New And Returning Board Members
Returning Board Member: G. Edward Newton, Jr.
G. Edward Newton, Jr. will continue
to represent the Corporate Sector on the Helicopter Association
International (HAI) Board of Directors. Newton is currently Chief
Pilot of Helicopter Operations and Manager of Safety, Standards,
Training & Special Projects with Honeywell Corporation.
Newton currently performs the duties of Chief Pilot, Rotary Wing
and J-41 and has the responsibility of supervising seven pilots,
scheduling, ensuring the safe operation of the aircraft, developing
the budget, and is the operational liaison for the Viper Express
partnership between Honeywell and American Home Products.
He has 31 years of professional aviation experience in
corporate, commercial and military flight operations, with type
ratings in rotary-wing and fixed-wing. He has experience in
aircraft maintenance operations as well.
Newton has over 10,000 flight hours in helicopters and
fixed-wing aircraft with no accidents or violations. His
maintenance experience includes maintenance coordinator for
corporate helicopter operations at Interpace Corporation, including
scheduling and supervising maintenance on company helicopters,
liaison duties with the maintenance department and flight
operations department at Keystone Helicopter Corporation for nine
helicopters. He was also aircraft maintenance and Q.C. Officer and
test pilot for Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam.
He is a Member of the GBS Malcolm Baldrige Assessment Team,
received the Ace Award for interface with Engines, he was the TQM
Team Leader for Allied Signal Aviation Hanger Security Audit, and
he performed acceptance test flights on 4 S- 76 helicopters.
Newton currently serves on HAl's Board of Directors as Assistant
Treasurer of HAl, is a Member of the HAl Manufacturers Committee,
and Board Liaison for the HAl Technical Committee. HAI is pleased
to have Newton's continued leadership on the Board of Directors,
effective July 1, 2004.
New Board Member: Patrick Corr
Patrick Corr will represent the Commercial Sector on the
Helicopter Association International (HAI) Board of Directors. Corr
has been a commercial helicopter pilot since 1986 and is currently
the CEO of Helicopter Adventures, Inc., a training school located
in central Florida.
He established Helicopter Adventures with one helicopter in
1987. In 1993, Helicopter Adventures was accredited by the
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of
Technology. During the 1990s, Corr rallied local and national civic
groups, pilot organizations, and professional associations to
overcome opposition from a group of anti-airport campaigners and an
influential local politician (nationally known for her defeat of
the proposed California peripheral canal) who on two occasions,
attempted to introduce legislation that would have effectively
banned helicopter training at the county-owned airports. Corr's
efforts helped to defeat these measures.
In response to the creation of the Europe-Joint Aviation
Authority (JAA) and Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) Flight Crew
Licensing (JAR-FCL), Helicopter Adventures successfully applied for
approval as a JAA commercial helicopter pilot school, necessitating
the establishment of an elaborate training program that includes a
syllabus of flight and ground training of nearly 1,000 hours. The
school now operates both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
and JAA training programs side by side. Helicopter Adventures
operates 22 helicopters at its base in Florida, eight helicopters
in Concord, California, and leases two helicopters to other
operators. Corr served six years as a commissioned officer in the
Irish Army, working primarily in a counter-terrorist role.
As a Member of HAl for the past 15 years, Corr has served on
both the HAl Economics and Human Resources Committees for several
years. He is active in local civic organizations and is an
occasional contributor to aviation publications. HAI welcomes Corr
and awaits the beginning of his term on the Board of Directors,
effective July 1, 2004.
New Board Member: J. Steve Sabree
J. Steve Sabree will represent the Corporate Sector on the
Helicopter Association International (HAI) Board of Directors.
Sabree is currently General Manager of Corporate Aviation Services
for Chevron-Texaco Corporation.
Sabree is responsible for the corporate executive Aircraft fleet
and provides consulting services and safety guidance for the
company's worldwide aviation activities. Sabree began his career
with Chevron in 1978 as a helicopter pilot for Chevron offshore
operations in New Orleans, Louisiana. He progressed through a
number of aviation assignments of increasing responsibility, and in
1995 was named manager of aircraft operations for New Orleans and
the Gulf of Mexico. After the Chevron/Texaco merger in 2001, he was
named General Manager of Aviation Services for ChevronTexaco
Corporation, based in Oakland, California.
A native of Covington, Kentucky, Sabree served with the US Army
from 1969 to 1973 as a helicopter pilot, completing two combat
tours in Vietnam. A graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, he holds a bachelor's degree in aviation maintenance
management and is a certified airframe and powerplant mechanic. He
also holds an airline transport pilot rating, and is qualified in
helicopters as well as multi-engine airplanes.
Sabree serves as a member of the HAl Offshore Committee. He is
also a member of NBAA, the International Association of Oil and Gas
Producers, and the Flight Safety Foundation. HAI welcomes Sabree
and awaits the beginning of his term on the Board of Directors,
effective July 1, 2004.