R. Dixon Speas

In 1951 he founded the first of several consulting firms; the most recent, PRC Aviation in Tucson. Over the years he has handled projects for most of the world’s major airlines, for much of corporate aviation and for many international airports.

Also, he pioneered the development of new operating procedures, including intercontinental computerized flight planning, that greatly increased the utility and profitability of commercial air carriers and business aircraft. There’s hardly an airline or corporate aircraft operator flying anywhere in the world today who doesn’t use some innovative idea or method that can be credited directly to R. Dixon Speas.