Awards

The Ninety-Nines Inc.—established in 1929 to promote and advance women pilots—is the longest running organization for thousands of flyers around the world. The International Organization of Women Pilots this week announced that five women and one man were named to the association’s 2021 award list for outstanding contributions to the industry. They are Dr. Rebecca […]

Michael Brown, a 23-year-old instrument and seaplane rated pilot from Tennessee, is the winner of this year’s Richard L. Collins Writing Prize for Young Pilots for his story, “The Wrong Stuff.” A distinguished panel of judges selected Brown’s story as the entry that best answered this year’s writing prompt, “My most memorable or important flying […]

The National Business Aviation Association last week recognized two pilots, Bruce Monnier and Gerald Downs with its first-ever NBAA Above and Beyond Airmanship Award, for their heroic efforts to land their Cessna Citation 550 at Savannah’s Hilton Head Airport (KSAV) following the complete failure of both engines. One of the Citation’s engines flamed out at […]