2009: Finished second toward winning the Eclipse Aviation (Albuquerque, NM) Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Proceedings, involving both a novice judge in Wilmington, DE, and some quasi-corrupt partners. Had Bob's team won, the saga of Eclipse Aviation might have ended considerably differently than it did. This 'saga,' as many Albuquerquians know, began with the 'Vern Rayburn story,' and has now recently ended with the current cancelling of pilot training for Eclipse by United Airlines, and now, with a British backed American company agreeing to purchase the Eclipse Aerospace assets.
I spent time in Wilmington, DE, to request an extension re matters from the bankruptcy court there, but in the end was denied by a 'substitute judge,' the main one, Mary Walroth, having gone on vacation!! Ironically, en route home from these court proceedings, I inadvertently connected with a prospective funder, but his organization would have probably required a minimum of 2-3 weeks to vet the project, and I became aware of the 'substitute judge's' negative decision yet later that same evening.
My partners and I were working on behalf on 'CCAC,' a large Chinese aviation company working to get China's civil aviation sector developed. Had this project been successful, it could have also paid some nice 'dividends' to Albuquerque and the surrounding area.
2010:
Adam A-500 Aircraft. Worked with assets owner Tom Hsueh,who purchased the assets from a/some Russian Industrialists, who in turn had purchased the assets from Ric Adam, in Denver. The prototpe originally designed by the famous aviation designer Burt Rutan (think the space aircraft in NM developed and owned by Sir Richard Branson) the aircraft, a 'plastic pusher puller,' was overweight from the start, with a range of only 300 miles or so. My major contribution to this project was my introduction of an alleged billionaire Chinese woman who was 'tuned in' to aviation, also at a time when there was the probability of the 'Chinese skies' opening up from control by the military for civil aviation. I flew to China twice in the interest of this aircraft, meeting Tom at the Zhuhai Airshow the first time, then introducing him to the 'Chinese billionaire'the second time.In the end, there were a limited number of this aircraft sold, the Chinese 'billionaire' may have gone bankrupt, and I have no idea what Thomas Hsueh has done with the large number of 20' and/or 40' ocean going containers near his office in Washington state containing the jigs, fixtures and spare parts for his million dollar purchase. Tom has had visions of 'getting the weight out,' but I don't know if he's ever managed to do that. Great and beautiful aircraft with which to go grocery shopping!!
2012-2015 Sugar Mills for the Republic of The Sudan. I worked with a high level person toward the possibility of modernizing two large sugar mills in The Republic of the Sudan and the building of a new one, but eventually gave this project up out of ethical concerns regarding the numbers of Sudanese dying from diabetes. Ironically, my partner, who was a retired Chief of Staff of the Sudanese Air Force, had a friend who might have been useful in the Ebola crisis, but for whom I had difficulties getting a visa so he could present to NIH, and now, more recently, when I attempted to see if he could be useful in our current COVID 19 crisis, found out that he had died from diabetes!
Current. Over the past now going on a year or so, I've been involved in the possility of completing locating and developing one, two or three lithium mining sites. This project requires some 'big bucks,' so if you're interested,'Give a shout!!' (This lithium ore would be Li2CO3.)