Hamburg IDAIR’s advisory board nominates Luigi Celmi to be its new chief executive officer, starting Jan. 1, 2022. In addition, Christiane Grude, senior director of Original Equipment Innovation at Lufthansa Technik AG, has joined the IDAIR advisory board as of July 1, 2021.

Scott Hayes, vice president of sales and marketing for Superior Air Parts, Inc., announces that the company is offering free digital downloads of its 2022 The Art of Flying calendar, featuring the works of award-winning aviation artist, Dale Smith.

Clay Lacy Aviation’s FAA Part 145 Repair Station at Waterbury-Oxford Airport (KOXC) is now certified by Transport Canada to provide aircraft maintenance services for Canadian-registered business jets. Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) certification is based on compliance with the highest standards for aircraft maintenance quality, safety, performance and expertise.

Duncan Aviation announces that Leah Lenardic Alexander, a member of the company’s Aircraft Sales and Acquisitions team, recently earned recognition as a certified aircraft sales broker from the International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA).

Duncan Aviation names Rick Conner a technical representative (tech rep), working directly with aircraft operators who call with technical or troubleshooting questions about their radar units and systems.

Duncan Aviation announces that its Battle Creek, MI, teams recently delivered a Falcon 900EX EASy, complete with new paint, interior and a Collins Aerospace CMS Venue upgrade. The aircraft was also the make/model STC launch aircraft for the ACA ionization system.

West Star Aviation announces Chuck Conway has been promoted to Avionics supervisor at its East Alton (ALN) facility. Conway will be supervising Embraer avionics projects at the full-service ALN location.

Carpenter Avionics, the largest avionics service center in the MidSouth region of the U.S. and a multi-year national award-winning FAA Repair Station, announces that the company name has been changed. The company now is known as Forge Flightworks to better reflect the company’s expanded mission to offer a broader array of installation, repair, interiors and related services for general-aviation aircraft.

Promise to Perform Industries, Inc., announces it acquired substantially all the assets of Transol Corporation on Oct. 29, 2021. The acquisition includes all of Transol Corporation’s subsidiaries, including Spanco, Inc.; Rigid Lifelines, Inc.; and Lug-All Corporation — American manufacturers of overhead material-handling systems, fall protection systems, and manual cable and web-strap come-along ratchet winch hoists, respectively.

On behalf of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) membership and staff, president and CEO, Timothy Obitts, expresses sorrow over the sudden loss of longtime staff member M. Johanna (Sigmond) O’Toole, who passed away unexpectedly last week.