DeCrane Aircraft's Dettmers Unit Certifies New 16g Seat

Business Wire, Sept 11, 2000

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STUART, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2000

DeCrane Aircraft subsidiary, Dettmers Industries (Dettmers), Monday announced FAA certification of its new 16g Model 6003 Track and Swivel executive aircraft seat.

The first ship set of these seats will be delivered to a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) completion center within 45 days. Certification of the seat in the Boeing 777 and Airbus Industrie's Corporate Jet and A340 models is expected shortly.

Dettmers' Model 6003 offers designers maximum flexibility with features not previously available on 16g seats for the BBJ. The new seat is certified for takeoff and landing with the track and swivel mechanism in any position and installations can be accommodated with seat tracks from 11 to 20.75 inches. It also provides 50% more seat tracking area than the standard tracking available on competing seats. This maximizes passenger comfort when the seats are used in combination with conference or dining tables or when they are placed in the full-berthing position.

The new Dettmers 16g seat is available in a wide range of sizes and has a generous options list including variable armrest geometry, lifter pans, adjustable lumbar, flex-wing headrest, recliner footrest with auto-retracting extension, provisions for stowable IFE monitor and PCUs and custom upholstery.

Dettmers and ERDA Inc. (Peshtigo, Wis.) constitute DeCrane Aircraft's Seating Division. Founded in 1989, DeCrane Aircraft is a leading systems integrator for the corporate and commercial aviation industries. DeCrane's family of 3,000 employees and diversified companies offers the marketplace an unparalleled array of product and technology solutions.

Many of these will be on display in the DeCrane exhibit, No. 2936, at this year's National Business Aviation Association convention at the New Orleans Ernest Morial Center, October 10-12.

DeCrane Aircraft Holdings Inc. is a subsidiary of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners II, L.P. DLJ Merchant Banking Partners II, L.P. is a $3 billion fund dedicated to private equity and equity-related investments.

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