An ANN Special Report -- By Aleta Vinas
I'd like to focus on an organization that encompasses
women from all aspects of aviation. Women in Aviation,
International is open to pilots, air traffic controllers, avionics
and maintenance techs, engineers and those who are not yet in
aviation but sure want to be! WAI is so all encompassing, even
men are allowed to join, and you can't get much more politically
correct than that! With over seven thousand active members, WAI
didn't start out as an organization.
"As our production rate accelerated
last year, we quickly began wanting more room. The additional space
will allow us to add some new equipment as well as refine our
production process."
Source: Lancair President Bing Lantis
explaining the need to expand the company's facilities in Bend
(OR). Lancair's $2.5 million, 40,000 square foot facilities
expansion program is nearing its first milestone, where the
manufacturer expects to bring a new composites oven on line at the
end of March that will double production capacity of composite
aircraft components. When it is completed at the end of 2004,
Lancair's headquarters will have gained nearly 30 percent more
floor space and doubled its
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