Randy Padfield retires

Randy var kollega i Helikopter Service A/S i mange år. Han var også med

 i IFALPAs Helicopter Committe med bl.a ansvar for tilt wing/tilt rotor. 

Han fløy XV-15, forgjengeren til V-22 og B609. Han har skrevet flere 

bøker:  Learning to Fly Helicopters, Flying in Adverse Conditions, To Fly 

Like a Bird, and Cross-Country Flying (3rd Edition). Sjekk ut profilen 

hans på Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RRandallPadfield

Randy Padfield 1989 - IFALPA Annual conference Helsinki - Foto: Per Gram

Randy 1998 Farnborough som AIN`s utsendte - Foto: Per Gram

AIN Blog: Farewell to Two Key Colleagues

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by  JEFF BURGER

Between them, Mary Mahoney and Randy Padfield have devoted more than half a century to AIN Publications.

October 29, 2014 - 9:50am

I’ve worked for a variety of magazine publishers in my career—from giants like Time Inc., which has (or at least had) tens of thousands of staffers, to small, privately owned operations like AINPublications, my employer for the last decade. In every case, what most determined whether the company was innovative, enjoyable to work for and successful was not some corporate mission statement, not the audience the magazines addressed, not the financial resources the publisher possessed. It was the people I dealt with there every day. Were they smart, dedicated, creative and likable…or not?

For the most part, I’ve been lucky—I’ve worked with some great people. That’s been particularly true here at AIN. You can thank our 40-plus staffers, not a faceless corporation, for the quality of our magazines. And I can thank them for the fact that this is such a good place to work.

Now, we’re about to lose two of them to retirement—and they’re among the most important people in AIN’s history.

R. Randall Padfield, who is known in these parts as Randy, once worked as a helicopter pilot. He came to our company in 1993, after writing for it for several years as a freelancer, and became editor-in-chief of all AIN magazines in 1998. Randy, who has authored four aviation books, hired me in 2004 and has since taught me plenty about the aviation field. He is widely admired here for his decency, good judgment and knowledge of the business, which undoubtedly helps to explain why the company promoted him in 2012 to be its chief operating officer.