The FAA honoured 93-year-old Alfred Uhalt with the ‘Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award’, recognising his 77-year safe aviation career.
Wright brothers
The annual National Aviation Day is observed on August 19. The event honours the development and history of aviation. Orville Wright’s birthday falls on this day, and he and his brother Wilbur both made significant contributions to powered flight.
Evelyn Bryan Johnson, a record-breaking pilot born just six years after the Wright brothers’ inaugural flight, died at the age of 102.
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