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Article: United States: Local Honeywell plant has international reach.
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- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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Byline: babalu03
When US Airways Flight 1549 's engines choked on a flock of geese in January, an auxiliary gas turbine-powered generator in the back of the Airbus A320
kept the control surfaces, lights and instruments working while Capt. Chesley Sullenberger and co-pilot Jeff Skiles looked for a place to put the plane down.
The controller on that power unit was made right here in Tucson.
"That's something we're pretty proud of," said Kurt A. Miller
, site leader at Honeywell Aerospace, 11100 N. Oracle Road.
Chances are good that workers at Honeywell Aerospace-Tucson will have had a hand in making your flight safer ...