fantom Posted October 24, 2013 Report Posted October 24, 2013 Bob Kromer, former Mooney test pilot, President, and MAPA Director, Joins Blackhawk Long-time aviation industry executive Bob Kromer has joined Blackhawk Modifications as its senior vice president of sales and marketing. Kromer will join the staff at Blackhawk's Waco, Texas, headquarters. “Bob’s technical experience and global market knowledge will further strengthen and expand our depth and capability in these two extremely critical areas of the company,” said Blackhawk CEO Jim Allmon, who announced the appointment at NBAA 2013 in Las Vegas. “Building on a lifetime of aviation experience as a qualified pilot, flight test engineer, and in several senior level sales, marketing, and management positions, Bob brings an added dimension to the company.” Kromer was most recently at SimCom and has held leadership positions at Cessna, Aero Design, Sino-Swearingen, Mooney and Piper. He's a commercial multi-IFR pilot with about 3,000 hours on a variety of piston and turbine aircraft Quote
carusoam Posted October 24, 2013 Report Posted October 24, 2013 I'd like to be the guy to fill each job that Bob has left behind! His technical writing skills defined the M20C in his article printed in MAPA, back in the day. I bought mine after reading his factual piece of the plane. He is deeply technical and adept at the art of sales!!! Seems to tell the truth as well. Best regards, -a- 1 Quote
Shadrach Posted October 24, 2013 Report Posted October 24, 2013 I'd like to be the guy to fill each job that Bob has left behind! His technical writing skills defined the M20C in his article printed in MAPA, back in the day. I bought mine after reading his factual piece of the plane. He is deeply technical and adept at the art of sales!!! Seems to tell the truth as well. Best regards, -a- I like Bob's writing, but my sense is that he has always been more adept at latter part of your description... Quote
carusoam Posted October 24, 2013 Report Posted October 24, 2013 Ross, Compared to the other guys... At least, I came out more knowledgable after reading his materials. This was the time before the Internet and MooneySpace. There was competition in advertising and self promotion... Remember the Mooney expert in Florida? For comparison. Best regards, -a- 1 Quote
John Pleisse Posted October 24, 2013 Report Posted October 24, 2013 We he directed MAPA, he commuted to work in a Bonanza.......gotta love it. I enjoyed his work...was disappointed in his alignment with MOA. 1 Quote
Shadrach Posted October 24, 2013 Report Posted October 24, 2013 Ross, Compared to the other guys... At least, I came out more knowledgable after reading his materials. This was the time before the Internet and MooneySpace. There was competition in advertising and self promotion... Remember the Mooney expert in Florida? For comparison. Best regards, -a- I wonder how many cylinders suffered damage from this little nugget (below) on how to climb an N/A Mooney. It turned me off to his "technical knowledge" in a big way...still like reading his stuff, but I stopped taking it as gospel. To be fair, I don't know when he wrote it, but he should have known better. "For a normally aspirated (non-turbo) engine, full throttle, maximum rated RPM and aggressive leaning to 100 degrees rich of peak are the general rules I find most efficient." ...for maximizing your chances of needing a mid-time top overhaul... 1 Quote
John Pleisse Posted October 24, 2013 Report Posted October 24, 2013 I wonder how many cylinders suffered damage from this little nugget (below) on how to climb an N/A Mooney. It turned me off to his "technical knowledge" in a big way...still like reading his stuff, but I stopped taking it as gospel. To be fair, I don't know when he wrote it, but he should have known better. "For a normally aspirated (non-turbo) engine, full throttle, maximum rated RPM and aggressive leaning to 100 degrees rich of peak are the general rules I find most efficient." ...for maximizing your chances of needing a mid-time top overhaul... Dude...C'mon....written before the advent of the graphic engine monitor and prior to the LOP Occult. It's like all you LOP guys have this chip on your shoulder and see a red box around every corner. Quote
pinerunner Posted October 24, 2013 Report Posted October 24, 2013 I wonder how many cylinders suffered damage from this little nugget (below) on how to climb an N/A Mooney. It turned me off to his "technical knowledge" in a big way...still like reading his stuff, but I stopped taking it as gospel. To be fair, I don't know when he wrote it, but he should have known better. "For a normally aspirated (non-turbo) engine, full throttle, maximum rated RPM and aggressive leaning to 100 degrees rich of peak are the general rules I find most efficient." ...for maximizing your chances of needing a mid-time top overhaul... I noticed that too and wondered what to make of it. Did he actually go into the red zone to find peak so he could set his 100 ROP? But he was straight about the poor aerodynamics of the old guppy mouth and gave a good overall comparison of the starting models. I wonder what Kromer would say these days about engine operation. 1 Quote
Shadrach Posted October 24, 2013 Report Posted October 24, 2013 Dude...C'mon....written before the advent of the graphic engine monitor and prior to the LOP Occult. It's like all you LOP guys have this chip on your shoulder and see a red box around every corner. Pleisse you're being silly. I don't see a red box around every corner (though I spent a lot of time looking for them when I was in college). 100 ROP climbs are abusive unless you're "just off at Leadville". It was piss poor advice then and still is. It is also in direct contradiction to what's written in my 46 yr old POH. Look at his M20C evaluation. CHT through 400 right after lift off and through 440 within a minute...never dropped below 415 during the 13:42 climb demo. We knew back when he wrote the eval that it was not a nice way to treat an engine. I'm not saying he's a bad aviation writer, I'm just saying don't take his technical writing as gospel. It has not thing one to do with LOP... 1 Quote
Shadrach Posted October 25, 2013 Report Posted October 25, 2013 Not quite what I was referring to... ;-) Quote
kmyfm20s Posted October 25, 2013 Report Posted October 25, 2013 Pleisse you're being silly. I don't see a red box around every corner (though I spent a lot of time looking for them when I was in college). 100 ROP climbs are abusive unless you're "just off at Leadville". It was piss poor advice then and still is. It is also in direct contradiction to what's written in my 46 yr old POH. Look at his M20C evaluation. CHT through 400 right after lift off and through 440 within a minute...never dropped below 415 during the 13:42 climb demo. We knew then that was not a nice way to treat an engine. I'm not saying he's a bad aviation writer, I'm just saying don't take his technical writing as gospel. It has not thing one to do with LOP... He's conservative! Many advocate 50 ROP:( Quote
Shadrach Posted October 25, 2013 Report Posted October 25, 2013 In full power climb? Do you have a link? Quote
scottfromiowa Posted October 25, 2013 Report Posted October 25, 2013 Where is fantom when you need a photo of an Auburn speedster in a bikini? From Indiana, even better... Quote
fantom Posted October 25, 2013 Author Report Posted October 25, 2013 Where is fantom when you need a photo of an Auburn speedster in a bikini? From Indiana, even better... Leave me out of this Quote
scottfromiowa Posted October 25, 2013 Report Posted October 25, 2013 Bob, got to trust somebody that doesn't like to play with his Johnson...bar. Quote
fantom Posted October 25, 2013 Author Report Posted October 25, 2013 Bob, got to trust somebody that doesn't like to play with his Johnson...bar. Good luck finding such a pilot, if he even exists. 2 Quote
Shadrach Posted October 25, 2013 Report Posted October 25, 2013 One day, a long time ago, there was this pilot who, surprisingly, did not play with his johnson bar... But it was a long time ago... it was just for one day... and it was just one pilot... 2 Quote
PTK Posted October 25, 2013 Report Posted October 25, 2013 Not quite what I was referring to... ;-) Does the box itself have to be red...necessarily? 1 Quote
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