Aviation News

Gary Martin is the head of Aftermarket Sales, Marketing and Service at Bombardier. He was most recently at Honeywell and has 25 years in the industry.

Dale Hawkins is the new Airframe Sales Manager for StandardAero. He spent 28 years at Kal-Aero/Duncan Aviation in various capacities.

Bill Collier Peter Wilkinson Cessna has announced that Peter Wilkinson will head the company’s McCauley Propeller Systems operations as general manager, and Bill Collier will take over turbine and propeller aircraft parts distribution. Wilkinson has been with Cessna since 1997, and Collier joined the company in 2005.

Vince Jimenez Mark White Vince Jimenez and Mark White have been named Regional Product Support Sales Managers for General Dynamics Aviation Services. Both will work out of the Lincoln, CA facility, and both are longtime General Dynamics employees.

Stephanie Curtice Stephanie Curtice is the new person in charge of membership, development, event coordination and marketing at the Wichita Aero Club. Curtice was raised in Wichita and has held various public relations posts.

Michael Trevino Michael Trevino has been named Director of Global Commercial Aerospace Sales by Donaldson Aerospace and Defense. Donaldson makes filtration products, and Trevino was most recently its director of sales for Donaldson Valencia.

Vickie Elgin Vickie Elgin has been appointed sales manager for Signature Flight Support. She was formerly at Western Petroleum Company as sales manager for contract fuel.

Ian Harman Ian Harman has been hired as the Senior Consultant-Engineering for Rishworth Aviation in Auckland, New Zealand. His major role will be to recruit engineers.

Mark Stevenson Mark Stevenson is the new sales director for the central U.S. and central Canada for Piaggio America. He was formerly with Embraer.

Todd Sigler is AIA’s new Assistant Vice President of Civil Aviation. He was formerly at Cirrus Aircraft, most recently vice president of manufacturing support and process engineering.