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Omni International Jet Trading [1] is a company offering private aircraft and jets for sale as an aircraft broker.
Omni International became a member of the National Business Aviation Association in 1966.
Timeline
edit1963 - Wayne J. Hilmer Sr. founds Omni Aircraft Sales in Washington, DC near Watergate hotel.
1967 - Omni Aircraft Sales is featured in Washingtonian Magazine after purchasing the former Shah of Iran's jet.[2]
1973 - Omni Aircraft Sales purchases Frank Sinatra's Gulfstream II.[3][4]
1975 - Omni Aircraft Sales sells Elvis's Gulfstream G-I and Jet Commander.[5][6][7]
1976 - Omni Aircraft Sales Aircraft purchases and resells the executive Playboy DC-9 aircraft belonging to Hugh Hefner.[8]
1977 - Omni Aircraft Sales attends the 1976 Paris Air Show trading in aircraft belonging to Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia.[9]
1978 - Omni Aircraft Sales leases a Boeing 707 to Ross Perot for rescue of EDS employees from Tehran. The story would later be chronicled in Ken Follett's bestselling book "On Wings of Eagles".[10]
1983 - Omni Jet Trading Floor creates the first computer database of all jet owners and operators.[11][12]
1984 - Omni International Corporation indicted. Case dismissed due to government misconduct.[13][14][15][16]
1985 - Omni Jet Trading builds an executive FBO facility at Easton, Maryland.[17][18][19]
1988 - Wayne J. Hilmer Jr. becomes president of Omni Jet Trading Floor.
1990 - Omni consolidates aircraft sales with its FBO operation in Easton, Maryland as the Omni Jet Trading Center
2000 - Omni trades as Omni International Jet Trading. The company is featured in many jet aircraft industry publications.[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]
Omni operates remote offices in Moscow, Singapore, London, Kiev, Paris, Mexico City, Beirut, Mumbai, Brazil, Orlando, Jacksonville, Miami, Tucson, Indiana and Michigan.
References
edit- ^ "Company website".
- ^ "Capital Newsmakers" (PDF). Washingtonian Magazine. October 1967.
- ^ "Omni Aircraft purchases Sinatra Gulfstream G-II".
- ^ "The stories behind Frank Sinatra's private Jet". Robb Report. 15 August 2015.
- ^ "The Lisa Marie". 20th Century Aviation Magazine. August 1975.
- ^ "The stories behind Elvis Presleys private Jet". Robb Report. 15 August 2015.
- ^ "The Lisa Marie".
- ^ "Omni purchases Playboy DC9" (PDF). April 1976.
- ^ "The Washington Jet Exchange" (PDF). FORBES Magazine. 1 May 1978.
- ^ "On Wings of Eagles excerpts" (PDF).
- ^ Computerworld (11 July 1983). "System Speeds Data Access for Jet Plane Broker". Computerworld.
- ^ "System Speeds Data Access for Jet Plane Broker" (PDF). www.omnijet.com. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Jet Firm Indicted". Washington Post. 26 March 1984.
- ^ "US Attorney denies prosecutor erred". Washington Post. 29 May 1985.
- ^ "United States vs Omni International". Justia.com. June 1985.
- ^ "Omni International". Law Citations. 15 May 1986.
- ^ "Easton Jet Service Website".
- ^ "Easton Jet Service on Globalair". Globalair.
- ^ "Easton Jet Service on AirNav". AirNav.
- ^ "Omni Jet Trading aircraft on Controller". Controller.com.
- ^ "Omni Jet Trading aircraft on Aircraft Shopper Online". ASO.com.
- ^ Andrews, Alex (18 October 2013). "Bargain Hunting at NBAA 2013". Corporate Jet Investor.
- ^ McCoy, Daniel (5 April 2009). "Growing Inventory of used business jets weighing down new plane sales". Wichita Business Journal.
- ^ "Aircraft for Sale on Controller". controller.com.
- ^ "Aircraft for Sale on AircraftDealer". aircraftdealer.com.
- ^ "Aircraft for Sale on ASO". aircraftshopperonline.com.
- ^ "Aircraft for Sale on aviationbusinessindex". aviationbusinessindex.com.
- ^ "Aircraft for Sale on Aircraftonsale". aircraftonsale.com.
- ^ "Aircraft for Sale on Airplane Mart". airplanemart.com.
- ^ "Aircraft for Sale on AviaDealer". aviadealer.com.
- ^ "Aircraft for Sale on JetSet Magazine". jetsetmag.com.
- ^ "B707-312B SN 19739". 27 May 2012.
- ^ Harrison, Kirby J. (1 August 2010). "Bizav Industry in Holding Pattern". AINonline.com.
- ^ Francis, Robert (26 July – 1 August 2010). "Business Aviation Gets a Lift from Improving Economy". Fort Worth Business Press.
- ^ Anselmo, Joe. "A Bizjet Rebound--But When". Aviation Week.
- ^ Mulvaney, Erin (27 October 2013). "Private plane travel soars for businesses and the wealthy". Houston Chronicle.
- ^ "Omni International". Encyclopediasearch.