Lindbergh Foundation to Honor Solar Impulse Pilots

The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation will present the Lindbergh Spirit medal to the pilots and co-founders of the Solar Impulse project in a special ceremony at the National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport, where Solar Impulse is currently staying on Friday, the 21st of June at 2PM.

The Solar Impulse prototype HB-SIA, fuelled by solely by solar energy, has flown across the U.S. starting from San Francisco and stopping in Phoenix, Dallas, St. Louis, Cincinnati and now Washington, D.C. before reaching its final destination, New York City. Pilots and co-founders Dr. Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg plan to fly the follow-on version of the aircraft, HB-SIB around the world in stages for the first time in 2015.

The Lindbergh Spirit medal, which depicts Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s pioneering flight in 1931 from New York to Tokyo as well as Charles Lindbergh’s epic trans-Atlantic flight, is given by the Lindbergh Foundation for pioneering achievements in aviation.. “In the same way that Charles and Anne played a seminal role in the development of the airline industry, Bertrand and André will be remembered for being the first to demonstrate that it is possible to fly day and night on solar energy only,” said Lindbergh Foundation Chairman John L. Petersen. “This project is important not only for raising awareness of the significance of using solar power for a broad spectrum of applications, but also to encourage companies and individuals to pursue the advancement of clean technologies,” he said. The Spirit medal, designed by sculptor Don Wiegand, is not available commercially and is only presented for extraordinary individual accomplishments.

The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation encourages advancements in the aviation industry which perpetuates Anne and Charles Lindbergh’s interest in achieving a balance between technology and the environment. It is a charitable 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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Airshow Performer Jerod Flohr Attains Lifelong Dream, Debuts at Watsonville from Featured by Webmaster  | Jerod Flohr flys his Extra 300. The 2012 Watsonville Fly-In and Airshow in California was the first weekend in September. Did you make it to the show? It was a great one. They featured great display aircraft, great food, and of course, some of the most well known Airshow pilots on the West coast. Their performers included greats such as Eddie Andreini, Bill Stein, Vicky Benzing, Beech Boys, West Coast Ravens, Warbirds, and Jerod Flohr....

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Petersen elected Lindbergh Foundation chairman from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Board of Directors of the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation has elected John L. Petersen as its new chairman, succeeding BRS Aerospace's Larry Williams, who has completed his three-year term in the position...

(title unknown) from Flight Image of the Day by Dominic PerryTo celebrate the 30th anniversary of the maiden flight of the iconic Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan freighter, one of its biggest operators - cargo airline Volga-Dnepr - has organised a photo competition to capture the raw beauty of these bulky lumps of aluminium. Over...

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Lindbergh Foundation to present awards Thursday from General Aviation News by Janice Wood
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Golden Knights Win in Florida from US Army Golden Knights by Laura Dickmeyer | The Paraclete XP Outdoor Skydiving Championship/Shamrock Showdown wrapped up midday Sunday in sunny Deland, Florida.  While this meet takes place in Florida, it has attracted more international teams than the years prior.  In fact, there were more international teams than US teams in attendance.  Many of these teams will meet again in Dubai 2012, making this [...]

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Lindbergh Foundation, LEAP Host Electric Aircraft Meetings During Sun ‘n Fun from CAFE Foundation Blog by Dean Sigler | The Lindbergh Foundation and the Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize combine forces to present electric aviation events during the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In in late March, according to information from Erik Lindbergh and Yolanka Wulff. First, the International Workshop for Electric Aircraft Standardization will take place during the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In at Lakeland Florida on Wednesday, March 28.  The workshop will be...

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Air Zoo to offer spring break camps from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | The Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Mich., is offering full- and half-day spring break camps for kids of all ages.

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Formation flight Sunday. French aerobatic team Cartouche Dore from Planeshots

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Disabled American Veterans Shares Message At The Tico Warbird Airshow  from DAV Flight Team | Titusville, FL – DisabledAmerican Veterans (DAV) will reach out to veterans and their familiessharing its message of service and volunteerism in support of our nation’scombat-wounded men and women at the TICO Warbird Airshow on March 9 through 11. In the company of the iconic World War II era B-25 MitchellBomber, the...

Aviation buffs savor the history at airfest - Gainesville.com | Surrounded by fans ranging from Girl Scouts to middle-aged men wanting their autographs, the women of WASP were the rock stars of the Wings of Dreams Airfest at Keystone Heights Airport on Saturday....

Video: Flying Legends Air Show 2012 Trailer - Theo Spark | This is a trailer for the 2012 Flying Legends Air Show at Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire, UK. The show will be held on Saturday 30th June and Sunday 1st July.

PHOTOS: Check out aviation history at Marco's airport - Naples News | With two famous military trainers, the Steerman bi-plane and the AT6-G plus the only flying B25H model bomber all available for viewing, photos and even recreational rides the historyflight.com show is a must for all military aviation buffs....

Tricolour Arrows, the pride of Italy: every Friday visits to the PAN Looking - Translated | What the Tricolour Arrows is an exciting show, created by the work of the pilots who train every day to cross the magic tricks in the air turning into passion for flying. A daily exercise in a scene in heaven in the Friuli Venezia Giulia, where tourists can get closer to entering the base of Looking.  For the fourth consecutive year, the regional tourism agency, in collaboration with the Air Force, returns with guided tours at the base in the province of Udine. From 9 March to September, every Friday fans and the...

No colours in the sky - Deccan Chronicle | After the unfortunate incident in 2010 wherein two Navy pilots died, India Aviation 2012 will be hosted by Hyderabad after a year’s gap from March 14 to 18. The event, however, might be quite a dull affair this time around given the apprehensions and safety precautions....

Red Arrows Kirsty quits after deaths of two pals - The Sun | BRITAIN'S first female Red Arrows pilot has quit — suffering from stress after the deaths of two flying pals in the daredevil team. Talented Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Stewart, 33, has been moved from the tightly-knit aerobatic outfit and will be posted to a ground role....

Hixson Museum Of Flight Hosts Fly-In Pancake Breakfast March 17Saturday, March 03, 2012 - Chattanoogan | The Hixson Museum of Flight will be having a Fly-In Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, March 17, beginning at 8 a.m., at its hangar with the proceeds going toward support of the museum’s mission....

An extra participant at Fly it Forward... - Toriaflies | Today, although registration is closed for Women Fly it Forward, I just had to squeeze one more participant in due to the note she left.  A lady's husband is working on his private pilot certificate and she has been strongly urging him to give it up...

War Eagles Air Musuem from Pacific Flyer  | "I've lived in El Paso all my life, and I never knew this place existed!"   That's a frequent comment from visitors to War Eagles Air Museum.  It's true - we're not very well-known locally. We're a little out of the way, so drivers who pass by on the Interstate tend to miss us....

Lyon Air Museum from Pacific Flyer |The next time you're in Southern California and have a couple of hours to spend, Lyon Air Museum at John Wayne Airport in Orange County is the perfect choice. Lyon Air Museum, founded by Major General William Lyon, a combat pilot who flew in World War II and the Korean War, has on display some of the world's rarest aircraft and military vehicles...

Talk by Red Arrows pilot - Spalding Today | ROTARY Club of Spalding welcomed a Red Arrows pilot to its meeting. Flt Lt Martin Pert (31) attended the meeting at Woodlands Hotel, Spalding, to talk about his background, both as a pilot in the Army and as one of just nine specialist Red Arrow pilots....

B-2 Landing And Taxi (2009) from AIRBOYD.TV by Airboyd

Video: How to start a 737 classic - NYC Aviation | Watching two men walk through the 20 minute process of starting an airliner might be yawn-inducing to many, but to us it may be the height of plane geekery. These guys from the Baltic Aviation Academy in Lithuania made an extraordinarily detailed in-cockpit video showing the rigamarole of firing up a Boeing 737-500....

JATO of the day: B-24 (1946)  - The Original Rocket Dungeon

The Sky's the Limit: Canadian Women Bush Pilots by Joyce Spring - CRUFC | The women pilots profiled in this book have flown from British Columbia to Newfoundland and in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Right from the beginning of her interviews and research, the author found herself...

Lindbergh Foundation featured at Atlanta Aero Club from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | Officials from the Charles A. and Ann Morrow Lindbergh Foundation will conduct a featured program at the regular bi-monthly meeting of the Atlanta Aero Club March 15....

Saturday History - National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian | Today [Saturday] in 1969: Apollo 9 launches on the first crewed flight of all Apollo hardware in Earth orbit. The mission achieved many firsts, including the first test of the lunar module in space and first test of the Portable Life Support System in space. It was also thef all Apollo hardware in Earth orbit. The mission achieved many firsts, including the first test of the lunar module in space and first test of the Portable Life Support System in space. It was also the...

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Lindbergh Foundation Announces 2012 Lindbergh Awardees

Lindbergh Foundation Announces 2012 Lindbergh Awardees   Legendary Aviator and Inventor Forrest Bird and Aviator and Philanthropist James C. Ray to Accept Awards During Sun 'n Fun  MINNEAPOLIS, MN. (Jan. 19, 2012) - Today, The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation announced the recipients of two prominent awards, which will be presented at a celebration at the Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida on March 29, during the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In.    Legendary inventor Forrest Bird has been selected to receive the 2012 Lindbergh Award and businessman-philanthropist James C. Ray has been named recipient of the Spirit Award. "2012 is a significant year since we are celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Lindbergh Foundation as well as the 85th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's New York-to-Paris flight," said Lindbergh Foundation Chairman and CEO Larry Williams.  "We are particularly pleased and honored to be recognizing such exceptional aviators as Dr. Forrest Bird and James C. Ray with Lindbergh Awards during this historic year. I speak for our Board, Staff and supporters when I offer my heartfelt congratulations to these accomplished gentlemen in joining a long and distinguished list of Lindbergh awardees." Dr. Forrest Bird Dr. Bird will receive the Lindbergh Award, which is bestowed annually upon an individual whose life's work demonstrates a balance between technology, our environment and the quality of all life on earth.   Meeting Orville Wright, along with encouragement from his father who was a WWI pilot, led Bird to his first solo flight at age 14.  He soon began working on multiple pilot certifications, which eventually led to service in the U.S. Army Air Corps beginning in 1941.  During WWII, he piloted nearly every aircraft in service, including early jet aircraft and helicopters. Noting similarities between air flowing over the wings of an airplane and air moving through the lungs, Bird created the earliest versions of the now-prolific "Bird Respirator" for high-altitude flight and hospitals. Bird respirators freed polio victims from the confinement of the iron lung and were the first mass-produced respirators in the world.  Physicians of the time claimed:  "A machine is never going to breathe for you!"  Bird proved them wrong and the start of the respiratory industry was created.   As the pioneer of the industry, Dr. Bird created his "Babybird," a ventilator made specifically for premature infants and small children.  This invention is credited with reducing the rate of breathing-related infant mortality from 70 percent to 10 percent worldwide. Heart, lung and kidney transplants could not happen without the use of a respirator.  Bird has created more than 40 different respirators that continue to be the predominant choice of hospitals, aviators, firefighters and others.   "It is a great honor to receive the Lindbergh Award," said Bird.  "I remember meeting Mr. Lindbergh when I was a child.  He was an amazing individual who has made great contributions to society in aviation and innovation.  When I was a child, Mr. Lindbergh was a role model.  I was fascinated by his, as well as his wife's, accomplishments.  Mr. Lindbergh planted a seed in my mind.  That seed has been cultivated." In addition to being inducted into of the Inventor's Hall of Fame, Dr. Bird received the 2008 Presidential Citizens Medal from President George Bush.  In 2009, President Obama awarded him the National Medal of Techology and Innovation for his "outstanding contributions to the promotion of technology for the improvement of the economic, environmental or social well-being of the United States."    "Dr. Bird's pioneering and life-saving medical inventions make him especially deserving of the Lindbergh Award.  Few people realize that Charles Lindbergh also was very interested and successful in medical innovations, having helped develop the Perfusion (artificial heart) Pump with Dr. Alexis Carrell," noted Award Committee Chairman David Treinis. Bird and his wife Pam live on Lake Pend d'Oreille in northern Idaho where they support aviation history and education through the Bird Aviation Museum and Invention Center.  They also both fly various aircraft from their private runway. James C. Ray James C. Ray, pilot, businessman, and philanthropist, has been selected to receive the 2012 Lindbergh Spirit Award.  This award is given every five years for pioneering achievements in an aviation career with the spirit and character that represents the best of this nation. While working in Hawaii as a steelworker for the Navy, Ray was an eyewitness to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  Shortly thereafter, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and flew a total of 30 B-17 missions from Rattlesden, England, including raids on German factories, and was a lead pilot on a D-Day attack on enemy headquarters in Normandy, France.  Additionally, Ray served with the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict. After the war, Ray flew his Cessna 170B on business and personal trips that took him to 58 countries and every Caribbean island with a landing strip.  He has accumulated more than 3,500 hours in single-pilot Citation jets flying across North America as a rancher, oil and gas explorer, and real estate developer. A successful businessman, Ray has provided start-up funding for more than 300 businesses including Compaq Computer, Eclipse Aviation and Cirrus Design.  He believes the discipline and skill he obtained during flight training helped him become successful in business and conversely applies lessons learned in business to his flying.    Ray's philanthropy is predominantly dedicated to aviation-oriented youth education programs.  He made a significant contribution for the building of the Central Florida Aerospace Academy on the grounds of Sun 'n Fun.  The James C. Ray Scholarship Fund was established to offer financial support for Polk County High School merit students.  Ray also provides financial support to the Experimental Aircraft Association and its Young Eagles program; the University of North Dakota Aerospace programs; the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington; and the Future of Flight Aviation Center and Boeing Tour in Everett, Washington.  In 2009, he received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of North Dakota. "We believe that Mr. Ray's interest in supporting both innovative education and business ventures at an early stage of development, particularly to advance solutions for air and pilot safety, is uniquely aligned with the philosophy behind the Spirit Award," noted Treinis.  # # # About the Lindbergh Foundation The Lindbergh Foundation is a public 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, based in Anoka, Minnesota, which focuses on technological breakthroughs to address significant aviation-environmental issues. The Lindbergh Foundation also values individual initiative and accomplishments.  Its programs are devoted to supporting, honoring, and educating individuals, through three major programs:  the annual Lindbergh Award, presented to individuals for significant contributions toward balancing nature and scientific innovation in their work; the Lindbergh Grants program, which provides grants in amounts up to $10,580 (the cost of building the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927) for research or education projects that will make important contributions to the technology/environment balance; and a variety of educational events including the new Aviation Green Alliance.

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Tucker and Weeks Join Lindbergh Foundation Board

Aviation Legends Tucker and Weeks Join
 Lindbergh Foundation Board

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (July 26, 2010) — Two of aviation's best known names, air show ace Sean D. Tucker and aircraft collection icon Kermit Weeks have joined the board of The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation to further its long-standing efforts to better the environment.  Both say they were drawn to the Foundation by its substantial programs within the aviation community to further Charles and Anne Lindbergh's strong interest in applying technology to solve environmental problems.  

"It is a special honor to have individuals with this level of creativity and commitment join with the rest of us on the Lindbergh board at this time of unusual opportunity," said Lindbergh Chairman and CEO Larry Williams.  Weeks, who has been a friend of the Foundation for a number of years, said he was, "looking forward to being associated with such a great group of people supporting a great cause!" Tucker responded that he, "resonated strongly with the Foundation's Aviation Green program and wanted to help make a difference in this world."  The Lindbergh Aviation Green program is a forward-looking, multifaceted effort that targets the aviation community.   It encourages innovative solutions through providing research grants and facilitating significant industry

initiatives, acknowledges the progress of those who have made substantial contributions through its annual awards, and communicates new and important ideas through its education programs.

Charles and Anne Lindbergh, throughout their many pioneer flying exploits, shared previously impossible aerial view of the effects of the inexorable advance of human population and economic development on the land, water and air. Realizing that technology was a major component of any equation describing how humanity would both advance and protect its environment, the Lindberghs became the world's first environmentalists, contributing great effort to these interests during their lives.

The Lindbergh Foundation was founded in 1977 by a group of aviation notables that included Neil Armstrong and Jimmy Doolittle to continue the technology and environmental legacy of the Lindberghs.  Since its inception the foundation has built a strong reputation by honoring environmental leadership with its awards and giving more than $3 million in grants to deserving researchers working for breakthroughs that could better the environment and quality of life.

About The Lindbergh Foundation

The Lindbergh Foundation is a public 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, based in Anoka, Minnesota, which focuses on technological breakthroughs to address significant aviation-environmental issues. The Lindbergh Foundation also values individual initiative and accomplishments. Its programs are devoted to supporting, honoring, and educating individuals, through three major programs:  the annual Lindbergh Award, presented to individuals for significant contributions toward balancing nature and scientific innovation in their work; the Lindbergh Grants program, which provides grants in amounts up to $10,580 (the cost of building the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927) for research or education projects that will make important contributions to the technology/environment balance; and a variety of educational events and publications centered on the balance theme.