Bisges, Thomson Bring Considerable Expertise To Planemaker
Aero-News has learned Adam
Aircraft has appointed Tom Bisges as Vice President, Engineering
and Program Management, and Malcolm Thomson as Vice President,
Flight Test Engineering.
Tom Bisges comes to Adam Aircraft following a successful and
distinguished career with Bombardier Aerospace and Sino Swearingen
Aircraft Corporation. As the latter's Vice President of
Engineering, he achieved FAA certification for the SJ30-2
twin-engine jet. Additionally, he was responsible for leading all
technical personnel and the planning and execution of certification
activities supporting engineering, flight operations, and FAA
airworthiness on the SS-30 business jet.
Prior to joining Sino
Swearingen, Bisges (right) spent 12 years with Bombardier
Aerospace, managing engineering efforts on the Global Express,
Challenger 604, RJ 200, Lear 60, and Lear 40 aircraft. Tom has 20
years of experience in military and corporate aviation engineering
and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering from the University of Missouri.
"We are extremely pleased to have Tom lead our engineering
effort," stated Rick Adam, Founder of Adam Aircraft and Chief
Executive Officer. "His previous accomplishments with FAA
certification and new aircraft development will streamline our
processes on A700 AdamJet certification and accelerate product
enhancements for the A500 piston twin."
Bisges’ responsibilities will include the management of
company engineering efforts, consisting of FAA type certification
of the A700, service engineering and upgrades to the A500 and A700,
and new product development. Additionally, Bisges will oversee the
creation and certification of enhancements and products from the
existing Adam Aircraft fleet.
Malcolm Thomson joins Adam Aircraft as Vice President, Flight
Test Engineering, responsible for the Adam Aircraft fleet flight
test techniques, procedures, and all associated instrumentation and
data systems.
Prior to joining Adam
Aircraft, Thomson (right) founded Optika, a document imaging and
workflow software company that went public in 1996. He also served
as President of Blue Mountain Avionics where he provided design
criteria for the EFIS/One, EFIS/Lite, and Digital Autopilot, and
worked across the firm in manufacturing, sales, customer support,
and business development. He also worked for Ashton-Tate, the
successful developer of dBASE, the popular database product.
He has earned a pilot's license with an MEL Instrument rating,
and flies his own Twin Commander 690A-10 turboprop and his
personally built Thunder Mustang. Thomson holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Computer Science from Hatfield University,
Hertfordshire, England.
Adam Aircraft manufacturers the composite A500 twin-engine
piston aircraft, and is developing the closely-related A700
AdamJet. The company is based at Centennial Airport (APA) in
Englewood, CO with additional facilities in Pueblo, CO and Ogden,
UT.
ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.13.24)
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