Phil Rosenbaum

Phil Rosenbaum (President)
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Phil Rosenbaum was born in a far away land (called New Jersey) a long time ago (called the 50s).Growing up, he was the kid who always looked up when a plane flew overhead (and as a result always got hit in the stomach by the baseball rather than catch it).

Graduating with a degree in Aerospace Engineering form Rutgers in 1972, Phil immediately entered the world of high technology business working for IBM selling mainframe computers to Bell Laboratories.Taking advantage of the myriad opportunities for professional development offered by IBM, Phil grew his professional skills inventory before departing IBM for the wild and wooly world of high tech start-up businesses.

Several iterations later, Rosenbaum had achieved a modicum of business success, which also provided a level of financial success.Determined not to allow financial success to become a driving force in his life, Phil decided it was finally time to enter the realm of aircraft ownership.Ascending through the ranks of ownership, from Saratoga to Mirage and finally in December of 1999 to a PC12, Phil has accomplished his goal of averting overt financial status.

Phil lives in Austin Texas with his tolerant and supportive wife Lisa, and his faithful dogs Champ and Edgar.Their daughter Jessica, a recent Wharton graduate, lives in NYC and is an analyst at Lazard Freres, and their daughter Kristyn is an undergraduate at Louisiana State University (Geaux Tigers!).Needless to say, common destinations for Phil and Lisa's PC-12 flights include New York and Baton Rouge, as well as NJ, Denver, Dallas, Boston, San Francisco, Telluride, Eleuthera - Bahamas Islands, and the Turks and Caicos.

Phil has been a member of the POPA Board of Directors since 2001, and is in his second year of a two-year term as President of POPA.

Phil Rosenbaum
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Phil RosenbaumPresidentprez@pilatusowners.com

For every 1,000 feet of alitude that the plane drops, it can glide for 2.4 miles, said Phil Rosenbaum, president of the Pilatus Owner's and Pilot's Association.

By that measure, a plane descending from 10,000 feet can glide for 24 miles, he said."That's an extremely long glide ratio," said Rosenbaum of Austin, Texas.