For nearly 50 years, the General Aviation Awards Program has recognized a small group of aviation professionals in the fields of flight instruction, aviation maintenance, avionics, and flight safety for their important contributions to the aviation community.
This awards program is a partnership and a cooperative effort between more than a dozen sponsoring organizations from the aviation industry and the Fedral Aviation Administration (FAA). The selection process begins with local offices. Panels of aviation professionals from within those four fields then select national winners from the pool of regional winners.
The FAA administrator annually has presented the national awards in July during a "Theater in the Woods" program at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Included in the prize packages for each national winner is an all-expense paid trip to Oshkosh for the recipient and a guest to attend the awards presentation and other GA Awards activities. Generous contributions from industry sponsors pay for the winners' expenses, while the FAA provides the support and structure for nominations to proceed from local to national levels. Hard working volunteers within the industry provide the various administrative tasks.
Call for Nominations!
Nominations for the 2011 GA Awards must be received by local FSDOs no later than September 30, 2010. If you know a certificated flight instructor, aviation maintenance technician, avionics technician, or FAASTeam Rep who deserves to be recognized for his or her contributions to the aviation community, consider nominating that person today!
With the exception of one minor hiccup Thursday morning (29Jul10), the 2010 General Aviation Awards events at Oshkosh AirVenture came off seamlessly.
Recipients of the 2010 National General Aviation Awards are MCFI Thomas Paul "Tom" Turner of Rose Hill, KS (FAASTeam Rep of the Year); Neil John Nederfield (A&P / IA) of Lafayette, NJ (AMT of the Year); Kirk Harold Peterson (Repairman / A&P / IA) of Larimore, ND (Avionics Tech of the Year); and MCFI Jeffrey Robert "Jeff" Moss of Los Angeles, CA (CFI of the Year).
Join us at AirVenture 2010 in Oshkosh Wisconsin for the presentation of the 2010 General Aviation awards! FAA administrator Randy Babbitt will present the national awards Wednesday July 28th during a "Theater in the Woods" program at EAA AirVenture 2010 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Included in the prize package for all four national winners is an all expense paid trip to Oshkosh for the recipient and a guest to attend the awards presentation and other GA Awards activities.
LONGMONT, Colorado (8 March 2010) - In each of the past 47 years, the General Aviation Awards program and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have recognized a small group of aviation professionals in the fields of flight instruction, aviation maintenance, avionics, and safety for their contributions to aviation, education, and flight safety.
This awards program is a cooperative effort between the FAA and more than a dozen industry sponsors. The selection process begins with local FAA Safety Team managers at Flight Standards District Offices (FSDO) and then moves on to the eight regional FAA offices. Panels of aviation professionals from within those four fields then select national winners from the pool of regional winners.
Through the support of our sponsors the GA Awards Program continues to honor aviation professionals.
The mission of the General Aviation Awards program is to recognize individual aviation professionals on the local, regional, and national levels for their contributions to aviation, education, and flight safety.
The program is a cooperative effort between more than a dozen general aviation industry sponsors and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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