27 July 2011
The Light Aircraft Association (LAA) has announced that Richard (Rich) Dunevein-Gordon will succeed Peter Harvey as its CEO in September 2011. He joins the LAA after a long career in the Royal Air Force as a wing commander in the Logistics Branch, having had significant experience with engineering and airworthiness in the VC10, Hercules, Sentry and Harrier Integrated Project teams. His career has also seen him involved with strategic planning, change management and training development, and he has served in a number of operational theatres.
A keen pilot, Rich’s passion for aviation was kick-started when he soloed a glider at 16 with the Air Cadets, with whom he won a Royal Air Force Flying Scholarship allowing him to gain his PPL. He has been a tug and parachute pilot, and a gliding & SLMG instructor. His power flying logbook ranges from RF3 to Jet Provost via Harvard, and he has been part owner of a Fox Moth. He has also helped rebuild a Dragon Rapide with the Duxford Aviation Society. Rich has formed Flying Clubs in the UK and overseas, and is currently flying at the RAF Lyneham Flying Club. As well as being involved with LAA aircraft, Rich has an ambition to participate in UK air racing.
On receiving this appointment Rich said, “I’m excited about my new career with the LAA, working with the staff and volunteers to steer the Association’s important work through the challenges that lie ahead. I look forward to meeting as many of the Association’s members as I can, starting at the Annual Rally at Sywell this year”.
Rich will be be in place in time to attend the LAA Rally at Sywell 2-4 September 2011.
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