The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) has announced the recipients of this year’s Wesley L. McDonald Elder Statesman of Aviation Awards. This year’s recipients include Keith Ferris, Dick Koenig, Christopher Kraft, Henry Ogrodzinski and Dr. Irving Statler. The group will be honored at the NAA Fall Awards Banquet on Tuesday, November 13, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia.
Keith Ferris is a 52-year veteran of the Society of Illustrators Air Force Art Program who has flown almost every jet aircraft type in Air Force inventory. He is a founding member and past president of the American Society of Aviation Artists, a 1992 inductee to the Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey and may be best known for his two 75-foot murals at the National Air and Space Museum titled “Fortresses Under Fire.”
