of the Belite Birth
BY TIM KERN
JAMES WIEBE, EAA 859932, worked at Cessna as an intern in 1978, joined a
flying club, and earned his private pilot certificate. Since then, he has logged
some 1,800 flight hours in general aviation aircraft while developing a reputation as an entrepreneur in the computer industry. As founder and
president/CEO of Newer Technology, he led that company to annual sales of
more than $60 million; later he founded Wiebe Tech, a significant provider
of storage devices for personal computers.
54 Sport Aviation July 2010
