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Rock Valley College (RVC) is a public community college in Rockford, Illinois. It is part of the Illinois Community College System. [1] RVC's district comprises Winnebago County, Boone County, and parts of Stephenson County, Ogle County, McHenry County, and DeKalb County. [2] Since opening for classes in 1965, RVC has grown to an institution of ...
Chicago Rockford International Airport covers 2,900 acres (1,200 ha) and has two runways, both with an ILS: 1/19 is 8,200 x 150 ft. (2,499 x 46 m), and 7/25 is 10,002 x 150 ft. (3,049 x 46 m). In 2017 the airport had 39,462 aircraft operations, average 108 per day: 61% general aviation, 31% airline, 4% military, and 3% air taxi.
Woodward, Inc. Coordinates: 40°33′13.45″N 105°3′39.82″W. Woodward, Inc. is an American designer, manufacturer, and service provider of control systems and control system components (e.g. fuel pumps, engine controls, actuators, air valves, fuel nozzles, and electronics) for aircraft engines, industrial engines and turbines, power ...
From the late 1950s, downtown Rockford (centered around the intersection of IL 2 and US 20; Main Street and West State Street) began to decline as the primary shopping district of the city. In 1956, North Towne Mall opened on the far northwest side of the city, with Colonial Village opening on the (then) far east side in 1962, both of which ...
This is a list of airports in Illinois (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as previously public-use airports, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
AAR Corp. is an American provider of aircraft maintenance services to commercial and government customers worldwide. The company is headquartered in Wood Dale, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. The company employs 5,000 people worldwide. As of May 2023, the company operates major maintenance facilities in Indianapolis, Miami, Oklahoma City, Rockford ...
Sontag invested his life savings in 1980 to secure an $8 million loan for a leveraged buyout of Slick Electro, an aircraft ignition manufacturer in Rockford, Illinois.One of Sontag's first initiatives was to completely redesign the components and materials in the "Slick" products to make them more durable, reliable and easier to maintain. [5]
During his career he flew the Il-2, Il-10, Il-14, Il-28, Li-2, Mi-1, Mi-4, MiG-15, MiG-17, MiG-21, Tu-104, and Tu-124, accumulating over 3000 flight hours. Before the dissolution of the Soviet Union he was also active in politics; as a member of the Communist party, he was a deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and several SSRs.