Hey, can I pick ’em, or not? Back in the May 2009 issue of AOPA Flight Training magazine, I had a column on one Lt. Col. Bill Powley and his amazing crusade to introduce teens to aviation. In today’s AOPA eBrief, I learned that Lt. Col. Powley has just received the A. Scott Crossfield Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year Award.
It was typical of Lt. Col. Powley that he was teaching students at a summer leadership camp in West Virginia when his wife Phillis called to tell him of his great honor. I called today to congratulate him and he, again this is typical of the man, started telling me that the real credit goes to the great team of supporters and donors that has helped him over the years.
Powley and I are members of the Erwin, TN, Kiwanis Club and on July 13 he will present the program. I imagine he will tell us all about his crusade, the teens who participate and the people who help him with the program.
Powley will receive two seats at the National Aviation Hall of Fame President’s Reception and Dinner, where he will receive the award and $1,500. I’m proud to say I knew him back when.
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