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Don Lockie

Founder of Aviation Resources Group (ARG); aviation logistics specialist with 35+ years in flight operations and international aviation.

Jun 22, 2026

9:30
... mm-hmm.
9:31
But that involved an interesting set of circumstances.
9:33
We were dealing with a, a foreign, uh, foreign entity, uh, a foreign government.
9:39
There was, uh, legislational paperwork that had to be correct because it involved what is known as ITARs, which is a, a arms limitation-type process.
9:49
Um, and then combining that, then working with a storage facility, transportation, uh, domestically within the country, and then, uh, shipping to, to the United States, and then onwards transport.
10:03
It was a lot of various combinations that involved a lot of people, a lot of issues, and even, um, then coordinating with ports and those authorities.
10:11
And at the end of the day, we moved, in this process, there was, uh, we'll say 25 aircraft.

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19:27
Don, anything to, to add in there on, on what he talked about as far as the business preview goes?
JohnHOST
7:10
And I think somebody might be thinking, "Okay, why am I here? How does this apply w- to what I'm doing?" So Don, for you, when you think about your job and the things you do in logistics, can you talk about a situation where you effectively made something happen, a mission happen, because of your ability to navigate the logistics community?
7:29
Yeah, sure, John.
7:30
I think a, a very...
7:33
These stories can go on and on, and they can be a little bit, you know, time for a beer, let's start.
7:37
But no, let's try and trim one that's quite interesting.
7:39
We, we did a lot of work in the past for the leasers.
7:42
Um, this particular leaser had a contract with machines and 225s were, they were 225s, and they were, they were isolated on a West African country.

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30:13
So, you know, if y- if you're putting your employees through the proper training for what they're handling, that's gonna, that's gonna help you and keep you from hopefully not running into an issue with that.

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