Young Eagles Visionary Wins Phillips 66 Award

Stephen Pope

Tuesday, August 05, 2014 at 08:50 PM ET

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** Greg Anderson**

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Greg Anderson, the visionary behind the EAA Young Eagles program, was honored with the 2014 Phillips 66 Aviation Leadership Award.
The Young Eagles program, which Anderson conceived in the late 1980s and launched in 1992, has provided first flights to over 1.8 million youths, inspiring many to pursue aviation careers.
Anderson has personally flown over 600 young people and continues his mission to inspire the next generation of aviators as the head of the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum.

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Greg Anderson, the former EAA staffer who came up with the idea for the Young Eagles program, received the 2014 Phillips 66 Aviation Leadership Award last week during AirVenture Oshkosh 2014.

Anderson has dedicated much of his life to inspiring young people to get involved in aviation, personally flying more than 600 youths on Young Eagles flights. Now the head of the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Denver, Anderson worked for EAA for more than 20 years.