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Bill Blackwood Bill Blackwood is retiring as Superior Air Parts’ director of operations. He’s worked in aviation for 42 years and joined Superior in 2006.

The mayor of Charlotte, N.C., has been tapped as the next Secretary of Transportation according to numerous media outlets who have spoken with “unnamed sources.” Anthony Foxx was the host of the Democratic National Convention last year and recently announced he would not be running for re-election in Charlotte. Foxx is a lawyer who worked […]

General Aviation Manufacturers Association President Pete Bunce said Wednesday at Aero in Friedrichshafen that the international regulatory community has seen the light on revising certification rules and efforts to overhaul Part 23 and its international equivalents are gaining momentum. “When you can go and put modern equipment into an amateur-built aircraft and have it perform […]

Mary Lynn Rynkiewicz Mary Lynn J. Rynkiewicz is the General Aviation Manufacturers Association’s new director of communications. She was formerly at the NextGen Institute.

Rob Higby Rob Higby is the new VP of Sales and Marketing for StandardAero’s airlines and fleets business. He was formerly VP of worldwide airline sales for GE Aviation.

Dianne & Tim White Dianne and Tim White have purchased Kansas Aircraft Corporation from Michele Stauffer. The Whites both formerly worked at Cessna, where Tim was VP of sales for the Americas and Dianne was VP of corporate communications. Stauffer will remain active in the business.

Ryan McGinn Ryan McGinn has been appointed sales director for Flexjet in New York. He was formerly at Callaway Golf.

Firoz Tarapore Firoz Tarapore is the interim president and CEO of StandardAero. Tarapore is a director of the company and will stay on the board as the company looks for a permanent CEO.

David Welch David Welch is the new VP of sales at Skyway Aero. Welch has been with the company since 2009.

To celebrate the installation of its giant new movie screen, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio, is hosting an all-aviation film festival, April 12 to 14. The museum’s 400-seat theater is reopening after an $800,000 renovation, featuring a high-definition digital 3D screen that stands six stories high and an all-new […]