The FlightSource Staff

Paul E. Newberry - President/Owner

Paul Newberry has more than 40 years' experience working with electronics and avionics. His training began in 1961 with a four-year tour of duty in the U. S. Air Force, where he spent one year in basic electronics schools and three years as a bench technician. After his Honorable Discharge, he first worked as a TV repairman. In 1966, he went to work for the Delaware National Guard as an avionics technician, and after that he worked for two Delaware FBO's. He obtained his commercial pilots license with Multi-engine and Instrument ratings while at Summit Aviation.  He had been the Avionics Manager for seven years when he was approached by Lain Avionics to start a branch of their Texas-based operation in Delaware. After two years, Lain offered Paul a chance to go out on his own. That was the start of the business that is now FlightSource.

While with Lain, Paul was given a PC Junior and a Users Manual. He soon developed a keen interest and appreciation for computers. After becoming frustrated with the limitations of trying to conform commercially available software to his business needs, he decided to teach himself to program in Dbase language. The extensive software that FlightSource uses to track inventory, create invoices and purchase orders, track our customers and vendors, and control our quality program has been written entirely by Paul, in Visual Dbase5.7 (16 Bit). Making the change/leap to (32bit) DbasePlus now. 

Carol T. Newberry - Vice President/Owner

Carol Newberry has worked with her husband, Paul, since the company began in 1987. She graduated from Goldey Beacom School of Business in Wilmington, Delaware in 1964, and then worked as a secretary for the Du Pont Company for six years. After spending 15 years at home as a mother, housewife, and church volunteer, she returned to the workforce as the receptionist of a real estate law firm, where she worked three years before joining her husband to begin their business. She now takes care of employee benefits, payroll, accounting, correspondence and advertising for FlightSource.

Kurt J. Malec - Sales Manager

Kurt Malec has been at FlightSource since 1997. He began his electronics career repairing radios and televisions before he decided to enter aviation. He enrolled at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics and graduated from their Avionics Technician Program in 1982. He then went to work for a Part 145 repair station as an avionics technician. After working for five more years in general aviation as an avionics technician and installer, he went to a major airline. After spending five years with the airline, he was hired by a Pittsburgh FBO. Kurt was an Avionics Manager for seven years before moving to Delaware to join the avionics sales staff at FlightSource.

Cedric Davis - Airframe & Engine Sales

Cedric Davis joined us after more than 12 years experience in aviation.  He first joined the US Air Force in 1988, where he became a C-5 Aircraft Mechanic.  After receiving his Honorable Discharge in 1992, he enlisted in the US Air Force Reserves as a C-5 Flight Engineer and served until April 2000.  While serving in the Reserves, he also worked as a DC-8 Flight Engineer for a Part 121 Freight Operator, where he performed aircraft inspections, troubleshot systems, and preformed emergency procedures.  He holds an A&P License, an Flight Engineer-Turbojet License, as well as his Private Pilot License with Instrument Rating.  He graduated from Wilmington College in May 2003 with a BS in Aviation Management. Presently Cedric works Part-Time At FSI