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

      Parker                  William                   C.
      (Last)                  (First)                (Middle)

             Aerosonic Corporation, 1212 N. Hercules Ave
                             (Street)

      Clearwater              Florida                  34625
      (City)                  (State)                  (Zip)



2.    Date of Event Requiring Statement
      (Month/Day/Year)

      05/28/96

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    
      -------                                   -------
         X    Officer (give title below)                    Other (specify
      -------                                   -------     below)

                        Executive Vice President
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6.    If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)









                     TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned


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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Common Stock                         17,000                D 
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Common Stock                          3,893                I                       "By Retirement 
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                                                                                      Account"
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TABLE II -     Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls,
               warrants, options, convertible securities)


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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     /s/ William C. Parker                                    May 28, 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.