Talk:Marquardt Corporation

Van Nuys
In the 90s, interviewed for the position of Director of Engineering at the Van Nuys facility. Just touring the place, was worth the trip. There were these huge static test fixtures all over the place to test their ramjets, all hooked up to strip chart recorders, etc. - basically the place was a museum of 50s technology. They had no idea what to do - fortunately, I had a disagreeable interview with their chief structural engineer, presumably he was hoping to get the job himself, so I didn't have to figure it out for them. They eventually decided to make aerospace fasteners which ran them into the ground. I would have tried to keep them in propulsion (as that was my area), but guess we'll never know if this article would have had a happier ending if they'd followed that plan instead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.129.224.141 (talk) 04:41, 25 June 2011 (UTC)