Word: modelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Federal Aviation Administration announced that Beech, based in Wichita, had met Government standards for airworthiness with its Starship, and granted "type certification," clearing the way for deliveries to customers by next spring. Piaggio, which has headquarters in Genoa, Italy, hopes to receive U.S. certification for its Avanti model by the end of the year. Both planes, each seating seven to ten passengers, are expected to be warmly welcomed in the corporate market. Says Henry Ogrodzinski, communications director of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association: "It looks like ((both firms)) have come up with a winner...
Michael (he was never called Mike) was a model and diligent son. He recalls, "My father was an Old World father in many ways. You had a series of things to do and you just did them." For Michael, they included bringing home A's, doing chores without being asked, earning his own spending money from his paper route, becoming an Eagle Scout and working hard enough to make first- string point guard on the basketball team. His mother pushed as hard as his father did. Dukakis remembers his father telling his mother when he was about 16, "If this...
Thiokol's stated rationale is to concentrate on correcting flaws in the current booster model, which will be phased out starting in 1994. Company officials may also have concluded that Congress would be reluctant to award another contract to a company that was partly to blame for the 1986 explosion that killed seven passengers...
...design and engineer common platforms -- the suspension and other undercarriage components -- for an entire family of autos. Ford of Europe, which has its headquarters in Brentwood, England, has been delegated to develop platforms for all three of Ford's compacts: the Tempo, the Topaz and the European Sierra model. At the same time, a team at Ford headquarters in Dearborn, Mich., is working on platforms for a new generation to replace the midsize Taurus and Sable and the European Scorpio. A Ford design center in Hiroshima is working with Mazda to develop a replacement for the subcompact Escort, while...
Petersen is focusing most of his attention, though, on ensuring that Ford offers a continuous stream of fresh cars. Some will be gussied-up versions of existing models -- known in the trade as "re-skins" -- while one will be a completely new model. Later this year the firm plans to unveil a Ford Thunderbird with styling resembling a BMW. Also in the works: face-lifts for the Ranger pickup and Bronco II sport-utility vehicle; a nip and tuck for the Taurus; a version of the Aerostar van that will stretch 15 in. longer than the current 14 1/2-ft. model...