Dana Thurston

Daily operation includes the fabrication and restoration of aircraft parts. I also perform annual inspections and regular maintenance, custom aircraft building, welding, painting, metal work, machining, avionics and aircraft testing.

During this period I also worked at Sinclair Aircraft as a mechanic and restoration specialist. I was the team lead for Chris Hossford building a Vans RV10 for a youth educational program, and took over as lead mechanic at CHI performing maintenance on the RV12 fleet.

In addition to operating my trucking company, Running Man Courier, I worked under IA Eric Obsuth rebuilding damaged aircraft. Worked with tube and fabric as well as aluminum construction, did much of the fabrication, machining, welding and painting. Completed and flew a plans built custom airplane, the BrandEx N247DT.

I operated my Trucking service, Running Man Courier, and built a small aircraft for educational purposes. I worked under IA Lauren Harmon on projects such as converting a Cessna 150 to a 140/150 taildragger, among many other projects.

Management in a manufacturing environment.

Learned all forms of manufacturing with emphasis on CNC machining and Metallurgy.