Aviation Week Announces Winners of Aviation Industry Awards

April 20, 2007
Aviation Week has announced the winners of four awards honouring excellence in the aviation industry during Aviation Week's annual MRO Conference & Exhibition in Atlanta, GA.

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AVIATION WEEK has announced the winners of four awards honouring excellence in the aviation industry during AVIATION WEEK's annual MRO Conference & Exhibition in Atlanta, GA.

AVIATION WEEK presented the L. Welch Pogue Award to Brian O'Keefe, former head of the Australian ATC operation. O'Keeffe is currently managing director of FANS PLANS P/L where he provides advice on the planning and implementation of the new CNS/ATM System as developed by the Future Air Navigation Systems (FANS) Committee of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Aviation Week & Space Technology and Overhaul & Maintenance presented the Charles B. Ryan Award for Business Innovation to the 309th Electronics Maintenance Group, F-16 Radar Antenna Shop, located at Hill AFB; and to the Fleet Readiness Center East Aircraft Program, located at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station.

Overhaul & Maintenance presented the O&M Awards for Outstanding Achievement to: Bob Reding, senior vice president of Technical Operations, and John Conley, systems coordinator, American Airlines; and to Nick Heminger, manager of Quality Assurance, Goodrich Aviation Technical Services.

The O&M Awards honour individuals in the aviation/aerospace aftermarket, both commercial and military, who through outstanding performance during the previous year have improved or contributed significantly to the improvement of the efficiency, profitability, reliability and/or safety of their company's MRO operation or of aviation MRO in general.

AVIATION WEEK is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP).

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