AIRFUND CORPORATION     

 
Thomas G. Hiniker, President of AIRFUND, has a career that spans 40 years in the aviation industry.  His educational background includes a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from Union College.  Mr. Hiniker’s aviation service began as a nuclear physicist at General Electric’s Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Department where he was involved in various design projects for the aircraft nuclear engine as well as a number of commercial aircraft engine and gas-turbine engineering design and marketing projects.  He entered the leasing industry as a co-founder of the country’s first nuclear fuel leasing company and subsequently became interested in aircraft leasing.  From 1968 to 1982, Mr. Hiniker was involved in the leasing of over 40 business aircraft, primarily medium-term leases to large corporations.  In 1984, he founded Aircraft Funding Corporation to enter the commercial aircraft leasing business (the name was changed to AIRFUND Corporation in 1986).  Mr. Hiniker is a member of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Traders (ISTAT).  He is currently a Trustee of the ISTAT Foundation, a former Chairman of the Foundation and is a pilot with multiple ratings.

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