People in Aviation: March 2020
Charlie Wiplinger becomes CEO of Wipaire, Brian Moore senior v-p of operations, of FlightSafety International, and Bill Molloy COO of Killick Aerospace.

Charlie Wiplinger added the role CEO of aircraft float specialist Wipaire on January 1, as his father, Bob “Wip” Wiplinger semi-retired and moved over to chairman. The elder Wiplinger had been president of the firm since 1979 when he purchased it from his own father and company founder Ben Wiplinger. Charlie Wiplinger, meanwhile, began working at Wipaire in line service at the age of 16 and joined the firm full time after college in 2003, first as an engineer, then v-p of services, and most becoming president in 2011.


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