Aviation News

Tony Swift Tony Swift is Gulfstream Aerospace’s field service representative in Newark, Teterboro and Morristown. Previously, he was in charge of servicing U.S. Air Force C-37 (GV) aircraft in Belgium.

Greg Collett Austin Shontz Gulfstream Aerospace has named Greg Collett as vice president of initial phase operations and Austin Shontz as vice president of final phase operations. Both are long-term Gulfstream executives.

Norman Mello Norman Mello has joined ARGUS PROS as Director of Business Aviation. He was formerly at Delta AirElite Business Jets.

Brig. Gen. Carr Brig. Gen. Charles (Chuck) Carr is the new National Vice Commander of the Civil Air Patrol. An incorrect photo accompanied last week’s announcement of the appointment.

Stephane Mayer Stephane Mayer, who was CEO of EADS Socata before it was sold to DAHER, has now been hired in his old role by the new company. He spent the interim as CEO of ATR, a turboprop regional airliner manufacturer.

Drew McEwen Drew McEwen is the new Director of Sales, Americas for Piper Aircraft. McEwen had a 28-year career in sales at Hawker Beechcraft before joining Piper.

Randy Brown Randy Brown has been promoted to vice president and general manager of Gulfstream’s Mexicali site, which makes various subassemblies and components for Gulfstream aircraft. Brown has been with Gulfstream since 2006 as senior manager of production operations in Savannah.

Jim Garrett Jim Garrett is the new vice president of operations at REBTECH, which specializes in night vision conversions for aircraft and helicopters. Garrett has worked in the field for 40 years.

Ron Gunnarson Ron Gannarson has been named vice president of marketing and communications at Hawker Beechcraft. He was most recently director of marketing.

Roger Sperry Roger Sperry is the new senior vice president of international sales at Gulfstream Aerospace. He was formerly division vice president for South America and the Far East. He’s credited with the major success Gulfstream has achieved in the Chinese market, where 63 percent of large cabin business jets are Gulfstreams.