Robert Molsbergen (see photo) has been appointed president of NetJets’ subsidiary Executive Jet Management in Cincinnati and chief operating officer of its international aircraft management business. He was president of Easy Energy Systems and had been president of MD Helicopters.
Jack Arehart has been named president of Delta TechOps MRO. He was co-chief commercial officer at the AAR Corp. and was an executive at the Nordam Group and Timco Aviation Services.
David Chambers has become vice president-sales in North America for Atlanta-based SITA. He has been an executive with Sabre Airline Solutions and American Airlines.
Talha A. Zobair (see photo) has been appointed vice president-tax for the Falls Church, Virginia-based Northrop Grumman Corp. He was senior tax counsel and director of global taxes for Raytheon.
Tom Z. Collina has become director of policy for the Washington-based Ploughshares Fund. He was research director of the Arms Control Association and has been executive director/co-founder of the Institute for Science and International Security and director of the global security program at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Bill Rossi (see photo) has been appointed Singapore-based vice president-sales and acquisitions for Nordic Aviation Capital. He was Asia-Pacific sales director for Embraer.
Matthew Jennings (see photo) has been named Washington-based senior manager of public affairs in the U.S. for Etihad Airways. He was head of legislative affairs for the International Air Transport Association.
Anton Khodakovsky has been appointed vice president for Japan and South Korea for the Volga Dnepr Group. He has been commercial director and director for Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States of the group’s AirBridgeCargo.
Mark Mitchell (see photo), who has been CEO of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty in Hong Kong, has been named CEO for Asia, effective Oct. 1. He will succeed Alexander Ankel, who is leaving the company.
Andy Frost has become chief commercial officer and Tom Wright the Dallas-based vice president-sales for North America for Germany-based Signalhorn. Frost has been vice president-strategic business development. Wright was vice president for NewSat of Australia, vice president of United Networks in Kuwait and sales director for Comstream of San Diego.
Brian Campbell (see photo) has been named vice president-global sales for StandardAero Business Aviation, Tempe, Arizona. He was vice president-worldwide aftermarket MRO sales for Beechcraft and had been an executive for Honeywell Aerospace.
Greg Paxson has become Part 135 director of maintenance for Sun Air Jets, Camarillo, California. He succeeds Dave Anderson, who is now Part 145 accountable manager.
The Moon is the next world for humanity to explore and turn into a new home—even as we push out into the deeper ocean of space. -Forty-five years ago, a few of us wandered her surface, yet we turned away, not realizing the importance of what we had done—or what could be done. Now it is clearly time to return and, by learning how to live there, to prepare ourselves to plant the seeds of humanity on the red sands of Mars.
I greatly enjoyed the highly detailed “Road Map” ( AW&ST Aug. 25, p. 36), outlining the new Rolls-Royce turbofan strategy. Now all three engine manufacturers have plans in place to develop engines that offer lower noise and double-digit improvements in fuel burn—a boon for the flying public.
