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Former Thunderbird pilot embraces corporate flying

Business aviation attracts pilots with wide-ranging experiences, whose career paths may have taken them in a hundred different directions before they lande

Ron Mumm in 2017 — Ron Mumm in 2017. © courtesy of Ron Mumm

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

September 20, 2007

Business aviation attracts pilots with wide-ranging experiences, whose career paths may have taken them in a hundred different directions before they landed in the cockpit of a Gulfstream, Hawker or Falcon.

Take for example Ron Mumm, the director of flight operations for Atlanta Falcon owner Arthur Blank’s AMB Group. Mild-mannered and affable, Mumm today manages and flies the department’s lone Gulfstream IV. But before joining the pinstripe ranks, he spent 20 years in the Air Force amassing thousands of hours in F-15 and F-16 fighters. He was an instructor at the USAF fighter weapons school and, if you twist his arm, he will admit he served a turn as lead pilot and commanding officer of the Thunderbirds demonstration team.

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