Ipeco Selected As Seat Manufacturer For American Utilicraft FF-1080 Freight Feeder.Business Editors TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2003 Ipeco today announced that the company has been selected to provide the Crew Seats for the American Utilicraft Corporation's FF-1080 Turboprop turboprop: see turbine. turboprop Hybrid engine that provides jet thrust and also drives a propeller. It is similar to the turbojet except that an added turbine, behind the combustion chamber, works through a shaft and speed-reducing gears to turn a Freight Feeder aircraft. "Ipeco is pleased to be a part of this exciting new aircraft program," says Terry Glover Glov´er n. 1. One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves. Glover's suture a kind of stitch used in sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward. , Sr. Vice President/General Manager for Ipeco Inc. "The FF-1080 is a Part 25 aircraft that requires Ipeco's advance technology 16G Crew Seat." The FF-1080 aircraft is a unique new design that fills a void for a medium capacity freighter in the air cargo air cargo: see aviation. market. "We are pleased to be a Manufacturing Partner in the FF-1080 program," notes Mr. Glover. Ipeco, based in Southend-on-Sea, England, has over 30 years experience in design and manufacture of crew seats for commercial, commuter, executive, and military aircraft. Ipeco has certified See certification. over 20 programs to the new 16G dynamic requirements. The FF-1080 crew seat will incorporate Ipeco's latest design technology utilizing CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) See numerical control. CNC - Collaborative Networked Communication machined components. American Utilicraft Corporation was founded to target the ever-growing problem of addressing the overnight express and business-to-business e-commerce entities' inability to provide effective fulfillment and distribution in the short haul Short distance. Short haul implies traversing a small geographic area such as a few miles at most. Contrast with long haul. See line driver. (or feeder) route segments of air cargo. The result of the Company's research and development is a new air vehicle, the FF-1080 Freight Feeder aircraft. The FF-1080 is capable of carrying standard industry air containers on short-to-medium range/medium density routes, and incorporates an integrated air cargo information system for the freight feeder market. |
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