Goodrich Celebrates 100 Years of Paris Air Show Participation
June 15 2009 - 12:11AM
Business Wire
When the first Paris Air Show welcomed aviation enthusiasts in
1909, products from Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) were present on
the aircraft featured. Glenn Curtiss raced his popular Curtiss
pusher aircraft, equipped with Goodrich airplane tires, at that
first Paris exhibition in 1909 at Le Grand Palais. Each year
beyond, Goodrich products continued to meet the unique demands of
aviation, playing an important role in the proud heritage of
aviation in Paris and the French aerospace industry as a whole.
In 1927 Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris at the completion of
the first ever trans-Atlantic solo flight; the Silvertown tires on
his Spirit of St. Louis aircraft that touched the ground at Le
Bourget were from Goodrich. The aircraft was equipped with fuel
tanks built by Fred Rohr, who later founded Rohr Aircraft Company.
Fast-forwarding to the 1970s, Rohr received its first contract from
Airbus and subsequently opened its first of two facilities in
France; Rohr became a subsidiary of Goodrich in 1997.�Goodrich
furthered its local foothold in manufacturing actuation systems,
flight controls and rescue hoists through its acquisition of TRW�s
Aeronautical Systems unit in 2002, which included French aviation
businesses from SAMM and Bronzavia Air-Equipment.
Goodrich continues its strong presence at the Paris Air Show
today, just as it has for the past 100 years. The 2009 exhibit
includes Goodrich�s new Cockpit Data Management Solution�
portfolio, an electric brake, a helicopter rotating drive shaft,
and the DB-110 reconnaissance pod. Visit the Goodrich pavilion at
Static Display B337, between the press centre and the Ariane
rocket.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global
supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland
security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified
portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global
customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service
facilities. For more information, visit
http://www.goodrich.com.
Goodrich Corporation operates through its divisions and as a
parent company for its subsidiaries, one or more of which may be
referred to as "Goodrich Corporation" in this press release.
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