{"id":15202,"date":"2020-04-13T18:23:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T18:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=15202"},"modified":"2020-04-13T18:23:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T18:23:06","slug":"global-jet-capital-mourns-the-loss-of-industry-veteran-friend-robert-bob-fox-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/global-jet-capital-mourns-the-loss-of-industry-veteran-friend-robert-bob-fox-jr\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Global Jet Capital Mourns the Loss of Industry Veteran &#038; Friend Robert \u2018Bob\u2019 Fox Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Global Jet Capital joins the business aviation community in\ngrieving the loss of colleague and friend, Robert \u2018Bob\u2019 Fox, Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"181\" height=\"194\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bob-Fox-2edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15203\"\/><figcaption><em>Robert &#8216;Bob&#8217; Fox Jr.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob worked as aircraft maintenance manager at Global Jet Capital\nfor the past three years and had deep roots in the aviation industry that go\nback to 1978 when he began working at Piedmont Aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBob will be deeply missed, and not just for his dedication,\nleadership, and keen problem solving abilities, but for his sincere kindness, willingness\nto help, and love for his family and friends,\u201d commented Shawn Vick, CEO at\nGlobal Jet Capital. \u201cOur paths crossed more than 15 years ago, and I have many fond\nmemories of Bob. All of us at Global Jet Capital admired Bob\u2019s passion for this\naviation industry and send sincere condolences to his family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an aviation maintenance technology graduate with an Airframe\n&amp; Powerplant license from Spartan School of Aeronautics, Bob began his\ncareer with Piedmont Aviation. Later Piedmont became Piedmont Hawthorne\nAviation, where he logged 25 years, working his way to Director of Aircraft\nServices. Subsequently, the company became Landmark Aviation, and Bob was the\nDirector of Maintenance with Landmark for the following eight years.&nbsp; In 2015, Bob started Fox Aviation Resources,\nLLC where he consulted and specialized in project management before joining\nGlobal Jet Capital in 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Manassas, Virginia to\nRobert Lloyd Fox, Sr. and Gertrude Breen Fox, Bob was a devoted husband to his lovely wife, Kricket, a dedicated\nfather to two daughters, Hope and Stephanie, and was a passionate grandfather\nto three grandchildren, Savannah, Gabriel, and Mason.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memorials may be\nmade to the Veterans Affairs Medical&nbsp;Center, 1601 Brenner Avenue,\nSalisbury NC 28144.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Jet Capital joins the business aviation community in grieving the loss of colleague and friend, Robert \u2018Bob\u2019 Fox, Jr. Bob worked as aircraft maintenance manager at Global Jet Capital for the past three years and had deep roots in the aviation industry that go back to 1978 when he began working at Piedmont Aviation. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15204,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15202\/revisions\/15204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}