{"id":16,"date":"2015-07-09T10:46:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T10:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgordon.com.au\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2015-07-15T16:50:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T16:50:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgordon.com.au\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgordon.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Profile-Pic-Linkedin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgordon.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Profile-Pic-Linkedin.jpg\" alt=\"Profile Pic - Linkedin\" width=\"235\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgordon.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Profile-Pic-Linkedin.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.michaelgordon.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Profile-Pic-Linkedin-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am the owner of Paper Planes, a company specialising in certification of Australian light general aviation aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Currently based in the south-west of Germany, while maintaining offices in Sydney, Australia, Paper Planes specialises in point-of-origin certification of private and corporate aircraft worldwide, with past jobs everywhere from the desert to the jungle to the Arctic.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of Paper Planes is to provide a one-stop-shop for aircraft acquisition and sales certification. By combining Australian import certification with the aircraft&#8217;s production or export certification, we remove the need for the aircraft to undergo an additional full inspection following delivery. This saves time, money, and hassle at a point when the new owner simply wants their aircraft delivered and flying.<\/p>\n<p>We work closely with aircraft factories and turn-key aircraft brokers to provide a seamless acquisition process. With point-of-origin certification, the owner can elect to do factory training in their own aircraft on their Australian licence, or tour the region as a holiday before heading home. For aircraft that don&#8217;t require ferry tanking, the owner and their family and friends can go on the delivery flight, providing a once in a lifetime adventure. On arrival, the aircraft goes straight into service after adjusting the compass and updating the databases, rather than waiting weeks for inspection and certification.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Paper Planes does inspection and consulting work worldwide. Being the only Australian certification company based outside Australia, we are in a unique position to represent potential owners at distant locations. For example, if a client sees an aircraft they&#8217;re interested in in Europe or North America, it is significantly cheaper and easier for us to go and look at it and report back than it is to send a team all the way around the world. If you can think of a problem, we can think of a solution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paper-planes.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">www.paper-planes.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/de.linkedin.com\/pub\/michael-gordon\/14\/1a3\/2b\" target=\"_blank\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.licdn.com\/scds\/common\/u\/img\/webpromo\/btn_viewmy_160x33.png\" alt=\"View Michael Gordon's profile on LinkedIn\" width=\"160\" height=\"33\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; I am the owner of Paper Planes, a company specialising in certification of Australian light general aviation aircraft. Currently based in the south-west of <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelgordon.com.au\/?page_id=16\" title=\"About\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgordon.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgordon.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgordon.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgordon.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgordon.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgordon.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgordon.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}