Truck Day
I’ve been a baseball fan most of my life. When I was young and became interested in baseball there were no major league baseball teams in the Los Angeles area. […]
Category: Chairman’s Corner
Boa Constrictor Story
When The Gill Corporation moved to its current location in El Monte, there was an industrial company on the 20 acres on the north edge of the property. The building […]
Air Canada Flight 797 – Part 2
In a previous article I described Air Canada’s flight 797 and the effect it had on our industry. With the mandating by the FAA of a new cargo liner with […]
Air Canada Flight 797 – Part 1
On 2 June 1983, Air Canada flight 797 left Dallas/Fort Worth airport bound for Toronto. As it approached Cincinnati, a fire was discovered in the rear lavatory and the plane […]
AOG
A long time ago, when I was working as the Production Manager we received a call from Lockheed Aircraft Services located at Ontario Airport in Southern California. They needed some […]
Laminating Machine
The Gill Corporation’s early success was based on our ability to do wet layup of polyester cargo liner. A good manufacturing company is always looking for ways to improve quality […]
Wild Kitten
Many years ago, a wild kitten took up residence at our facility. Our production crew would eat lunch outside and the cat would hang out near their eating area and […]
Details
Everyone has seen a movie that has had an effect on us. Vanilla Sky is one of them for me. David Aames is in the elevator with the tech support […]
Things I’ve Learned
In the mid-1960s, we produced a baggage compartment floor panel, Gillfab 5040, which was made with aluminum skins and end grain balsa as the core material. As part of the […]
It’s Always the Obvious
Having been on the job for over 62 years, I have many stories that reinforce some of my philosophies. One is that when there is a problem in manufacturing and […]