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1948 - The Stanley Aviation
Corporation was founded by Robert M. Stanley, an accomplished Navy
test pilot. The company began operations in Buffalo, NY. In 1954,
after securing significant ejection seat contracts, and being in
need of additional space, Mr. Stanley moved his company into a new
75,000' plant near Denver, CO. Between 1954 and 1957, the Aurora, CO
site was expanded to 140,000 sq feet. |
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1964-Stanley Aviation acquired the Gamah Corp of Santa
Monica, CA, who designed and manufactured flexible 0-ring couplings
and metal seal couplings for use in the aerospace field. The GamahTM
Corp primary customers are the Douglas Aircraft Co and Boeing. |
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1965 - Stanley's GamahTM products were licensed
to Flight Refuelling, Ltd. of Wimborne, England and were designed
into, the Concorde, Airbus and Tornado aircraft programs. Gamah
metal seal couplings ere also selected by NASA's Apollo program for
use on the Lunar Excursion Module, which landed on the moon on July
16, 1969. Similar couplings made of refractory metals were selected
for intercontinental ballistic missile programs. |
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1977 - Robert M. Stanley's tragic death in a plane crash on July
16, 1977, bought to an end an era in the history of the Corporation,
and indeed, in the aerospace industry. On July 21, 1990, Mr. Stanley
was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame. |
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1981- Stanley Aviation became the very first acquisition of
Flight Refuelling Limited, which is now know as Cobham, plc. This
led to an association with a new spectrum of products, primarily in
the field of aircraft fuel system and components. |
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1986 - Stanley acquired two
companies: Stang Manufacturing, Inc. and K&V Manufacturing and as a
result, entered into a new market area: Ground Support Equipment.
The new product lines include engine shipping and handling
equipment, aircraft towbars and special aircraft tooling. |
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1988 - Stanley Aviation added
sheet metal fabrication capabilities. Also in 1988, new couplings
for the C-17 program were developed as part of the GamahTM
product line. Stanley was awarded the Metal Seal
coupling contract for the C-17 LOX and OBIGG systems and the self
bonding, self locking, flexible couplings for the C-17 Fuel System. |
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1990 - Stanley was awarded a GSE towbar contract for the C-17
aircraft and in addition, assumed responsibilities for contracts for
C-17 engine handling and positioning systems. The first electronic
controlled lift trailer for this program was completed and delivered
in December 1991. |
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1995 -after the success of the Gulfstream G-IV program,
Stanley was awarded a large multi-year contract for G-V ECS tube
assemblies. Stanley was invented to participate on the Gulfstream
technical team where we contributed to the design process thereby
yielding cost effective tube assemblies. |
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1995 - Stanley Aviation's vision, capabilities, and resources
have led us to become industry-recognized experts in aircraft Fluid
Delivery Systems (FDS) design and integration, for both
military and commercial aerospace applications. With each new FDS
program, Stanley has secured more responsibility for performing
engineering tasks that were once the exclusive domain of the
airframe OEM. Our most recent FDS design integration, and
fabrication experience include:
Boeing's X-32 Concept Demonstrator Aircraft
Fairchild Dornier's D0728 Regional Jet
Gulfstream G450 Air Distribution System
Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter |
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2003 - Stanley Aviation successfully completed the acquisition
of the Harrison division of the Sierracin Corporation, adding a full
complement on high pressure hydraulic fittings and design
capabilities. |
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2004 - A strategic realignment with Cobham has resulted in the
EBU and Bleed Air Ducting division being organized under Stanley
Aviation. The result is a company uniquely and completely qualified
to handle an entire aircrafts' fluid system requirements. |
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