{"id":21642,"date":"2022-04-11T21:26:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=21642"},"modified":"2022-04-11T21:27:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:27:01","slug":"hartzell-propeller-adds-mitch-heaton-to-lead-technology-initiatives-for-advanced-air-mobility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/ohio\/hartzell-propeller-adds-mitch-heaton-to-lead-technology-initiatives-for-advanced-air-mobility\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Hartzell Propeller Adds Mitch Heaton to Lead Technology Initiatives for Advanced Air Mobility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hartzell Propeller has appointed Mitch Heaton as director,\nBusiness Development and New Technology to further the company\u2019s programs\ninvolving advanced air mobility (AAM). His focus will be on developing\npropellers for eVTOL, eSTOL, electric, hybrid and hydrogen powered aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mitch-Heaton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21643\" width=\"192\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mitch-Heaton.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mitch-Heaton-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><figcaption><em>Mitch Heaton<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Using an innovative blend of sophisticated engineering\nanalytics, certification skills and world-class manufacturing technologies,\nHartzell is working closely with several OEMs within these emerging industries\nto fine-tune their propeller applications. Hartzell has dedicated tens of\nthousands of engineering and development hours to electric, hybrid and hydrogen\npowered aircraft since 2019 and it continues to make advancements in tooling,\nmanufacturing processes, and lightweighting materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMitch Heaton has experience leading strategy and business\ndevelopment across multiple industries, with aviation and aerospace often as a\nfocus,\u201d said Hartzell Propeller President JJ Frigge. \u201cHis efforts have included\ndesign of connection systems for aircraft, growing unmanned aerial ecosystems,\nand collaborating with leaders of global aerospace and defense companies and\norganizations,\u201d Frigge added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heaton is a member of the General Aviation Manufacturer\u2019s\nAssociation (GAMA) Electric Propulsion Innovation Committee, and several\nsubcommittees. He also serves as a member of the Emerging Technologies\nCommittee of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a graduate of the Raj Soin College of Business at\nWright State University, where he later served as director of Development and\nExternal Relations in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. He has\nalso been vice president of Economic Development for the Dayton (Ohio)\nDevelopment Coalition and executive vice president of Growth Strategies for\nWoodard Development. He was named to Dayton Business Journal\u2019s 40 Under 40 list\nin 2017, has served on the Board of Directors for the Ohio Economic Development\nAssociation and he is a member and past president of the Engineer\u2019s Club of\nDayton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hartzell Propeller has appointed Mitch Heaton as director, Business Development and New Technology to further the company\u2019s programs involving advanced air mobility (AAM). His focus will be on developing propellers for eVTOL, eSTOL, electric, hybrid and hydrogen powered aircraft. Using an innovative blend of sophisticated engineering analytics, certification skills and world-class manufacturing technologies, Hartzell is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aam-uam","category-ohio"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21642","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=21642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21644,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21642\/revisions\/21644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}