Duncan Aviation announced today that Aaron Hilkemann, President of Duncan Aviation, will retire from the President position on July 1 of this year and move to Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Advisors, a newly created part-time position. He will be succeeded by Jeff Lake, the current Chief Operating Officer for Duncan Aviation’s Lincoln, Nebraska, facility.
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Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce that long-time team member Dennis Kruse will be relocating to the company’s Provo, Utah, facility as the Avionics Install Sales Representative.
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Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce leadership changes to its Flight Department. Craig Rathjen has been named the Director of Flight Operations and Jon Kroesche the new Chief Pilot of Flight Operations.
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In 1999, Duncan Aviation expanded its turbine engine service business into a newly remodeled 20,000-sq.-ft. facility to accommodate its rapidly growing Honeywell TFE731 business. In the 20 years since, the company’s engine team has continued to add new capabilities, tools, and authorizations.
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Duncan Aviation recently held a private unveiling, called a vernissage in the fine art world, of the exterior and interior completion of one of its company aircraft. The commissioned design was created by renowned artist Nancy Friedemann Sánchez, a Colombian-American contemporary artist who has held exhibitions across the world and is based in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce that Rene Cardona, a longtime member of the company’s Aircraft Sales and Acquisitions team, recently earned recognition as an IADA-Certified Aircraft Sales Broker.
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In July, Duncan Aviation representatives presented Wish & Development Coordinator Carrie Fitzke of Make-A-Wish Nebraska a check worth $1,743 from the proceeds of the second annual Duncan Aviation Car Show.
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Duncan Aviation’s Calibrations Lab recently invested in additional testing equipment and the purchase of standards to calibrate thermohydrometers, both working and masters. This investment allows the company to now offer the full spectrum of calibration services required for FBOs (Fixed Based Operations) to comply with the ATA 103 Standard for Jet Fuel Quality at Airports and Military compliance.
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Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce that one of its pilots, David Moll, has earned The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award from the FAA. From flying some of the most complex corporate business jets to doing aerobatics in the Pitts, Moll says in his 51 years of flying that he has experienced the best career ever imagined.
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Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce that its MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul) facility in Provo, Utah, has received Stage I accreditation from the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH). The Duncan Aviation facility in Provo is only the second MRO in the United States to have earned this accreditation, and the first was the full-service Duncan Aviation facility in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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