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Kistler 2005 Chardonnay
Kistler may refer to: Places * Kistler, Pennsylvania, a borough in Mifflin County * Kistler Creek, a tributary of Maiden Creek in Berks County, Pennsylvania * Kistler Valley, two locations; Antarctica and Pennsylvania * Kistler Vineyards, in Sonoma Valley, California Other * Kistler Group, sensors and sensor electronics for measuring pressure, force, torque and acceleration * Kistler Aerospace Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) was a reusable launch system firm originally based in Oklahoma. It was formed in 2006 after Rocketplane Limited, Inc. acquired Kistler Aerospace. NASA announced that Rocketplane Kistler had been chosen to develop crew and ..., former name of Rocketplane Kistler, company attempting to develop fully reusable vehicles See also * Kistler (surname) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kistler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kistler, Pennsylvania
Kistler is a borough in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 292 at the 2020 census. Geography Kistler is located at (40.380652, -77.867737). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and (7.14%) is water. History Kistler, Pennsylvania is one of the United States' lesser known Company Towns. A Company Town is a settlement built and operated by a single business enterprise.Garner, John. The Company Town; Architecture and Society in the Early Industrial Age. Oxford University Press. 1992 Most company towns were established between 1880 and 1930 during the early industrial age. See list of company towns. Kistler was initially established to meet the needs of a large manufacturing plant by providing comfortable homes for its workmen within close proximity of the factory.Nolen, John. New Towns for Old (1927) Reprinted by University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst 2005 pp. 66-74. The town was bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kistler Creek
Kistler Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of Maiden Creek in Berks County, Pennsylvania in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. Kistler Creek and Ontelaunee Creek join in the community of Kempton to form Maiden Creek. See also *List of rivers of Pennsylvania This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Delaware Bay Chesapeake Bay *''E ... References Rivers of Pennsylvania Tributaries of the Schuylkill River Rivers of Berks County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kistler Valley
Kistler Valley may refer to: * Kistler Valley (Antarctica) in the Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica *Kistler Valley, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States; see Lynton Richards Kistler *Kistler Valley Road, Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States *Kistler Valley, Lynn Township, Pennsylvania Lynn Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is the largest township by area in Lehigh County and also the most rural and least densely populated township in the county. The population of Lynn Township was 4,229 at the 2010 cens ..., United States; in Lehigh County See also * * Kistler (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kistler Vineyards
Kistler Vineyards is a family-owned California winery located in Northern California's wine producing region of Sonoma County. According to ''Food and Wine Magazine'', their "biannual release of Chardonnay is one of the most sought after by wine enthusiasts" and Food and Wine Magazine's Wine Guide considers their Chardonnays the "Best of the Best" among "Star Producers" History Kistler was founded in 1978, and continues to be family owned and operated today. Until 2017 Kistler's winemaking was supervised by Steve Kistler, who studied creative writing at Stanford University. Kistler also oversaw the vineyard work. Mark Bixler, who has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley ran the business and sales side of the winery as well as helping in the lab. In 2008, Kistler sold his majority stake in the company to the owner of Durell Vineyard, Bill Price. At that time they brought the Vineyard Manager from Hudson Vineyards in Carneros, Jason Kesner, as Steve's as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kistler Group
Kistler Group (legal name: Kistler Holding AG (a.k.a. “box”)), with headquarters in Winterthur, is an internationally active Swiss group of companies specializing in the field of measurement technology. The Kistler Group is represented at more than 60 locations in over 30 countries and, although owner-managed, is organized as a listed company. The Kistler Group employs a staff of some 2,050 and generated revenue of 361 million Swiss francs in 2020. Approximately 9% of revenue flows back into research and technology every year. History The company was founded by Walter P. Kistler and Hans Conrad Sonderegger in 1959 as the Kistler Instrument Corporation, but the enterprise started in 1950 when Walter Kistler patented a charge amplifier he developed. Hans Conrad Sonderegger is the father of the current (2010) CEO. In 1959 the company became active on the stock market. Since 1961 the company started the in-house production of charge amplifiers and the development of other sensors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kistler Aerospace
Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) was a reusable launch system firm originally based in Oklahoma. It was formed in 2006 after Rocketplane Limited, Inc. acquired Kistler Aerospace. NASA announced that Rocketplane Kistler had been chosen to develop crew and cargo launch services. However, having missed financial milestones NASA terminated funding for the project. It filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2010. K-1 launch vehicle Rocketplane Kistler's primary project was the K-1 (rocket), K-1, a reusable launch vehicle which was intended to get as high as geosynchronous orbit, and was hoped to compete with relatively expensive, one-shot rockets for servicing of the International Space Station. Corporate history Kistler Aerospace was founded in Kirkland, Washington by Walter Kistler and Bob Citron in 1993 as a private company attempting to develop fully reusable vehicles capable of earth orbit at a minimal price. Rob Meyerson, who later went on to become President of Blue Origin, was a Senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
