Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> July 17, 2000
DAVID GROEN is the President & CEO of Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc. Mr.
Groen was a founding Partner and Chief Financial Officer for Seagull
Recycling Company. Previously, he held numerous Executive positions in
the helicopter industry with sales and marketing, safety officer, branch
manager, and chief pilot responsibilities. Having extensive military and
commercial experience in helicopters, Mr. Groen has logged 7,000 hours
in rotor-wing aircraft and 400 hours in fixed-wing aircraft. Mr. Groen
received his Certificate of Graduation in 1970 from the U.S. Army
Warrant Officer Flight Training School, was awarded Army Aviator Wings
and promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer. As a combat helicopter
pilot and Aircraft Commander in Vietnam, he flew hundreds of combat
missions and was awarded the Air Medal and Bronze Star. He is qualified
as a pilot in most American and French helicopters, and has attended
Aerospatiale factory schools on the SA315B Lama and the SA316 and SA319
Alouette III helicopters. Over the years, Mr. Groen's numerous
commercial helicopter missions have involved such work as EMS (emergency
medical service hospital air ambulance), power line construction and
patrol, topographical survey, USGS map making, forest fire fighting,
long line seismic oil exploration, and wildcat on shore and off shore
oil drilling operations. Mr. Groen is co-Author, along with his brother
Jay, of a best-selling novel entitled 'Huey.' Profile
Aviation?
Mr. Groen: Groen Brothers Aviation was formed in 1986 by my brother, Jay
Groen, and myself, when we built our
