For more than 50 years, the General Aviation Awards Program has recognized aviation professionals in the fields of flight instruction, flight safety, aviation maintenance, and avionics for their important contributions to the aviation community. These awards highlight the leadership roles played by awardees in promoting safety, education, and professionalism. Award recipients are recognized locally, regionally, and nationally. National awardees are honored annually during EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI. The program is a cooperative effort between the general aviation industry and the FAA.
Many of the aviation professionals that have been honored with one or more of these awards has also been a Master Instructor. We are proud of each person and their extraordinary commitment to excellence and safety within the General Aviation Community.
CFI of the Year
1999 David Faile 2000 Greg Brown 2002 Kirby Ortega 2003 Jeff Edwards 2004 Doug Stewart 2005 John Teipen 2006 Rich Stowell 2007 Mike Gaffney 2008 Max Trescott 2009 Arlynn McMahan 2010 Jeff Moss 2011 Judy Phelps 2012 Hobie Tomlinson 2013 Mark Madden 2019 Gary Reeves
FAAST Rep of the Year
2004 Walt Schamel 2005 Michel Church 2006 Gene Hudson 2008 John Teipen 2010 Tom Turner 2011 Vicki Sherman 2012 Jeanne Willerth 2014 Rich Stowell 2015 Christopher Hope 2017 Mark Ducorsky 2020 Gary Brossett
AMT of the Year
2003 Tom Hendershot 2016 Adrien Eichhorn