and how they responded and overcame them.
What's
Working?
Business initiatives that are elevating companies to success
S T O R Y
B Y
T H O M A S
I N M A N
Safe Flight Instrument Corporation
Charting a
consistent course
R
ecently, Safe Flight Instrument Corporation
celebrated 70 years under continuous management.
All this time, the same family has been at the
helm, and the company claims the distinction of being the
world's oldest continuously operating avionics company. In
September 2016, Safe Flight received the Safety Award from the
Eastern Region Helicopter Council for its Powerline Detection
System for helicopters. The award is in recognition of Safe
Flight's innovative
lifesaving
products and
for its 70-year
commitment
to making flying
safer.
"ERHC salutes
Safe Flight for developing
innovative safety products
such as the Powerline
Detection System, which
have greatly contributed
The Powerline Detector uses a VLF
to the advancement of
receiver to monitor the radio waves
generated by power lines.
aviation safety," said ERHC
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Chairman Michael Philbin.
Safe Flight's PDS is European Aviation Safety Agency
and Federal Aviation Administration certified and operates
worldwide to detect 50 Hz/60 Hz powerline frequency
emissions. The PDS is a lightweight (less than 2 pounds
installed) passive system that alerts the pilot when approaching
an energized powerline. The system provides both a visual and
aural warning to the crew. As the aircraft approaches the hazard,
the aural tone intensifies, cautioning the pilot.
This isn't the only award the company has earned, so clearly,
something is working well for Safe Flight.
Near the present location of John F. Kennedy International
Airport stood the U.S. Naval Air Station in Queens, New York.
At the air station, in 1937, Leonard Greene, a chemist in his
uncle's rubber cement company, was preparing for a flying
lesson. Greene looked up to witness a small airplane that
dropped suddenly from the sky. Witnessing the accident changed
his life and the general aviation industry.
The accident he witnessed was the result of a stall. Greene
wanted to find a way to warn pilots of an impending stall.
He found a way, and nearly every pilot is familiar with his
invention, the stall warning device. Greene established Safe
Flight to produce the stall warning device in 1946. His invention
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