Hawker Beechcraft Appoints Cessna Alum Russ Meyer III

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) announced the appointment of Russell (Russ) W. Meyer III as director of new product development, effective March 3, 2008. Meyer will be responsible for a number of new product development programs, including the management of risk sharing partners. HBC said Meyer will play a critical role in helping the company sustain its momentum in the competitive general-aviation market, through the development and design of state-of-the-art, innovative concepts. Meyer comes to HBC from Cessna Aircraft Company, where he spent the last 13 years in a number of leadership roles with increasing responsibility. In his most recent position as program manager, he led the development and certification of the company’s new Citation Mustang.  He also worked in aircraft sales and as Eastern division sales manager, where he managed the single engine piston aircraft sales and Cessna Pilot Center programs in the eastern United States and Canada. Prior to Cessna, Meyer spent two years as a project pilot for Honeywell, Inc. in Phoenix, Ariz., where he was an avionics expert for customer support and training.
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