FORTUNE 50 HEALTH CARE COMPANY ADDS BELFORT AWOS TO SUPPORT FLIGHT OPERATIONS

BALTIMORE, MD. – Belfort Instrument Company, one of the country’s oldest meteorological sensor and meteorological system manufactures, has installed its DigiWxTM Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) at their helipad in New Jersey.

The AWOS AV provides real-time wind speed, wind direction, temperature, relative humidity, dew point, altimeter, visibility and cloud height on a graphical display, over a VHF frequency, and on the Internet
 
Our new client is an American multinational, pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886, one year earlier than Belfort instrument was founded (1887).  The corporation includes some 250 subsidiary companies with operations in over 57 countries and products sold in over 175 countries.

 
Our client installed the Belfort DigiWxtm AWOS to ensure continuing safe flight operations for its transportation section, this according to Ralph  F. Petragnani, Vice President , Sales & Marketing for Belfort, “  He continues, “ It is gratifying to have a long established Fortune 500 Company select and install the Belfort AWOS”
 
Belfort Instrument Company has been a leading provider of weather instruments to government, professional meteorology and aviation markets for over 130 years. Detailed information can be found at www.belfortinstrument.com.
 
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Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.