The Helicopter Association
International (HAI) announced this week its "Salute to Excellence"
award winners for 2009. The awards program, now in its 48th year,
recognizes outstanding achievement performed by individuals or
companies in the international helicopter community.
Winners will be recognized during the HAI "Salute to Excellence"
banquet and awards ceremony to be held on Monday, February 23,
2009, at Heli-Expo 2009 in Anaheim, CA.
The winners are:
AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN AWARD: David Vogel; Senior
Technical Representative, American Eurocopter, Grand Prairie,
Texas
AVIATION REPAIR SPECIALIST AWARD: Jeffery L. Peabody;
Maintenance Technician, Air Logistics of Alaska, Inc., Fairbanks,
Alaska
IGOR I. SIKORSKY AWARD FOR HUMANITARIAN SERVICE: Grand Canyon
National Park Helitack, Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, Grand
Canyon, Arizona
THE JOE MASHMAN SAFETY AWARD: Tony Cramp; Senior Advisor Air
Safety and Global Projects, Shell Aircraft International,
Rotterdam, Netherlands
OUTSTANDING CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AWARD: Kevin C. Brandt;
Senior Flight Instructor, Bell Helicopter, Fort Worth, Texas
AGUSTAWESTLAND COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD: Dr. David B. Nichols;
Owner, President, Managing Director; White Stone Family Practice;
White Stone, Virginia
EUROCOPTER GOLDEN HOUR AWARD: Chicago Fire Department Air Sea
Rescue; Chicago, Illinois
EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNICATIONS AWARD: James T. McKenna; Editor in
Chief of Rotor & Wing Magazine; Access Intelligence, L.L.C.;
Rockville, Maryland
HELICOPTER MAINTENANCE AWARD: Rich Higgins; Helicopter Crew
Chief, C.S.C. Transportation, Farmingdale, New York
MD HELICOPTERS LAW ENFORCEMENT AWARD: Flight Crew Air 101;
Stanislaus County Sheriff Department, Modesto, California
LAWRENCE D. BELL MEMORIAL AWARD: Neill Osborne; President and
C.O.O., Era Helicopters LLC, Lake Charles, Louisiana
ROBERT E. TRIMBLE AWARD: Djoko Prasetyo; Pilot, P.T. Airfast
Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
PILOT OF THE YEAR AWARD: Tom Brooks; Base Manager, Canadian
Helicopters Ltd., Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
HAI is the professional trade association for the international
helicopter industry. HAI’s 1,600-plus-member organizations
and 1,100 individual members, in more than 74 nations, operate more
than 5,000 helicopters approximately 2.3 million hours each
year.
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