Bill Brown, Hawker Beech-craft’s new president for global customer support, has all the right credentials for his new job, which he started at the end of May. Brown took over the job from Randy Groom, who “recently made the decision to take some time with his family and explore new career opportunities for the future,” according to Hawker Beechcraft.
After graduating with an FAA airframe and powerplant mechanic certificate from Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, Okla., Brown set out on a general aviation trajectory in the early part of his career. He turned wrenches at what was then Beckett Aviation in Scottsdale, Ariz., then ran a charter company maintenance department in Tulsa. He also obtained commercial, multi-engine and instrument and multi-engine instructor certificates and ratings and flew charters for the Tulsa company, which operated a variety of piston- and turbine-powered airplanes.
