DENVER — Charlie Johnson, President and Co-Founder of Aero Electric Aircraft Corp. (AEAC), the developer of the Sun Flyer solar-electric flight trainer, has been named chairman of the board of the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver.
Johnson is also a former president of Cessna.
John Knudsen, executive vice president of AEAC, was appointed to serve as secretary-treasurer of the Wings over the Rockies board for an additional term. Knudsen also serves in private practice as an aviation attorney and was previously co-founder and president of Adam Aircraft.
Charlie Johnson needs to get financial support for AEAC from his old boss Russ Meyer II, who took Cessna apart so he could get his $1.00 share optioned in 1981. This after he set up the corporate loan for $13 million of which he personally took 2 million to exercise his stock option from 1974. A purchase of approx. 500,000 shares of Cessna stock yielding $9,000,000.00 in Cessna stock. Then merging the company with General Dynamics for large amount from their purchase.