NEW YORK, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aviation Week Group has placed
17 of its editors on the shortlist of finalists for the 2004 Aerospace
Journalist of the Year Awards which are among the world's most prestigious
awards for aviation writers and broadcasters. They are organized by The World
Leadership Forum on behalf of the Royal Aeronautical Society and l'Aero-Club
de France.
Aviation Week Group editors have been nominated in the following
categories:
The Airbus Decade of Excellence Award
Dick Aarons - Business & Commercial Aviation
Craig Covault - Aviation Week & Space Technology
The Messier-Dowty Award for the Best Airshow Submission
Craig Covault for 'Visualizing the Future' -- Aviation Week & Space
Technology
John Morris & Team for 'Comanche Analysis' -- Show News
John Morris for 'Paris Air Show - June 16, 2003' -- Show News
The World Leadership Forum Award for the Best Avionics Submission
Fred George for 'Dassault Falcon Jet's EASy Cockpit' --
Business & Commercial Aviation
The Northrop Grumman Award for the Best Breaking News Submission
David Hughes & Michael Dornheim for 'No Flight Controls' --
Aviation Week & Space Technology
The Gulfstream Award for the Best Business Aircraft Submission
David Esler for 'Alternatives to Fractional Qwnership' --
Business & Commercial Aviation
Fred George for 'Your first Atlantic crossing' --
Business & Commercial Aviation
The Raytheon Award for the Best Business or Financial Submission
David Esler for 'The High Cost of Operating in Europe' --
Business & Commercial Aviation
Anthony Velocci for 'No Free Lunch' -- Aviation Week & Space Technology
The Royal Aeronautical Society for the Best Environment Submission
Kerry Lynch for 'Ghost Town on the Potomac' -- Business & Commercial
Aviation
The Royal Aeronautical Society for the Best Maintenance Submission
Frank Jackman for 'MRO Market Slides Again' -- Overhaul & Maintenance
The Airbus Award for the Best Safety Submission
Robert Rossier for 'Stopping Problems' -- Business & Commercial Aviation
The Royal Aeronautical Society for the Best Space Submission
Craig Covault for 'Shenzhou Solos' -- Aviation Week & Space Technology
Michael Dornheim & Craig Covault for 'Bedrock and Pay Dirt' -- Aviation
Week & Space Technology
The Honeywell Award for the Best Systems or Technology Submission
Michael Dornheim for 'Affordable Spaceship' --
Aviation Week & Space Technology
"We are honored by the Royal Aeronautical Society and l'Aero-Club de
France recognition of the quality of reporting and writing from our editorial
staff," said Kenneth E. Gazzola, Aviation Week Executive Vice
President/Publisher. "These nominations are a testament to the standard of
excellence upheld by all Aviation Week publications. We are particularly proud
of our two finalists for The Airbus Decade of Excellence Award, Aviation Week
& Space Technology 's Craig Covault, and Business & Commercial Aviation's Dick
Aarons."
The Airbus of the Decade Award is given for consistently outstanding
aerospace journalism over the last 10 years, especially journalism that has
covered multiple aspects of the global aerospace industry.
The Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards were created in 1995 to raise
the profile of aerospace journalism globally and foster excellence in
aerospace journalism. The awards will be presented during the Farnborough Air
Show at a gala dinner July 19, 2004 in the Guildhall, London.
About Aviation Week Group
With nearly 50 products and services and an audience of millions of
professionals and enthusiasts, the Aviation Week Group, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, is the largest multimedia information and services
provider to the global aviation and aerospace industry. The cornerstone of the
Aviation Week portfolio is Aviation Week & Space Technology, the world's
leading aviation and aerospace industry magazine, covering technology,
business and operations in the commercial, military and space markets for more
than 100,000 paid subscribers in 180 countries. The group's web portal,
http://www.AviationNow.com, offers the industry's most reliable news,
information and features.
About The McGraw-Hill Companies
Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a global information
services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education
and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard &
Poor's, BusinessWeek and McGraw-Hill Education. The Corporation has more than
280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2003 were $4.8 billion. Additional
information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com .
SOURCE Aviation Week
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