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The General Aviation Awards Program is an American program organized by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and a large number of general aviation industry sponsors. [1] The awards, presented annually since 1962, recognize individual general aviation professionals on the local, and national levels for their contributions to aviation ...
The United States portion of the contest is sponsored by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) in partnership with the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) and supported by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), National Coalition for Aviation Education (NCAE) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Federal Aviation Administration: Individual general aviation professionals on the local, regional, and national levels for their contributions to aviation, education, and flight safety [53] [54] United States: Daniel Guggenheim Medal: American Society of Mechanical Engineers etc. Persons who make notable achievements in the advancement of ...
Helms began his aviation career when he joined the U.S. Navy Aviation Cadet training program while at the University of Oklahoma, early in 1942.On completion of the program he was commissioned as a second lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, remaining in the service as a regular officer after the end of WW-II.
Under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, the CAA's powers were transferred to a new independent body, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In the same year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created after the Soviet Union’s launch of the first artificial satellite.
For original and outstanding contributions to aerodynamics, aviation and engineering education. [45] 1971 Archibald Russell: For his personal devotion and many contributions to aircraft engineering and design and particularly for his outstanding leadership of the Bristol team in the development of the Anglo-French Concorde Supersonic Transport ...
Willa Beatrice Brown (January 22, 1906 – July 18, 1992) was an American aviator, lobbyist, teacher, and civil rights activist. [1] She was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license in the United States, [2] the first African American woman to run for the United States Congress, first African American officer in the Civil Air Patrol, and first woman in the U.S. to have both a ...
On October 1, 1958, the agency was dissolved and its assets and personnel were transferred to the newly created National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NACA is an initialism, i.e., pronounced as individual letters, rather than as a whole word [2] (as was NASA during the early years after being established). [3]