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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Sherman Jr. Joseph P.
(Last) (First) (Middle)
3306 Buckhead Drive
(Street)
Birmingham Alabama 35216
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
05/21/96
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person
(Voluntary)
###-##-####
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Aerosonic Corporation (AIM)
5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
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Officer (give title below) Other (specify
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Executive Vice President
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of 3. Ownership 4. Nature of
(Instr.4) Securities Form: Direct Indirect
Beneficially (D) or Beneficial
Owned Indirect (I) Ownership
(Instr.4) (Instr.5) (Instr.5)
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<C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock 12,700 D
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Common Stock 12,500 I "By Wife"
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TABLE II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls,
warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and 4. Con- 5. Owner- 6. Na-
Deriva- cisable and Amount of Sec- version ship Form ture
tive Expiration urities Under- or Exer- of Deri- of In-
Security Date lying Deriva- cise vative direct
(Instr.4) (Month/Day/Year) tive Security Price of Security: Bene-
(Instr.4) Deri- Direct ficial
vative (D) or Owner-
Security Indirect ship
(I) (Instr
(Instr.5) .5)
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Date Expir- Title Amount
Exer- ation Or
cis- Date Number
able of
Shares
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<C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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/s/ Joseph P. Sherman Jr. May 21, 1996
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
