Omni International Jet Trading
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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[edit]
1963 - 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][5]
1975 - Omni Aircraft Sales sells Elvis's Gulfstream G-I and Jet Commander.[6][7][8]
1976 - Omni Aircraft Sales Aircraft purchases and resells the executive Playboy DC-9 aircraft belonging to Hugh Hefner.[9]
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.[10]
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".[11]
1983 - Omni Jet Trading Floor creates the first computer database of all jet owners and operators.[12][13]
1984 - Omni International Corporation indicted. Case dismissed due to government misconduct.[14][15][16][17]
1985 - Omni Jet Trading builds an executive FBO facility at Easton, Maryland.[18][19][20]
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.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]
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. August 15, 2015.
- ^ "Omni Aircraft sells Frank Sinatra G-II to Government of Liberia". Wikileaks. December 18, 1973.
- ^ "The Lisa Marie". 20th Century Aviation Magazine. August 1975.
- ^ "The stories behind Elvis Presleys private Jet". Robb Report. August 15, 2015.
- ^ "The Lisa Marie".
- ^ "Omni purchases Playboy DC9" (PDF). April 1976.
- ^ "The Washington Jet Exchange" (PDF). FORBES Magazine. May 1, 1978.
- ^ "On Wings of Eagles excerpts" (PDF).
- ^ Computerworld (July 11, 1983). "System Speeds Data Access for Jet Plane Broker". Computerworld.
- ^ (PDF) http://www.omnijet.com/as400.pdf.
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