June 2023 winner:
Don Schmidt, CMM Lead Programmer/Inspector, WGI Inc., Southwick, Massachusetts
How long have you been in the aerospace business? Since 1990.
How did you become interested in aircraft? My interest preceded my joining the Airplane Model Builders Club in the 5th grade.
What is your favorite aircraft and why? The Gee Bee Model R Sportster because of growing up in Springfield, Massachusetts, where they were made by the Granville Brothers. I have always been a proud hometown lad!
Runners-up:
Rob Garlock Sr., Fluid Sealing Product Engineer EGC Enterprises, Chardon, Ohio
Keith Barbaria, Manager Design Engineering Chromalloy Gas Turbine, Orangeburg, New York
Submission procedure
To enter the contest, visit www.AerospaceManufacturing AndDesign.com/Form/NameThatPlane and fill out the provided entry form. Only completed forms will qualify. A full set of rules is provided.
The entry deadline for this issue’s contest is September 8, 2023. Winners will be announced in the October 2023 issue.
Have fun, and good luck!
Look what Don won!
Enter today to win your own high-quality desktop aircraft replica!
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