Adam Aircraft has appointed Bill Watters as vice president of flight operations. Watters, who was most recently employed as chief pilot and senior international captain at Gulfstream Aerospace, will assume responsibility for production and engineering flight testing, customer flight training and corporate air transportation.

“Bill Watters brings both intellect and experience to Adam Aircraft, and he will create superior flight operations programs for us and our customers,” stated Joe Walker, Adam Aircraft President and COO.

“Under Watters’ tutelage, Adam Aircraft will complete certification and delivery in a timely and orderly fashion, with efficient and effective test and production cards,” commented president and coo Joe Walker.

“The firm is currently enlisting top-notch jet DERs and production test pilots for both aircraft, as well as creating a mentor pilot programme, ensuring an Adam Aircraft pilot will accompany each aircraft delivered to new operators.”

Detailing the company’s plans for the future, Watters said: “We plan to enhance the A700 AdamJet programme concurrently with the success of the A500, which received FAA Type Certification on May 11.

“The 70 per cent commonality between the two aircraft will lead to a quicker Type Certification for the A700, which has logged almost 300 flight hours.”

Adam Aircraft will present a programme update at NBAA 2005.