Henry Schachar has been promoted from President to Executive Vice Chairman of Marquis Jets. Ken Austin will take over as President. (Austin was formerly Executive Vice President.) Both have been with the company since 2001, and Schachar is co-founder.
Jason Miller has been appointed general manager of StandardAero's Houston Intercontinental Airport facility. Miller has been acting GM of the facility since April.
Kenneth Weaver has been named the vice president of marketing for Remos Aircraft. He has more than 18 years of related experience with a variety of companies.
Tann Chesley is the new vice president of Skytech Inc. He is working out of the company's new FBO at Carroll County Regional Airport in Westminster, Md.
Don Antonucci has been named chairman of the board of directors of Metron Aviation, which specializes in air traffic management. He retired in 2006 as president of Lockheed Martin.
Mark Woods has joined Great Lakes Diamond Aircraft Sales in charge of sales for Illinois, northern Indiana and Michigan. He previously worked for another Diamond dealer.
Barry Knuttila is now Senior Vice President of Marketing and Technology for King Schools. He's been with King for seven years, where he's been responsible the technology organization and development of software, technical support and other IT-related functions to support the self-study, computer and online curricula.
Ken Smoll is the new director of training at Spokane Turbine Center. He was formerly with Cessna, where he ran the Garmin G1000 customer training program.
Mark Abbott has been appointed the Group FBO Director for ExecuJet. He's been with ExecuJet for three years and was formerly the regional manager for the Western Cape in South Africa.
Doug Brantner is a partner in Groom Aviation LLC as a general aviation consultant. He was formerly vice president in charge of Hawker Beechcraft Services.
Brett Gardner has joined Becker Avionics as its new Director of Sales and Marketing. Gardner has extensive experience in the helicopter sector and was most recently a Major on voluntary assignment as an Army Reserve Company Commander with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command.
Patrick Waddick has been named the Executive Vice President Chief Operating Officer of Cirrus Aircraft. He was previously Exedutive Vice President of Operations.
Tracy Robinson has been promoted to vice president, Quality, at Cessna. She's been with the company for 18 years and served most recently as the director of paint and interior operations.
Legendary pilot Joe Grant has become the Society of Aviation Flight Educators' first honorary member. Grant was born in 1908 and flew everything from Curtiss JN4s to Boeing 707s in his long career.
Carey Miller is filling the newly created position of U.S. Western Region Marketing Manager for Universal Avionics. Miller was formerly at Rockwell Collins and is a corporate pilot.
June Mason is the new quality assurance manager for the Alloy Products Group at Wall Colmonoy. She has extensive experience in the aerospace side of the industry.
Joe Russell is president of Jet Source in Carlsbad, Calif. He joined the company as controller last September and is now in charge of overall strategic planning, fiscal management, business development and day-to-day activities.
Mike Payne has joined Wilson Aircraft of Aurora, Ontario as vice president of aircraft sales. Payne has 30 years of experience in aircraft sales in Canada and was most recently the Canadian rep for Embraer Executive Aircraft.
Millie Becker is the new vice president for business development at First Aviation Services at Teterboro Airport. She was formerly a marketing executive at Landmark Aviation.
Pilot Journey Airplane Sales has added two staff members. Dan Luketic will be Director of Airplane Sales and Marketing, and Doris Fowler will be the Assistant to the Director.
Don Campion, president of Banyan Air Services, was inducted into the Florida Aviation Trades Association (FATA) Entrepreneurial Excellence Hall of Fame. Banyan opened 30 years ago at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.
Dan Petno has been promoted to owner of RW Armstrong, a worldwide engineering firm. Petno is based in Cleveland and has managed several aviation-related projects, including a new runway at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and a centralized de-icing facility there.
Matt Cowan has taken over the newly-created position of U.S. Southeast Region Marketing Manager for Universal Avionics. Cowan held sales positions at Cirrus Aircraft and Avidyne before coming to Universal.
Aspen Avionics was named Associate Member of the Year by the Aircraft Electronics Association. President John Uczekaj said he was "speechless" at the announcement.
Debbie Martin has been named sales manager for the Northwest by Signature Air Support. Martin has more than a decade of experience in the field and will be based in Washington State.
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