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I accrued in all of those previous
positions to CVR and FDR programs. "
Based in Melbourne, Australia,
Flight Data Systems offers data
acquisition, data recording, data
storage and data analysis solutions.
Recently, the company launched
the SENTRY Flight Data Recorder
and Cockpit Voice Recorder. It's the
" lightest, smallest and lowest power
consumption TSO'd ED-112A recorder
ever manufactured, " according to
Flight Data Systems' press release.
In his new role, Hall spends much
I
n January, Scott Hall joined
Flight Data Systems to lead the
company's business development
in the United States. With more than
20 years in aviation, Hall has held sales
and business development roles with
several Aircraft Electronics Association
member companies, including
avionics and in-flight entertainment
manufacturers, a Part 145 repair
station, and aerospace and avionics
engineering firms.
" Each role was a challenge at first,
but I've always been interested in the
different areas of our industry, " he
said. " I'm able to apply the knowledge
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of his time explaining the systems'
features to potential clients. While the
SENTRY is applicable across all aircraft
segments, including military and
commercial markets, it was originally
designed for unmanned aerial
vehicles, which explains its smaller
form factor. The system relies on
field-programmable gate arrays, small
integrated circuits that are configured
after manufacturing, which allows for
better performance with lower power,
according to Hall.
" FPGAs don't go obsolete nearly as
often as microprocessors, which helps
us keep costs down, " he said. " FPGAs
also allow you to partition a design,
which can make recertification much
quicker when a design change is made
if that design change is limited to one
partition. "
Along with his sales and business
development experience, Hall brings
self-taught technical expertise as well
as AEA training to his new role at
Flight Data Systems.
" While I'm not classically trained
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in electrical engineering or avionics
installations, I've been reviewing
wiring diagrams for so long I can
follow along in most discussions, "
he said.
Hall's interest in aviation traces
back to his grandfather, who served
as an aircraft electrician in the U.S.
Navy during the Korean War working
on the AD-4 Skyraider, a singleengine
piston attack aircraft, and the
Grumman F9F-2 Panther, a carrierbased
jet fighter. After the war,
his grandfather worked as a sales
representative for several Southern
California aerospace manufacturers
in the 1950s and 1960s.
Hall grew up hearing his
grandfather's stories about those early
days in aviation. Although he spent his
youth as well as his career immersed
in aviation, Hall actually headed
down an entirely different path in the
beginning.
Having studied political
science and justice in
college, how did you get
your start in aviation?
After college, I was studying for
the Foreign Service Officers exam
and going through that application
process, which can take a very long
time. I was working part time for a
parts broker at LAX when I saw a job
listing in the Los Angeles Times for
an entry-level sales representative. I
interviewed with Tim Gump of EDMO
Distributors. Tim, Jeff and Fred took
a chance on me, and I will always be
grateful to them.
Scott Hall
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