The story of the Ventube™ is
really a story about Donald L. Horton… the pilot and inventor of this terrific product.
Donald got his Private Pilots License
in 1950, and he's flown more than 1,000 hours in 29 different types of aircraft
over these last 60 years. Having flown more than a few Cessnas in his life, Donald
has wrestled too many times with the Cessna "tomato can " vent tube.
One winter, Donald and his wife were
flying across northern Oklahoma. He hit some turbulence and his Cessna vent tube
gave way. "My wife took a very dim view of the arctic air blasting her side of the
cabin," he remembers.
Back at home, Donald started thinking
of a better way to cap that vent. First, he tried a screw-on cap, but there was
no way to secure the cap in place. After some experimentation Donald found the solution:
a tube within a tube, using technology that was developed in the oil fields during
the 1920s. This was the birth of the Ventube™.
Over the next three years Donald
developed his product into a popular and dependable vent solution for Cessna owners
all over the world… more than 5,000 so far.
Donald realized that while the Ventubes
increased the air entry into the cabin, the air has difficulty in exiting the cabin.
This lead to the developement of the Airflow Enhancement Kit to improve the cabin airflow.
Ventube ™ and the Airflow Enhacement Kit are available directly from Soros, Inc
and selected retailers.
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