Michael Dornheim Honored Posthumously With Two Awards, Including Aerospace
Journalist of the Year Award
LONDON, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- AVIATION WEEK editors garnered six
Aerospace Journalist of the Year awards -- more than any other publishing
group -- at a ceremony held during the just ended Farnborough Air Show in
England. The competition, which involved hundreds of entries from aviation
writers and broadcasters the world over, is organized by The World
Leadership Forum. AVIATION WEEK winners are:
Aerospace Journalist of the Year
Michael Dornheim, Senior Engineering Editor - Aviation Week & Space
Technology (Posthumous)
Best Air Show Submission
Tony Velocci, Editor-in-Chief and William Scott, Rocky Mountain Bureau
Chief, for "Birds and Blues" - Aviation Week and Space Technology
Best Breaking News Submission
Michael Dornheim, Senior Engineering Editor, for "Skunks Working" -
Aviation Week and Space Technology (posthumous)
Best Business Aircraft Submission
James Asker, Managing Editor, for "Reach for the Sky" - Aviation Week and
Space Technology
Best Safety Submission
David Huntzinger, Contributor, for "In the PINC" - Business & Commercial
Aviation
Best Systems or Technology Submission
David Esler, Contributing Editor, for "FADEC's Benefits Today and
Tomorrow" - Business & Commercial Aviation
"We are honored by the recognition our editors received for their
accomplishments in aerospace and defense reporting," said AVIATION WEEK
President Tom Henricks. "We are particularly touched by the two awards
bestowed on Mike Dornheim, who tragically passed away in an automobile
accident in June. Mike was an outstanding reporter, skilled engineer and
trusted friend, and this recognition by his peers is a fitting honor to his
accomplishments."
The Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards were created in 1996 to
raise the profile of aerospace journalism globally and foster excellence in
aerospace journalism.
About AVIATION WEEK
AVIATION WEEK, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is the largest
multimedia information and services provider to the global aviation,
aerospace and defense industries, and includes the publications Aviation
Week & Space Technology, Defense Technology International, Business &
Commercial Aviation, Overhaul & Maintenance, ShowNews, Aviation Daily, The
Weekly of Business Aviation, Aerospace Daily & Defense Report and the World
Aerospace Database. The group's web portal, http://www.aviationweek.com, offers
the industry's most reliable news, information, intelligence and features,
and its Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) at
http://www.aviationweek.com/awin is the industry's most integrated business tool
for managers, business developers, buyers and technical professionals
across the entire aviation and aerospace field. The group also produces 12
major conferences and exhibitions in the MRO, defense and programs sectors.
Information is available at http://www.aviationweek.com/conferences.
About The McGraw-Hill Companies
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information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial
services, education and business information markets through leading brands
such as Standard & Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek and J.D.
Power and Associates. The corporation has more than 290 offices in 38
countries. Sales in 2005 were $6.0 billion. Additional information is
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