was another great success. Presenting sponsors included Bell Helicopter and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Stacey Elsner, the Executive Director of Kiddie Hawk Air Academy, the producer of theLiving Legends of AviationAwards, welcomed the 750 aviation guests to the black tie event. Kiddie...
The “Living Legends of Aviation” are 88 remarkable people of extraordinary accomplishment in aviation including: entrepreneurs, innovators, industry leaders, astronauts, record breakers, pilots who have become celebrities and celebrities who have become pilots. The Legends meet yearly to recognize and h...
Thanks to Netflix, last year we all became acquainted with the exploits of Joe Exotic, the “Tiger King”. This year, right here in East Texas, the Guinness Book of World Records officially crowned a Tiger Queen. And although she is of a different breed than Joe, Bengali is just as in...
New inductees into the Living Legends of Aviation included Skip Holm, Tony Bill, Charles Hall, Clarence “Bud” Anderson, Dr. Bonnie Dunbar, Bill Luckett and Neal Blue. Dr. Bonnie Dunbar, former NASA astronaut and current president and CEO of the Museum of Flight in Seattle, spoke on behal...
Joe Clark receives the “Aviation Entrepreneur of the Year” award Bob Hoover receives “ Forever Flying” birthday cake Bobs 83rd birthday started tradition of having the ‘Living Legends of Aviation Awards” same time each year. Over 700 attended the 2004 2nd Annual “Living Legends of Aviation...
Ed Swearingen, seen here at the Living Legends of Aviation gala with his wife, Janice, is among an elite group of aviators, inventors, and pilots who have been honored for their lifetime achievements in aviation. Through it all, Swearingen’s formidable reputation in the industry has only gro...