Playing the numbers is probably a better investment than trying to start a small manufacturing business, particularly in industries as shaken and regulated as today's general aviation industry. Through good luck, timing, and hard work, Stene Aviation, a small company that manufactures PMA composite products for Cessnas, is atypical in that it is a success and a survivor. John Stene, who founded his company as an FBO in the isolated vacation community of Poison, Montana in 1980, was able to transition from the thin gruel of a ma-and-pa fixed-base operation to a viable manufacturing business. His story serves as a pretty good benchmark for aviation technicians tired of slogging through the daily challenges of today's industry. Stene grew up in Joliet, Montana in a farming family. Always fascinated by watching the ag-planes work in the area, he acquired his private pilot certificate in 1976 and by 1979 had all his ratings and set out to make his mark in general aviation. He quickly learned that he needed the ability to coyer all bases by himself in order to make a living and added his A&P, based upon on-the-job experience. In 1992, he acquired the molds and manufacturing rights to fiberglass fairings and Cessna 180 cowlings from Poor Man Aviation, Bob Colby's cottage-industry effort in Ferndale, Montana.
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机译：比起尝试创办一家小型制造企业，尤其是在像今天的通用航空业一样动荡和管制的行业中，发挥数字可能是更好的投资。通过好运，时机和辛勤工作，一家为塞斯纳（Cessnas）生产PMA复合材料产品的小公司Stene Aviation是非典型的，因为它是成功和幸存者。 John Stene于1980年在蒙大拿州Poison的一个偏僻的度假社区中以FBO的身份创立了自己的公司，他能够从一劳永逸的固定基地业务过渡到可行的制造业。对于厌倦了应对当今行业日常挑战的航空技术人员而言，他的故事是一个很好的基准。斯特恩在蒙大拿州的朱丽叶（Juliet）成长于一个农业家庭。一直着迷于观看农机在该地区的工作，他于1976年获得了私人飞行员证书，到1979年，他拥有所有等级，并着手在通用航空领域树立自己的声誉。他很快了解到自己需要谋生的能力来谋生，并根据在职经验增加了A＆P。 1992年，他从鲍勃·科尔比（Bob Colby）在蒙大拿州费尔代尔（Ferndale）进行的家庭式工业“穷人航空”中获得了玻璃纤维整流罩和塞斯纳180整流罩的模具和制造权。
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