Aviation Appreciation

Aerospace Manufacturing and Design welcomes all aircraft enthusiasts to join in the fun and NAME THAT PLANE! Each issue, a new aircraft will be featured in the Aviation Appreciation section. Given a photo and a clue box, readers are encouraged to guess which plane is being described and send in their answers to the AMD staff.

Prizes include:
1st place:
A high-quality model
of the featured airplane complete with desk stand and winner’s certificate.

Runners-up:
(2nd through 5th place)
An Aerospace Manufacturing and Design consolation prize. These may be hats, pens, T-shirts, or other exciting products for your enjoyment.

Please send your answers via e-mail to: Matt Grasson, mgrasson@gie.net, with “Aviation Appreciation” in the subject line. Only e-mail entries will qualify.

The entry deadline for the August/September 2010 contest is October 1, 2010.

Have fun and good luck!

Previous Issue's Answer:
Boeing Steaman 75/PT-17

Previous Issue's Winner:
Jerome Zajic, Retired Aeronautical Engineer,
Grumman Aerospace Corp., Melbourne, FL

How long have you been in the current industry?
Since receiving my A&P license in 1944

How did you become interested in aircraft?
Towards the end of the Great Depression, while in high school, I worked at a local airport for a gentleman named "Speed" Hanzlik. He paid me with flying lessons, which helped increase my love of aircraft.

What is your favorite aircraft?
My favorite aircraft is the Stinson L-5. I flew that type of aircraft during WWII in Okinawa and later in North China.

ATTENTION PAST WINNERS!
Where do you display your airplane? Send us a picture of you and the model airplane you won for having the correct answer to the Name that Plane contest and you may be featured in a future issue. E-mail your high resolution photo to: Matthew Grasson at mgrasson@gie.net.

*Contestants may not win the first place prize more than once throughout the duration of the contest, and may only win consolation prizes once per calendar year. Due to the unpredictable nature of postal delivery, prizes will be determined by random drawing from all correct answers received, after a three week waiting period from the issue’s mailing date. The first drawing will name the 1st place winner, followed by four consecutive drawings for consolation prizes. Please send comments or feedback regarding the contest to Matt Grasson, mgrasson@gie.net