NEWS:

Job Posting:
Needed: Director of Project Engineering,
Contact: Kevin Nikoo, Corporate Staffing Services
610-771-1096, knikoo@jobscss.com :

Dinner Meeting: (Updated Images from Last Meeting) - Philadelphia Chapter of the American Helicopter Society and the Delaware Valley Chapter of the AAAA:
PATRICK DONNELLY Director, Advanced Rotorcraft Systems Rotorcraft Systems, The Boeing Company - "Overview of Advanced Rotorcraft Systems”
Sponsor: GE
Place: D’Ignazio’s Towne House Restaurant, 117 Veterans Square, Media, PA 19063
Time: Cocktails - 5:30 pm, Dinner - 6:30 pm, Presentation - 7:15 pm

Technical Lunch & Learn, 2008:
Summary Power Point
April 15
Joe Irwin, The CH-47F CAAS-DAFCS Coupled Flight Director, Tuesday Location: Boeing Bldg 3-04, 2nd Floor, Column F7, 12 - 1 pm

April 16
1. Greg Nichols, Avoiding The Failure To Communicate
2. Ashok Sane, Practical Aspects in Automatic Crack Growth Analysis of a Drive System Gear Wednesday Location: Boeing Bldg 3-04, 2nd Floor, Column F7, 12 - 1 pm

April 21
1. Chris Host, Economics of Speed in Military Applications
2. Terry Larchuk, Fatigue Load Distribution and Variability Modeling Monday Location: Boeing Bldg 3-04, 1st Floor, Column A7, 12 - 1 pm

April 22
Mark Robuck, Design, Fabrication, Assembly and Test of a Double Helical Planetary Gear System for Helicopter Applications Tuesday Location: Boeing Bldg 3-04, 2nd Floor, Column F7, 12 - 1 pm

April 24
Dave Miller, HACT Program Technology Transfer Thursday Location: Boeing Bldg 3-04, 1st Floor, Column A7, 12 - 1 pm

April 25
1. Tim Wagner, V-22 Osprey Lateral Trim Management Control Law Design
2. Doug Rhoads, Fleet Damage Tracking Model Development for the V­22 Nose Landing Gear (NLG) Friday Location: Boeing Bldg 3-04, 2nd Floor, Column F7, 12 - 1 pm

Other News:
Frank Nicholas Piasecki, a pioneer in the vertical aviation industry, and one of the original inventors of the helicopter, died at his home in Haverford, PA on Monday, February 11th 2008.  He was 88-years old.

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