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Date: 04/13/2006

Subject: A Message from Parker Aerospace

Parker Aerospace congratulates you for your participation in the 2006 Team America Rocketry Challenge. We’d like to tell you a little bit about our company and share an animated tour of our product and the aircraft that use them.

Anything Possible.

It’s our approach to technology development, and our unique advantage as a place to work. Parker Aerospace is the leader in fuel, hydraulic, flight control, and pneumatic systems and components for the world’s military and commercial aircraft and engines. We team with the companies that are defining the future of our industry.

At Parker, the possibilities for your career are boundless. We offer the benefits of a dynamic, teaming environment, backed by the stability and strength of our parent company, Parker Hannifin, an $8 billion world leader in diversified motion and control technologies.

Want to know more? Check out this fly-through the interior of real airplanes and their engines. It takes a lot of sharp engineers to design the kind of products needed by today’s airlines and military aircraft. At Parker Aerospace, we’re looking for the best and the brightest.

Parker Aerospace Fly-Through (High-speed connection recommended)

A few facts about our company:

1.4 billion in sales

5,000 employees

33 locations throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific

Products on virtually every aircraft produced in the Western World since the 1930s

Systems and components throughout the industry

Commercial airliners and regional jets

Military fighters and transports

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Business and general aviation

Missiles and launch vehicles

Derivative markets

The kind of products we make:

Flight control systems: Pilots use primary and secondary flight controls to direct the flight of an aircraft. Parker Aerospace is an industry leader in flight control systems.

Hydraulic systems: Hydraulic fluid provides the muscle for equipment throughout an airplane. We make nearly all of the hydraulic systems for production aircraft in the world today.

Fuel systems: Fuel equipment measures, moves, and monitors fuel used by aircraft engines to power the plane. Cockpit displays tell pilots how much fuel they have and help them control the tanks it’s in. Parker makes fuel systems for all kinds of commercial and military aircraft.

Pneumatic systems: Hot air is taken from the engine and used to provide power and heat to other parts of the aircraft. Cold air is used to cool the passenger cabin as well as heated equipment. Parker pneumatic equipment for both uses is found in aircraft around the world.

Careers at Parker Aerospace take endless possibilities, including:

Engineering

Design

Electrical

Electromechanical

Manufacturing

Mechanical

Quality

Business administration

Contracts administration

Pricing and purchasing

Finance and accounting

Information technology

Program management

Sales and marketing

Customer service and support

Visit us at www.parker.com to learn what’s possible for your career.

Parker is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action employer. U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident status required.

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