July 2020 winner
Don Schmidt CMM Programmer/Inspector
WGI Inc.
Southwick, Massachusetts
How long have you been in the aerospace business? 26 years
How did you become interested in aircraft? I played around a bit with model rocketry and joined an Airplane Model Builders Club in the 5th grade.
What is your favorite aircraft and why? The Gee Bee Model R Sportsters because they are the pride of the city in which I was born, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Runners-up
Andrew J. Zawisza
Materials & QA Manager
DIT-MCO Int’l
Kansas City, Missouri
Michael Nicoletti
Quality Engineer
Spectralux Avionics
Redmond, Washington
Submission procedure
To enter the contest, visit www.AerospaceManufacturingAndDesign.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 Nov. 2, 2020. Winners will be announced in the January/February 2021 issue.
Have fun, and good luck!
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