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Return of the King 4 Once a world leader, Russian Gov’t has relentlessly been attempting to restore its position in aerospace industry

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Family 2 An introspective look at the family dynamic at Unical Aviation

Motivation 3 Making better decisions to improve your work environment

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Unical   Aviation.     To   the   average  bystander,  Unical  Aviation   is   just  a   building—merely   and   orange  face  to  a  corporate  infrastructure.    To   us,   the   people   who   spend   a  great  majority  of  our  time  behind  that   orange   face,   Unical   Aviation  is  home.    It  is  the  shelter  from  the  economic   down   pour   befalling  Americans   across   the   nation   and  protects  against  the  rising  waters  of   financial   burden.   Within   the  walls,  we  are  encouraged  to  think  freely  and  speak  openly  with  our  fellow   colleagues;   people  we   see  more   than   our   own   families.     At  Unical  Aviation  we  have  a   family  of   our   own,   and   it   is   quickly  growing.  

According  to  HR  Director,  Lorynn  Negron,   Unical’s   family   has  expanded   to   nearly   300  members,   since   the   company’s  birth  in  1990.    “We  have  hired  96  people,   year-­‐to-­‐date,   including  temporary   employees,”   said  Negron.     While   many   different  departments   are   seeing   an  increase   in   family   members,   the  warehouse  appears  to  be  holding  many  of  the  new  additions.  

As  it  is  with  the  expansion  of  any  family,   there   are   trials   and  tribulations   that   each   member  will   face.     Looking   at   the   size   of  our  family,  many  have  weathered  the   trials   well   and   have  continued   to  stay   true   to   familial  loyalty.   Others,   under   various  reasoning,   have   decided   to   cut  the   apron   strings   and   leave   the  

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nest.    Of  the  96  people  hired  year-­‐to-­‐date,   “34   didn’t   survive,”  Negron  said.    “I  don’t  know  if  that  is  good  odds,”  she  continued,  “but  we   just   launched   a   rollout   of  recruiting  in  Ultipro.”      

The  new   segment   of   recruiting   is  aimed   at   actively   targeting   the  desired  people   for   the   jobs   listed,  while   making   it   easier   for   the  applicant   to   submit   information.    The   applicants   need   only   be  armed   with   their   resumes   and  computer   access   to   Unical’s  website:   www.unical.com.   From  there,  the  applicants  can  select  the  careers   page   and   submit  information,   which   will   soon   be  available  for  managers  to  browse,  according  to  Negron.  

With   the   idea   of   hospitability   in  mind,   Unical   Aviation   is   not   only  extending   its   warm   embrace   to  family   members,   but   to   the  community   as   well.     Negron  stated,   “we   recently  worked  with  the   Lincoln   Training   Center  Fundraiser,”   an   organization   that  assists   people   with   learning  disabilities,   physical   disabilities,  and  mental   illness   find  jobs.     “We  are   thinking   about   possibly  partnering   with   them,”   said  Negron.  

In   addition   to   assisting   that  

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specific  sector  of  the  community,  Negron   continued   to   say,   Unical  Aviation  also   “participates   in   the  Regional   Chamber   of   Commerce  in  San  Gabriel  Valley  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  San  Gabriel  Valley  Economic  Partnership.”    The  goal  of   these   memberships   is   to  network  with  other  businesses  in  the   area   in   hopes   to   get   various  companies  working  together.  

 Working   together,   after   all,   is   a  key   objective   for   all  members   of  the   Unical   Aviation   family,  whether   you   seek   guidance   or  support.     It   is   the   person   at   the  desk  to  your  left,   it   is  the  person  you   eat   lunch   with   in   the  courtyard,   and   it   is   the   people  whom   you   meet   as   a  representation   of   the  company…Unical   Aviation   is  family.                                                         A.E.  

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“A l ight bulb turn on, what if I actually l iked to work”

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Life—a  force  constantly  in  motion:  always   changing,   always   pushing  us  to  adapt.    With  every  inhale  and  exhale   we   are   living,   however  there   is   more   to   life   than   just  breathing.  We  wake   up   and   go   to  work   or   school.  We   have   families  that   need   to   be   taken   care   of   and  bills  to  pay.    Sometimes  all  of  that  living   can   add   up   and   overwhelm  us.  

As   an   almost   new  member   of   the  professional   workforce,   I   can  remember   my   first   impression   of  this  kind  of   adulthood,  and   let  me  tell   you   it   was   not   very   good.     I  used  to  think,  ‘Are  you  kidding  me?  I   have   to   waste   8   hours   a   day   to  make  money   that  will  get   spent  on  bills   anyway?   Where’s   the   fun   in  that?’     That   was   when   I   used   to  wake  up  and  had  to  drag  myself  to  work.  

Suddenly,   a   light   bulb   turned   on  and  I  had  this  strange  idea:  what  if  I  actually  liked  to  work.    So  within  the  terms  of  my  own  personality,  I  did   what   I   always   do—I   made   a  list.   The   New   England   Psychology  Society   found   that   in   a   study  conducted   with   500   participants,  the  control  group  that  created  Pro-­‐Con   lists   were   not   only   better  prepared   to   make   confident  decisions,  but  it  affected  the  levels  of   serotonin   in   the   body   initiating  a  feeling  of  happiness.  

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Pros:  

-­‐ I   have   a   job.   Period.     They  are   hard   to   come   by   these  days,   even   if   you   have   a  higher-­‐level   degree.     The  market   is   just   too  competitive.    

-­‐ I   get   benefits.   Those   are  nice   little   things   to   have.  The  several  other  jobs  I  had  before   entering   the   world  of   professionalism   left   me  high-­‐and-­‐dry.    

-­‐ Vacation   time.   Did   I   have  that   at   my   other   jobs?   HA!  Forget  about  it.  

-­‐ Room   for   improvement.    This   is   essential,   in   my  opinion.   Nobody   wants   to  feel   as   though   they   are  working   in   a   dead-­‐end   job.    Because   life   is   always  changing   and   forcing   us   to  evolve   and   adapt,   it   is  imperative   to   have   a   work  environment   that   agrees  with   the   flow   of   life.   Your  life   does   not   stop   once   you  reach  a  cap,  your  job  should  not  either.  

These   points   are   all   very  important   but   without   the   bad,  you  cannot  see  the  good.  So  here  are  the  cons  I  drew  up:  

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Cons:  

-­‐ I   have   to   get   dressed   up  nice   for   work.   This   is   not  high   school   anymore,  where   you   can   show   up   in  your  sweatpants.  No,  now  it  is   time   to   buy   clothes   that  fit   properly   and   preferably  do   not   have   safety   pins  holding   them   together,   like  the   clothes   you   may   have  worn   because   you   either  grew   up   in   the   80s   punk  phase  or  did  not  know  how  to   sew.   (I   know   I   was   not  the  only  one.)  

-­‐ I   have   to   wake   up   in   the  morning.   People   reading  this   may   be   asking,   ‘don’t  you   wake   up   every  morning?’   The   answer   to  that   is   no.   No,   there   are  some  of   us,   you   know  who  you  are,  who  sleep  until  the  afternoon.  

When   taking   all   of   that   into  consideration,   it   appears   the  good   points   outweigh   the   bad,  right?  

Choices & Lists By: Alexis Edgar

Alexis is a 1st Year Sales Associate at UAI

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Russian Aerospace “Return of the King”

By: Joe Kijroongruangsri

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  The   Russian   Federation   had   a   long   distinguished   history   of   air  and  space  development,  but  such  fame  was  diminished  with  the  collapse  of   the   Soviet   Union.   For   two   decades,   Russian   government   has  relentlessly   been   attempting   to   restore   its   position   as   the   world   leader   in   aerospace   industry,   however   the  fundamental  question  remains:  will  Russia  step  up  to  claim  its  former  throne?    A  Brief  History:     Glancing  back  into  the  history  of  Russian  aerospace  and  aeronautics,  the  span  of   influence  can  be  tracked  starting   from   the   First  World  War   up   until   the   Cold  War.     This   is  when   the   Soviet   Union   had   casted   its   highly  influential  sphere  across  the  globe.  As  the  leader  of  the  Communist  axis,  the  Soviet  Union  had  to  constantly  develop  new  technology  behind  its  “Iron  Curtain”  in  order  to  maintain  its  supremacy  and  counteract  its  enemy—the  United  States.  With  the  turning  of  the  Cold  War,  the  Russian  reign  of  advanced  technology  was  over  with  the  dissolution  of  the  Soviet  Union.    A  nation,  left  in  ruins.     Since  the  beginning  of  the  Union,  the  Soviet  aviation  industry  had  produced  25%  of  all  commercial  aircraft  in   the   world.   There   were   approximately   400   firms   with   100%   state-­‐ownership   managed   by   the   Ministry   of  Aviation.  [1]  When  the  Soviet  Union  began  to  decline,  the  restructure  and  privatize  the  aviation  industry  leaving  it  underdeveloped.  After  the  fall  of  the  Soviet  Union  in  1991,  reconstruction  went  underway.    The  Russian  aircraft  industry-­‐  The  Present  days     It  is  important  industry  sector,  employing  around  355,300  people.  [2]  With  the  disintegration  of  the  Union,  many   people   were   left   jobless.   Improvement   did   not   occur   until   around   2005   with   growth   in   the   field   of   air  transportation  and   a  consolidation  program   launched  by  Russian  President  Vladimir  Putin.      Putin’s  brain-­‐child,  The  United  Aircraft  Corporation-­‐UAC,  includes  most  of  the  industry's  key  companies.  [3]     The  Sukhoi  Superjet100  project  began  in  1991,  aimed  to  produce  a  regional  airliner  to  correspond  with  the  rapid  growing  of  domestic  airline  business.  The  maiden  flight  was  flown  in  2008,  and  it  was  marked  as  the  most  important  and  successful  civil  aircraft  program  of  the  Russian  aerospace  industry.  Every  Sukhoi  Superjet100  was  assembly   in   Komsomolsk-­‐on-­‐Amur   Aircraft   Production   Association-­‐KnAAPO   and   all   of   their   components   were  made  in  Novosibirsk  Aircraft  Production  Association-­‐NAPO.  Sukhoi  has  aimed  to  build  at  least  70  airframes  within  this  year.     The   MS-­‐21   development   project   is   the   latest   civil   program   designed   by   Irkut   Corporation.   It   aims   to  produce  an  aircraft  with  a  capacity  of  150-­‐200  seats,  and  a  range  of  2,700  n.m..  Irkut  plans  to  conduct  the  maiden  flight  by  2014  and  starts  the  delivery  in  2016.  The  company  targets  sales  of  1,200  –  1,500  units  in  total,  or  at  12%  -­‐  15%  of  international  market  share.  [4]     UAC   also   jointly   operates   with   many   European   companies.   There   have   been   several   cooperation  agreements   and   a   European-­‐Russian  working   group.   Currently,   Russia   has   a   5%   stake   in   EADS,   UAC   has   a   5%  share  in  the  A350  project  along  with  a  10%  share  in  the  A320.  Meanwhile,  EADS  also  holds  a  10%  stake  in  parts  of  the  UAC.  Alenia  Aeronautica,  European  aerospace  company  from  Italy,  is  a  partner  in  the  Sukhoi  Superjet100  whist  SAFRAN  is  a  partner  in  the  engine  development  for  146  MC-­‐21  aircrafts.  

Joe is a 3rd Year Projects Executive at UAI

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Russian  Military  Aviation  On  the  defense  aviation  side,  Sukhoi  and  Mikoyan-­‐Gurevich  (MIG)  have  always,  ever  since  the  days  of  Soviet  Union,  been  the  backbones  of  country’s  military  aviation,  and  will  continue  to  lead  this  sector  in  Russia  going  into  the  21st  century.   The   establishment   of   UAC   highlights   Sukhoi’s   and   MIG’s   capability   in   jet   fighter   development.   [5]   The  delays   in   many   advanced   fighter   programs,   especially   the   JSF,   have   made   it   clear   that   the   mid-­‐term   future   of  airpower  is  not  what  a  lot  of  people  planned.  The  aircraft  types  in  service  today,  most  which  first  flew  40  years  ago,  are   going   to   be   in   the   frontline   forces   until   at   least   2020s.   However,   this   does   not  mean   the   development   has  stopped.   Jet   Fighters   that   are   to   be   delivered   during   the   rest   of   this   decade   may   not   look   different,   but   their  improvement  significant.  

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  Russian   has   been   systematic   and   disciplined   in   their  approach   to   aerospace/defense   development,   while   most   nations  have   often   followed   ad   hoc   strategies.   Therefore,   it   is   no   surprise  that   they  already  have   a   solid   direction   in   jet   fighter   development  for  the  next  2  decades,  which  emphasizes  quality  over  numbers.  The  future   force   will   base   on   3   30-­‐tons-­‐plus   fighters   from   Sukhoi  namely   Su-­‐34,   Su-­‐35,   and   T-­‐50   PAK   FA   which   all   are   developed  from   Su-­‐27   Flanker,   while   the   smaller   MIG-­‐29   and   MIG-­‐35   have  been  developed  and  offered  for  export.  [6]     T-­‐50  Fighter   is   simply   the  most  advanced   jet   fighter   in   the  country,   if   not,   in   the   world.   From   the   country’s   air   defense  perspective,  the  development  of  this  5th  generation   fighter   is  going  to  be  the  center  of  attention  for  the  next  20  years.  T-­‐50  is  designed  to  counter  the  F-­‐22  Raptor;  it’s  maneuverability  against  stealth.  The  full  3D  TVC  gives  T-­‐50  its  extreme  agility,  but  its  stealth  capability  is  somewhat   compromised.   This   suggests   in   turn   that   the   platform  was  not  intended  to  use  as  a  deep  penetrator  in  the  manner  of  F-­‐22.  However,   this   is  not  conclusive  because   the  current  T-­‐50   is   only  a  prototype;  changes  are  yet  to  be  made.  [7]  

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  Although  the  delay  of  the  JSF  has  given  Russia  at  least  another  20  years  to  fully  develop  its  5th  generation  fighter,  one  may  still  ask:  “Is  it  too  late  for  Russia?”  While  5th  generation  fighter  will  definitely  be  perfect  addition  to   Russia   Air   Force,   its   development   is   very   costly   and   is   only   one   dimensional   to   country’s   counter   measure  against  US’s  5th  generation  fighters.  Currently,  Russia  is  placing  an  equal  effort  to  its  Surface-­‐to-­‐Air  Missile  (SAM)  development   to   counter   foreign   stealth   fighters.   Therefore,   with   the   limited   budgets,   Russia’s   effort   may   be  sufficient  to  national  security,  at  least  for  the  near  future.     Russia’s  Aircraft  Industry  has  taken  a  systematic  path  going  into  the  21st  century.  The  UAC  establishment  and   their   evolutionary   development   strategy   are   the   key   to   balancing   budget   for   the   country.   Reclaiming   the  crown  for  Russia  may  no  longer  means  “Being  the  First”,  but  the  disciplined  and  continuous  growth  to  establish  a  strong  foundation  for  the  industries  is  the  defining  challenge  for  the  “Return  of  the  King”.    J.K.    References: 1. Alex Kwiatkowski – Business Aviation Industry locked in tailspin 2. Peter Rutland – Putin’s Economic 3. Tim Hepher – Russia unveils new passenger jet

4. Flightglobal – MS-21 5. Gordon Yefim- Mikoyan MiG-31 6. Gordon Yefim- Sukhoi S-37 and Mikoyan MFI 7. Gordon Yefim- Red Star Vol. 26

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Editor’s Note

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First  of  all,  a  deep,  heartfelt  thank  you  is   in  order.    Thank  you  for  all  the  writers   for  contributing   these  wonderful   articles   in   their   spare  time.      

The   publication   department  extends   their   sincerest   gratitude  to   featured   writers,   Joe  Kijroongruangsri   and   Alexis  Edgar.  

This   newsletter   could   not   have  been   made   possible   without   the  effort   of   them  and   the   support   of  you,   our   readers.   In   addition,   we  are   also   grateful   to   Mr.   Han   for  sharing  his  valuable   insight  of  the  company—thank  you.    

The   HR   department,   Ms.   Lorynn  

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Negron  &  Ms.   Linda   Cruz,   have   also  contributed  their  unyielding  support  and  for  that  we  give  our  thanks.  Our  final   gratuity   is   centered   on   the  people   who   keep   this   newsletter  going—a   big   thanks   to   our   IT  department,  whom  have  never  let  us  down.  

We   are   filled   to   brim   with  gratitude   to   everyone   who   has  helped   the   publication   department  make   this   newsletter   a   reality.   Our  biggest  thanks,  however  goes  to  you,  our  readers,  for  not  only  reading  but  also   for   giving   us   constructive  feedback   and   criticism   so   that   we  may  deliver  what  you  want.  After  all,  this  newsletter  is  not  just  something  beautiful   to   look   at,   but   it   provides  you   with   the   latest   information   in  our   aviation   industry,   the   buzz  around   Unical,   and   the   hottest  rumors  to  keep  sleepy  ears  sober.      

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This   issue  has  delved   into:   the  keys  of   success,   as   shared   from   our  president;   re-­‐explore   the  aeronautical   adventures   from  years  past;  look  at  the  future  of  the  rapid-­‐growing   aviation   industry;   and  teach   us   how   to   stay   calm   during  chaos  overload.  

Please,   feel   free  to  allow  yourselves  a  moment  to  experience  the  exciting  news   brought   to   you   by   the  publication   team   of   Six-­‐Eighty.   Any  comments/   feedbacks  please  kindly  email  them  to  pubs@unical.com  

Submit   your   ideas   and   we   might  even   invite   you   to   be   our   guest  writer   for   the   next   coming   edition.    Remember   that   great   ideas   are  merely   ideas   until   you   act   upon  them.  

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