David J. Copeland Named Vice President for Mooney Airplane Company 5/25/2004 7:00:00 AM
KERRVILLE, Texas, May 25, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mooney Airplane Company, wholly-owned subsidiary of Mooney Aerospace Group Ltd. (MASG) announced today that David J. Copeland has been named the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Mooney Airplane Company. According to J. Nelson Happy, Mooney's President, "We are pleased to welcome David to Mooney. He will be responsible for all sales and marketing functions as well as the product and customer support. David comes to us with 26 years of aviation industry experience having worked with Piper, Rockwell, Grumman, Cessna, Hawker and most recently, Beechcraft where he served as the Vice President of Worldwide Sales."
Mr. Copeland graduated from Wichita State University and is an Airline Transport Rated Pilot with over 4,900 hours. David has both domestic and international experience and brings a track record of success to Mooney. "My goal is to exceed the level of expectation of every Mooney owner and customer, Mooney has a great history of producing the fastest most efficient and safest aircraft in the industry," Copeland stated.
David comes from a flying family that is well known in the aviation circle. The Copeland Family has represented several general aviation manufactures while owning an airport and FBO operation in Wichita, Kan. David's father taught him to fly and his mother was also an accomplished aviator known for her work with the 99's and air racing. David is married to wife Kelli and they have three boys.
Nicolas Chabbert, formerly Executive Vice President for Sales and Marketing, has accepted a new assignment as Vice President of Business Development for Mooney. According to Mr. Happy, "We are very pleased that Nicolas will be taking over the leadership of our business development activities. He has done a superb job in his prior position, but we believe that is important to have an executive of his talents in charge of our future products." According to Mr. Chabbert, "I am delighted that David Copeland has joined our sales and marketing team. I know that he will do an outstanding job based on his outstanding qualifications and experience. I will now be able to devote all of my time to researching and implementing the plan for Mooney's future products."
Mooney Airplane Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mooney Aerospace Group Ltd. Is a general aviation holding company, located in Kerrville, Texas. Mooney currently sells five models; the highest performing four-place single engine piston powered aircraft, the Bravo DX, which is available with the Garmin G-1000 glass panel display as the GX: and its brandmates, the highly rated Ovation2 DX and GX, and the economical Ovation. Mooney is celebrating its 51st Anniversary in Kerrville, Texas this year, where it has manufactured more than 10,000 aircraft that have been delivered worldwide. Complete information about Mooney aircraft is available at www.mooney.com.
SOURCE: Mooney Airplane Company
Mooney Airplane Company, Kerrville
J. Nelson Happy, 830-792-2917
nhappy@mooney.com
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