Don Taylor, currently Chief Financial Officer of AVX Aircraft Company, will become Chairman of the Board, and Kendall Goodman, recently announced as President and COO of AVX Aircraft Company, will continue to oversee all current and future AVX programs.

Gaffey joined AVX Aircraft Company in 2006 and has been the driving force behind the advancement and growth of AVX. From 1965 until 2003, he worked at Bell Helicopters where he retired as Chief Engineer and Senior Vice-President of Research and Engineering.

Developing the first tiltrotor production aircraft

One of the most experienced executives and aeronautical engineers in the aircraft industry, he has been instrumental in the design and development of numerous civilian and military helicopters and tiltrotors. He has extensive expertise in the areas of program management, tiltrotor design and technology, rotorcraft aeromechanics, and test and evaluation.

He played a major role in the development of world’s first tiltrotor production aircraft, and has managed the technical, schedule, cost, procurement and production aspects of many Bell helicopters, among them the V-22 EMD, 609 and Eagle Eye Tiltrotors, AH‐1Z and UH‐1Y USMC attack and utility helicopters, and the Bell 407, 430 and 427 commercial helicopters.

Gaffey received a Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical Engineering, Purdue University 1960, and senior EEC program, MIT Sloan School 1988.