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Founder of Innovative Solutions & Support Mastered Niche Avionics for Wide Range of Aircraft

Geoff Hedrick in his office at IS&S in Pennsylvania last summer. [Photo: Stephen Yeates]
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Key Takeaways:

  • Geoff Hedrick, founder, chairman, and CEO of Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S), passed away at 79 following a sudden illness.
  • Hedrick founded IS&S in 1988, building on a long career in aviation entrepreneurship, including nearly 100 patents across various electronics and aerospace fields.
  • His significant contributions to avionics include advancements in altimetry, the development of high-resolution flight deck displays for aircraft retrofits, and the pioneering ThrustSense autothrottle system for turboprops, which won a 2021 FLYING Editors’ Choice Award.
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A walk through the production facility that houses Innovative Solutions & Support lifts the curtain on the wide range of avionics created within, each set on solving a specific issue for a specific aircraft model. Geoff Hedrick founded the company in 1988 to do just that—with great success over the intervening 34 years.

Hedrick died on January 12 following a sudden illness in Vero Beach, Florida. He was 79 years old.

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