Aviation News

Clayton Lackey is the new line service manager at Tampa International Jet Center. He’s worked at the business since 2007.

Deirdre Clemmons Airports Council International-North America has announced the promotion of Deirdre Clemmons to vice president of meetings convention and education. Clemmons has been with ACI-NA since 2008.

Brig. Gen. Richard Anderson Former Civil Air Patrol National Commander Brig. Gen. Richard Anderson is now the chairman of CAP’s board of governors. Anderson has been with CAP for 41 years and started as a cadet.

Doreen Gonzalez Doreen Gonzalez has been promoted to senior manager of G650 procurement. She was formerly senior purchasing manager for the company’s completion facility in Savannah.

Ron Soret Ron Soret has been named King Aerospace president and will be responsible for directing King’s large aircraft completions. He was formerly COO of Gore Design Completions.

Andrea Zanetto Andrea Zanetto is the new CEO at Fly Comlux. He was previously the COO of Meridiana Fly in Italy.

Piper Aircraft Simon Caldecott has been named VP of Operations for Piper Aircraft. He joined Piper from Hawker Beechcraft in 2009 to take over the Altaire jet program.

The AOPA Summit in Long Beach, California has wound down – and we’re wrapping up on our online coverage with a few photos from the show. CLICK FOR LARGER INDIVIDUAL IMAGES EACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW

Missouri Republican Rep. Sam Graves will take over as chairman of the GA Caucus when current chairman Vern Ehlers, R-Mich., retires at the end of his term. Ehlers announced his retirement earlier this year and announced Graves as his replacement during an interview with AOPA at AOPA Summit in Long Beach Friday. The caucus is […]

A New Hampshire CFI with a penchant for new technology is the winner of AOPA’s sweepstakes aircraft, a new Remos GX light sport aircraft. Yorke Brown, an engineering and scientific consultant from Etna, N.H., was notified of his win last week and will get his airplane after it comes off display at AOPA Summit in […]