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a King Air. When I sold the King Air, I
bought an MU-2, then a Paris Jet, a
DA40 for fun and then an AirCam.

An AirCam?
Yes, that’s a kit-built, twin-engine
pusher, which is amazingly fun.

What airplane do
you own today?
I have a Cessna 421C, which I
just bought that joined the AirCam.
Sandel also has a Citation SII that I’m
checked out in.

You must feel as if it’s
important for you to
regularly be at Sandel.
Yes, I worked a lot of remote jobs
internationally, but that personal connection of being face to face over lunch
or coffee – that’s where you build the
relationships that sustain a company.
That’s critically important. A voice on
the phone is not enough. I would love
to be at Sandel full time, but life doesn’t
work that way. Of course, I am a total
technocrat and have all the devices and
gadgets to stay in touch.

You’re a technocrat.
What’s the coolest gadget
you have?
I have most of the technical stuff
that everybody has, but I’d say one of
my coolest is a rebreather that I use
for extreme scuba diving. My most
cool recent gadget wasn’t something
I bought but was a gift from my wife:
a 3-D printer called the MakerBot

Replicator 2X, which I think is the coolest technology of the decade so far. It’s
a full-featured desktop 3-D printer to
explore the frontiers of 3-D printing.

have to figure out how to balance this
in a certified world.

You mentioned diving –
there are many pilots
who also are divers.

In addition to flying and diving, I
spent years as an actor in community
theater. I’ve done woodworking; I ride
my motorcycle. But my biggest passion
lately has been photography. It was
going to be my next business, and it
seems I can’t do anything without turning it into a business. I also study and
teach applied Christian theology, with
the basis being to serve the truth in all
things and operate as a Christian in all
areas of my life.

The number I’ve met is phenomenal
– and I think it’s because of the threedimension mobility. People fly and dive
for the technical challenge. I love to
learn, and the great thing about aviation is there’s no end to learning. It’s
the same with diving. Learning is neverending.

Back to business. How
would you characterize
today’s avionics industry?
There’s a lot of innovation in the avionics industry, but not as much progress.
I believe the future lies in more than just
duplicating mechanical instruments. We
can’t just go after the latest “shiny” thing
– what’s the value to the pilot? We have
to think carefully about this.
The iPad has been a game-changer in
the cockpit. It’s had a huge impact on
aviation. Eventually, iPads will replace
MFDs because of the feature cycle of
iPads. Something new is happening
every four to six weeks. That is completely unique for the aviation industry. For the first time, the hardware is
already there; they have the iPad, so all
you have to do is the software portion.
You could have a complete avionics
panel on an iPad. I’m not sure I want to
fly behind an iPad, so as an industry, we

What else do you
do that’s fun?

Do you have a family?
Yes, my wife, Helen, and I have a son,
Brian, and a grandson, Henry, who just
turned 1 year old. Brian is in a PhD program at the University of Rochester in
computer sciences. He wants to teach.

Throughout our
conversation, you’ve been
so enthusiastic about
work. Why is that?
Work presents a never-ending opportunity to learn. Everyone I encounter
has some information I can learn from.
I really like working with people and
seeing where that leads me. I love to
shape, guide and help other people. q

To learn more about
Sandel Avionics, visit
www.sandel.com.
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