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of the AEA board of directors and
was eventually elected chairman,
serving in that role from 2010
to 2013. He also has served on
a number of advisory boards for
various industry manufacturers.
Prior to his life in aviation, he
worked for six years in restaurant
management. Married with two
children, Vail is a native and
lifelong resident of Illinois.

2017 AEA Associate Member of
the Year Nominees
Adams Aviation Supply Co. Ltd.
Adams Aviation began
operations in 1968 when Ross
Adams along with his cousin,
Dick Adams, saw a gap in the

U.K. market for a trade supplier
of general aviation parts and
employed Frank Gosling to
be the general manager.
Adams first
operated out of the
basement of a former
pub in London's
Hammersmith district,
equidistant between
Heathrow and Central
London. Everything was sourced
through AVSCO but quickly, and
with the generous help of the
Adams cousins, Adams acquired
distributorships of its own, with
NARCO Avionics being one of the
first.
With NARCO - as with a good
few distributorships - Adams

Aviation was asked to take on
the role of exclusively managing
the European dealer network.
This paid real dividends
a few years later when
European expansion
beckoned. It also gave
early, unprecedented
access to the AEA
members in Europe.
In 1980, the American
owners sold their shares as
part of a management buyout,
making Adams a wholly owned,
independent European company.
As it expanded its product range
and customer base, it relocated
to Biggin Hill Airport. This
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