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Safety Board, decried the loss of professionalism seen in some recent high-profile aviation accidents, stemming from over-reliance on automation to keep the flight safe. Following Hart, Enterprise Holdings chairman Andrew Taylor related his car-rental company’s growth with the aid of business airplanes, from $70 million in revenue 35 years ago to $18 billion today.
The Al Ueltschi Humanitarian Award was presented to International Jet Aviation Services and Make-A- Wish Foundation. Denver-based International Jet uses a brightly- painted Learjet 35A, called the “Dream Chaser”, to fulfill travel requests for seriously-ill children selected by Make-A-Wish. This year’s Dream Chaser is the fourth Learjet IJA has temporarily painted in fanciful candy colors,
each supporting Make-A-Wish with special flights that began in 1990.
The second-day General Session saw unvarying “pilot’s pilot” favorite R.A. “Bob” Hoover honored with NBAA’s Meritorious Service Award for providing a lifetime of inspiration to his fellow aviators. Accompanied by his friend Sean D. Tucker, the still-sharp nonagenarian reminisced at length about working with Charles Lindbergh and Roscoe Turner; he was slated to receive the Wright Brothers Award in December.
This being an election year, the General Session also featured political power couple Mary Matalin and James Carville, who each gave their opposing views of the Washington, D.C. landscape and the possibilities for change at the looming mid-term election.
For 2015, NBAA’s exposition
returns to Las Vegas, Nevada,
scheduled for later-in-the-year
dates of November 17-19. The
world of business aviation will be
gathering for the biggest dedicated
of its kind. We’ll see you there. T&T •
show and information-sharing event
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JANUARY 2015