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 Nov/Dec 2012 contest is january 31, 2013, with winners announced in the March 2013 issue of AMD.

Have fun and good luck!

Previous Issue's Winner:
Dana Ferguson

How long have you been in your current industry?
I have worked for NISH for six years and have worked as an industrial engineer for 27 years.

How did you become interested in aircraft?
I earned my Industrial engineering degree at Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, and many of the professors were executives of local aircraft companies so a lot of the problems we discussed were life experiences of those executives.

What is your favorite aircraft?
The SR-71: I am still impressed with the design and it was done in the 50s and 60s. I often imagine what they did next and you know they had to take it up a notch.

*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