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.

FMI: www.adamaircraft.com