Rick Engles began his career in aviation as a supervisor for American Airlines at John F. Kennedy International Airport from 1966 through 1969.
Upon leaving American Airlines he became Manager of Charter Sales for Pan American World Airways' Business Jet Division based in New York between 1970 and 1972.
In 1973 Mr. Engles became an investor in -- and the Vice President of Sales for -Executive Jet Aviation of Columbus, Ohio. At that time EJA was the world's largest owner and operator of business jet aircraft.
From 1976 to 1993 he worked for British Aerospace's Corporate Jet Division. During the six-year period between 1987 and 1993, Rick was the North American Sales Director being responsible for the sale of 124 new aircraft representing a total value of 1.2 billion dollars.
Following the purchase of BAE's Corporate Jet Division by the Raytheon Corporation in August 1993, Mr. Engles and Jim Vance formed Vance & Engles Aircraft Brokers, Inc. Mr. Engles is the president of that company.