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T38, no wing anti-ice and engine inlet protection

25 October 2002, decision made to green light R&D.
26 October 2002, patent research initiated.
28 October 2002, initial patent drawings created.
29 October 2002, 1st draft patent application.
30 October 2002, Website Designed.
1 November 2002, Corporate bylaws drafted.
3 November 2002, Website Posted.
7 December 2002, Return from OEF/ONW CXLD

note, once I return from my OEF/ONW deployment in the spring you'll see more activity here on this page along with anticipated / projected milestones.

  
After taking a sabbatical from my responsibilities as Senior Vice President for amepox MICROelectronics Ltd., I've again begun working as a full time Air Force Instructor Pilot with the 129th Combat Rescue Squadron. With recent assignments to ONW/OSW/OEF I've had plenty of opportunity to ponder solutions to aviation related problems. I felt that leading edge anti-icing is one area that has received little benefit from recent advances in technology. Today we either use bleed air, pneumatic boots, or embedded heater mats to rid wings of icing. Although better than nothing at all, these methods are effective but very expensive and inefficient. As a result thermalEDGE has chosen to apply materials and technology knowledge from amepox to develop an efficient and cost effective anti-icing / deicing system that could be added to any aircraft regardless of age. More to come as ......

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