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Arizona Type Rating Quarter Page4/C AdHartzell Propeller Honors Company Founder at H National Aviation Hall of Fameartzell Propeller Inc. was a co-presenting sponsor of the National Aviation Hall of Fame’s 53rd Annual Enshrinement Dinner & Ceremony onOctober 2, 2015.This year’s inductees included the late Robert N. Hartzell, an early manufacturer of wooden aircraft propellers, later designing lightweight metal propellers that became a catalyst to help develop the general aviation industry. The other co-presenting sponsor was Hartzell Industries, a family-owned trio of companies: Hartzell Air Movement, Hartzell Hardwoods, and Hartzell Veneer Products, which are unaffiliated with Hartzell Propeller.“Hartzell Propeller is very pleased to honor company founder Robert N. Hartzell’s innovative spirit and legacy,” said Hartzell Propeller President Joe Brown. “In addition, we are looking forward to celebrating the company’s 100th anniversary in 2017 as we carry on his entrepreneurial tradition.”America’s Oscar Night of AviationThe black-tie gala event, took place in the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) Learning Center and the adjacent National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. Joe Brown and his brother Jim Brown III, co-owners of Hartzell Propeller and parent company Tailwind Technologies Inc., headed a contingent of company representatives at the event.This year’s inductees joined the 225 men and women pioneers so honored since the NAHF’s founding in 1962. The four enshrined were:Brig. Gen Robert L. Cardenas, USAF (Ret) - WWII B-24 combat pilot, test pilot for record-breaking X-plane programs, SE Asia fighter-bomber wing commander, and Air Force Special Ops pioneer.The late Robert N. Hartzell - early manufacturer of wooden aircraft propellers, who later designed lightweight, controllable metal propellers that helped develop the general aviation industry.Eugene “Gene” Kranz - Air Force fighter pilot and aeronautical engineer with 37 years in spaceflight operations at NASA, including the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and Shuttle mission programs.The late Abe Silverstein - NACA aerodynamicist in WWII and early supersonic aircraft developer, later credited at NASA as the architect of the U.S. space program and “The Father of Apollo.”EN ROUTESelect Airparts Quarter Page 4/C Ad36 • TWIN & TURBINENOVEMBER 2015