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Avitat Boca Raton
Bob Walesch since 1984 has held senior positions with four major FBOs and spearheaded the launches of two of them that are located on medium-size business-

Bob Walesch since 1984 has held senior positions with four major FBOs and spearheaded the launches of two of them that are located on medium-size business-aviation airports near warm oceans. He’s now the v-p and general manager of the brand-new Avitat Boca Raton (Fla.), which opened late last year. He told AIN Avitat Boca’s parent company, cineplex developer Muvico Theaters, lured him away from his previous post, Sun Air Jets in Camarillo, Calif.

“My career started in about 1983,” he said. “I had soloed here in Florida when I was 17 years old and went to Florida Institute of Technology to get all my ratings [and a degree in aviation management–Ed]. I thought I’d have a career as a pilot, but I always seemed to find a chair somewhere instead.”