AVweb‘s search of aviation news worldwide found announcements from theNational Aviation Hall of Fame, Space Center Houston, theNational Air Transportation Association and Diamond Aircraft.The National Aviation Hall of Fameannounced that David McCullough’s best-selling book, The Wright Brothers, has earned its author the 14th Annual Combs Gates Award. McCullough will be presented the $20,000 cash prize on Nov. 2 at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) 69th Annual Meeting & Convention in Orlando, Florida.Experience the everyday life of astronauts, launch a rocket, serve as mission commander and discover how to grow plant species in space at the North American premiere of Astronaut, Space Center Houston’s fall exhibit presented by the city of Webster, Oct. 1-Jan. 16. The interactive exhibition takes guests through a space workshop full of hands-on science fun and nearly 30 activities to test their abilities for space exploration.
Concluding its fall board meeting last week, the chairman of the National Air Transportation Association Board of Directors, Mr. Andrew Priester (president and chief executive officer, Priester Aviation, Wheeling, Illinois), announced that Mr. Martin Hiller (owner and partner, Marathon Jet Center, Marathon, Florida) will continue to serve as president of NATA. In June, the Board announced that Hiller would serve as acting president upon the departure of then-president Tom Hendricks.During a two-week demonstration tour in La Paz (Bolivia) and Lima (Peru), Diamond Aircraft’s multipurpose platform DA42 MPP was able to demonstrate its start and landing performance on high-altitude airports to potential customers.The challenging conditions on the world’s highest international airport, El Alto in La Paz, delivered unique insights into the DA42 MPP capabilities.
