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Aircraft Radio Corporation (ARC) is one of the principal pioneers in avionics, and for the first several decades, was one of the foremost forces in that industry, along with:
...and...
(later the joined as the Bendix/King brand of Honeywell),
Among the company's achievements was their partnership with aviator Jimmy Doolittle in the famed 1929 first "blind" flight of an aircraft, solely by reference to instruments -- one of the principal milestones in the development of modern aviation.
Following ARC's acquisition, in 1959, by Cessna Aircraft Company, Cessna -- the world's highest-volume producer of aircraft -- began routinely installing ARC radios (relabeled "Cessna") as standard equipment in their aircraft.
However, during those years, ARC's reputation was severely tarnished by a string of poor-quality products, becoming the least-respected name in general aviation avionics -- which became a topic of exceptional concern, controversy and litigation in the general aviation industry. (A standard line in many discussions of used aircraft acquisition, for instance, was "first, get rid of the ARC radios.")
For these three basic reasons --
-- this company is a subject of exceptional importance in the aviation industry, and particularly in avionics and general aviation.
~ Zxtxtxz ( talk) 07:04, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
There is nothing on the "Aircraft Radio & Avionics LLC" website that would substantiate the writeup in this section. Not sure how the author connected the two. But given there is no documentation or references that tie them to ARC, shouldn't this section be eliminated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.241.152.175 ( talk) 14:05, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's
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Aircraft Radio Corporation (ARC) is one of the principal pioneers in avionics, and for the first several decades, was one of the foremost forces in that industry, along with:
...and...
(later the joined as the Bendix/King brand of Honeywell),
Among the company's achievements was their partnership with aviator Jimmy Doolittle in the famed 1929 first "blind" flight of an aircraft, solely by reference to instruments -- one of the principal milestones in the development of modern aviation.
Following ARC's acquisition, in 1959, by Cessna Aircraft Company, Cessna -- the world's highest-volume producer of aircraft -- began routinely installing ARC radios (relabeled "Cessna") as standard equipment in their aircraft.
However, during those years, ARC's reputation was severely tarnished by a string of poor-quality products, becoming the least-respected name in general aviation avionics -- which became a topic of exceptional concern, controversy and litigation in the general aviation industry. (A standard line in many discussions of used aircraft acquisition, for instance, was "first, get rid of the ARC radios.")
For these three basic reasons --
-- this company is a subject of exceptional importance in the aviation industry, and particularly in avionics and general aviation.
~ Zxtxtxz ( talk) 07:04, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
There is nothing on the "Aircraft Radio & Avionics LLC" website that would substantiate the writeup in this section. Not sure how the author connected the two. But given there is no documentation or references that tie them to ARC, shouldn't this section be eliminated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.241.152.175 ( talk) 14:05, 2 June 2020 (UTC)