Jet Aviation Awards Donation to Able Flight

Oct 28, 2009 9:33 AM

Jet Aviation has made a donation to Able Flight Inc., the national non-profit organization that provides flight training scholarships to people with a variety of disabilities. The award, which will fund scholarships for 2010, was presented October 20 during NBAA to Charles Stites, Executive Director of Able Flight. Robert Seidel, senior vice president and general manager of Jet Aviation’s aircraft management and charter division for The Americas and a member of the Able Flight Advisory Board, made the presentation on behalf of Jet Aviation.

Jet Aviation is a founding partner of Able Flight. Since its establishment in 2006, the organization has awarded 25 flight training scholarships. In 2006 and 2008, Able Flight was recognized with grants from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to further its programs. Jet Aviation is one of Able Flight’s original corporate sponsors and was the first company to have an Able Flight scholarship in its name.

“With our industry’s renewed focus on the fundamentals of business aviation and the recent tough economic challenges it has faced, it is important to remember that serious challenges of another kind are faced every day by people with disabilities,” said Seidel. “At Jet Aviation, we hope we can help to remove some of these obstacles, and in 2010, allow some of them to achieve new, meaningful goals through flight. We are proud to be associated with them.”

“From the beginning, our partnership with Jet Aviation has enabled people with spinal cord injuries, disabilities caused by birth defects and wounded and disabled veterans to use the challenge of becoming a pilot to profoundly change their lives,” said Stites. “With their continued support for 2010, Jet Aviation has once again shown its commitment to our unique mission, and we are honored to continue this valued partnership.”

Jet Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was founded in Switzerland in 1967 and is one of the leading business aviation services companies in the world. Close to 5,700 employees cater to client needs from more than 25 airport facilities throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North and South America. The company provides maintenance, completions and refurbishment, engineering, fixed base operations, along with aircraft management, charter services, aircraft sales and personnel services. Jet Aviation's European and U.S. aircraft management and charter divisions jointly operate a fleet of more than 200 aircraft. For more information, please visit www.jetaviation.com.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 92,000 people worldwide. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about General Dynamics is available online at www.generaldynamics.com.

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