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RSN BEHIND THE MIC: 20 QUESTIONS WITH DEANE LESTER
May 31, 2021 4:28 pm
Leading form analyst and RSN927s very own Deane Lester details his lifelong involvement in Racing in a must-read edition of RSN’s Behind The Mic: 20 Questions Series.
What first got you interested in Racing, and at what age?
I was pretty much born into racing my parents ran a stud farm, so I was surrounded by horses right from the beginning.
My earliest race-day memory was going to the
Cox Plate in 1972 when
Gunsynd won as a four-year-old. Roy Higgins rode him, and he was a family friend of ours.
- May 31, 2021, 9:11 AM
Ontic, which supports a range of legacy parts such as for the PWC JT15D, jumped in to support its smaller supplier base as concerns of the long-term viability of those shops began to surface during the pandemic. (Photo: Ontic)
While many manufacturers have struggled with logistics surrounding their supply chains throughout the pandemic, UK-headquartered legacy parts manufacturer Ontic benefited from relying on a largely local supply base. However, Ontic had also learned lessons from its reliance on a base of small suppliers, some of which were single sources for materials, according to CEO Gareth Hall.
Ontic which produces and/or supports more than 7,000 parts for aircraft ranging from the Sikorsky Sea King and Bell 206 to the Gulfstream IV and Boeing 777 and engines such as the Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D faced a range of uncertainties when the pandemic spread globally.
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