Greenwood Receives Master Mechanic Award

May 21, 2011 — PICAYUNE — Picayune Airport Manager Andrew W. Greenwood was awarded a prestigious national award, The Federal Aviation Administration’s Charles Taylor Mechanic Award, at an FAA seminar at the Picayune airport on Saturday.

The award, presented to Greenwood by Theo Mavridoglau, an FAA manager, during a break in the seminar, is given only to those who have more than 50 years experience in the aircraft mechanic and service industry.

In association with the award, Greenwood’s name will be inscribed on a roll of honor that will be on prominent display in the Washington, D.C., Federal Aviation Building, said Mavridoglau.

The award is named after Taylor who was the mechanic who designed and built the engines for the Wright brothers.

Greenwood, showing emotion, thanked the FAA for the award and told those at the seminar that he felt honored by the award. “I have always loved my profession, and I could not think of doing anything else,” he said.