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Cessna parent company Textron says it is searching for a new chairman, president and CEO of Cessna Aircraft after announcing the “retirement” of Jack Pelton. Textron chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly will head the Cessna business until a successor for Pelton can be found. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become

Greg Dunstone, a pioneer of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology, has received the Royal Aeronautical Society’s prestigious Lawrence Hargrave Award for 2011, presented in Canberra on April 12. “Greg Dunstone has led Airservices Australia’s ADS-B initiatives since proposing the first trial in 2000,” the RAeS noted.  “His pioneering work and leadership resulted in the successful

Virgin Blue Group of Airlines has announced the appointment of Joshua Bayliss to the company’s board as a non‐executive director. Bayliss, who has worked as Virgin Group General Counsel in Geneva since 2005, will join fellow non-executive directors Mark Vaile, Rob Thomas and David Baxby and Sam Mostyn on Virgin Blue’s board, along with chairman

The pilots of last year’s Millions Against Malaria round-the-world flight have been recognised on a national and international scale for their charitable efforts. Millions Against Malaria pilots Ken Evers and Tim Pryse have received both the Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia Des Kelly Special Achievement award, and the Paris-based Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI)