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Avantair announced that Kevin Beitzel was promoted to the position of EVP of maintenance and operations.

Precision Heliparts, a subsidiary of Precision Aviation Group, announced the promotion of Ryan Yarbrough to manager - sales logistics.

Dyneon LLC named Netha N. Johnson president and general manager.

Alex Melvin accepted the position of store manager at Hangar63 (Banyan’s Aviation Store) located at Executive Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Avidyne named Patrick Herguth, a veteran of GE and display manufacturer Planar Systems, as its COO.

Donald J. Wetekam was named president of AAR aircraft services — Oklahoma. Wetekam will lead operations at AAR’s 300,000-square-foot MRO facility at Will Rogers World Airport, as well as AAR’s Hot Springs, Arkansas and Roswell, New Mexico MRO facilities.

Jim Jamieson has joined Shadin Avionics as the director of engineering, Henry Leung will fill the position as a mechanical design engineer and Robert Campbell will join the Shadin team as a technical writer.

Messier-Dowty International announced a series of new appointments: Michel Dechelotte (at right) joins Messier-Dowty as VP, finance and Thierry Pistre joins the company as VP, value creation and processes improvement, a newly created position within the executive committee.