AVweb‘s search of aviation news worldwide found announcements from the Brooklands Museum, Pipistrel, NATA and Embraer.On July 26, the Brooklands Concorde G-BBDG will droop her trademark nose for the first time in almost 35 years as Brooklands Museum marks the completion of 10 years since she officially opened to the public as an exhibition, event venue and virtual flight experience. Slovenian manufacturerPipistrel announced that aircraft number 800 from the Sinus/Virus family was completed. The aircraft will be shipped to the other side of the globe — to Argentina.
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) announced Marty Hiller (Owner and Partner, Marathon Jet Center, Marathon, Florida) will serve as NATA’s acting president Sept. 1 when current President and CEO Thomas L. Hendricks steps down on Aug. 31. NATA also announced Board of Directors re-elections and the addition of two new members.Embraer announced that it has commenced the succession process for its CEO position, continuing the work developed by Mr. Frederico Fleury Curado in the last decade. Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva, an Embraer senior executive since 1997 and currently its president and CEO of Commercial Aviation, will be the new Embraer CEO as of July 2016, in a transition scheduled to be completed by the end of the year.
