{"id":1262,"date":"2013-06-23T19:53:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-06-23T19:53:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-23T19:53:00","slug":"astronics-names-dale-farr-max-viz-rotary-sales-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/news\/news-release\/astronics-names-dale-farr-max-viz-rotary-sales-manager\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Astronics Names Dale Farr as Max-Viz Rotary Sales Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;\">Astronics Corporation (NASDAQ: ATRO), a provider of advanced technologies for the<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\\wp-content\\uploads\/Farr.JPG\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" \/> global aerospace and defense industries, has named Dale G. Farr (shown at right) as rotary sales manager for the company&rsquo;s line of Max-Viz Enhanced Vision Systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&ldquo;Dale brings to Astronics more than 30 years of civilian and military rotary-wing experience, flying multiple helicopters in aerial firefighting, emergency medical services and offshore operations,&rdquo; said Astronics Executive Vice President Elliott Troutman.&nbsp;&ldquo;Throughout his career, Dale has focused on operational safety and his familiarity with enhanced situational awareness will be of great benefit and value to our helicopter customers.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;Farr joins Astronics after serving as aviation safety manager and tanker pilot for Erickson Air-Crane Inc.&nbsp;He retired from the United States Army in 2001 as a chief warrant officer four master aviator where he was a military standardization instructor pilot.&nbsp;He is an accredited aviation safety manager holding a master level certification in aviation safety and security from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<p><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Farr&rsquo;s extensive background includes search and rescue, medevac, air assault, special operations, offshore, heavy lift, and maintenance, repair and overhaul operations.&nbsp;Additionally, he possesses aviation safety experience covering aviation safety program development, aircraft accident and incident investigation, safety training and safety audits, cockpit resource management instruction, and aircrew training program development with a specialization that includes aircraft systems integration, aviation safety and flight standardization.&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">He has type ratings in the Sikorsky SK64-E\/F and S-70. His rotor wing flight experience also includes Eurocopter BO 105, Agusta A109 MK II, Bell 206BIII, Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk, and Sikorsky MH-60K Blackhawk. Farr is a member of the Helicopter Association International Safety Committee.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Farr holds a degree in aviation maintenance technology from the Spartan School of Aeronautics and has attended the U.S. Army Warrant Officer Career College where he completed several baccalaureate level management training courses.&nbsp;He also successfully completed the National Transportation Safety Board Rotary Wing Accident Investigation Course.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<div class=\"field_attachment\">\n<div><b>Attachment:<\/b><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronics Corporation (NASDAQ: ATRO), a provider of advanced technologies for the global aerospace and defense industries, has named Dale G. Farr (shown at right) as rotary sales manager for the company&rsquo;s line of Max-Viz Enhanced Vision Systems. &ldquo;Dale brings to Astronics more than 30 years of civilian and military rotary-wing experience, flying multiple helicopters in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\\wp-content\\uploads\/Farr.JPG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}