Nov. 26, 2018
NBAA has marked the passing of Paul V. Stinebring, a former board member, a renowned international aviation expert and a longtime manager of the Emerson Electric flight department. Stinebring passed away from cancer on Nov. 22 at the age of 78.
“The business aviation community has lost a pioneer of international operations in Paul Stinebring,” said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. “He shared his extensive knowledge of overseas flying through his long involvement with NBAA’s International Operator’s Committee and the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC). An advocate for safety and operational standards, Paul remained involved in the business aviation industry long after retiring from flying. His contributions in the field of international operations were so great that NBAA fittingly gave him the John Winant Award in 2010, which was created to honor the former NBAA director and president who was pivotal in the creation of IBAC.”
Stinebring was elected to the NBAA board of directors in 1995, serving in that role until 2005. He also was a member of NBAA’s Airspace Air Traffic Committee and Industry Affairs Committee. But his professional passion was international operations, and he was a member of NBAA’s International Operators Committee for many years.
In addition, Stinebring was NBAA’s representative to IBAC’s board of governors starting in 1998. During his 12-year tenure on the IBAC board, he served as chairman, and as vice chairman and chairman of the IBAC International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) Standards Board. He also served as NBAA’s representative to the IBAC Finance Committee.
Stinebring, a graduate of Parks College in St. Louis and a pilot for more than 40 years, began his business flying career in 1967 with the Bank of St. Louis. He joined Emerson Electric in 1974 and accumulated more than 26,000 hours of flight time. He retired in early 2011 as Emerson’s director of international operations. He held type ratings in nine business jets, as well as an FAA airframe and powerplant license.
Bob Quinn, NBAA’s Central Region representative, commented, “Paul was a real leader, particularly in the international business aviation community. He was a mentor to many, including me. He was my first flight instructor, and the first line in my first logbook was signed by him in the summer of 1966.”
A memorial service for Stinebring will be held in Manchester, MO, a suburb of St. Louis, on Nov. 29. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Wings of Hope, an aviation nonprofit supporting humanitarian programs around the globe to lift people in need toward health and self-sufficiency.