Professional Pilot, March 2016
2016 Living Legends of Aviation F or the 13th installment of its annual event the Living Legends of Aviation Awards ceremony was held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills CA on January 22 2016 to honor and salute the best of the best of the worldwide aviation community Kicking things off was Professional Pilot Publisher Murray Smith presenting awards to John Botti of Airbus Group for Best Aviation Tech Development and John McAlindon from Steelcase for Pro Pilot Flight Dept of the Year 2015 Airshow announcer Danny Clisham and NBCs Tom Costello emceed the celebration 50 PROFESSIONAL PILOT March 2016 and welcomed 5 new inductees Former NTSB Sr Investigator Greg Feith Pres and CEO of Honda Aircraft Co Michimasa Fujino Nationwide Insurance Chief Pilot Flight Dept Dir Dan Wolfe and Doolittle Raiders Dick Cole and David Thatcher The Beverly Hilton Ballroom will host the gala again in January 2017 date to be announced Doolittle Raiders David Thatcher L and Dick Cole R pose with the Ambassador of Aviation John Travolta after he welcomed them into the Living Legends Pres and CEO of Honda Aircraft Co Michimasa Fujino 2nd from R enjoys the evening before the main event NBAA Pres CEO Ed Bolen with David Fetter and Kelly Brown at the Beverly Hilton for the ceremony World War II Candy Bomber Col Gail Halvorsen received the Kiddie Hawk Childrens Award and shared his Hershey Bar Drops experiences during the Berlin Airlift Nationwides Dan Wolfe gives his acceptance speech after his induction into the Living Legends Embry Riddle VP Lou Seno and wife Christine couple at left with Experimental Aircraft Association CEO Jack Pelton and his wife Rose John Botti from Airbus Group M and John McAlindon from Steelcase R proudly display the awards given to them by Pro Pilot Publisher Murray Smith L R Legends Bob Hoover and Harrison Ford are joined on stage by Rick and Mark Armstrong sons of late astronaut Neil Armstrong as they reminisce about their fathers connection to Hoover the pilots pilot Photos by Brent Bundy
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