FRED'S CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

ONE OF FRED'S MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS WAS THE MAJOR ROLE HE PLAYED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF REVISIONS OF THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS:

PART 61- CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS - SPECIAL FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS; AND

FAR PART 141 - PILOT SCHOOLS.

WHILE FRED WILL BE THE FIRST TO SAY THESE PROJECTS WERE A "TEAM EFFORT," HE PUT IN MANY HOURS OF WORK ON THEM, WAS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBILE FOR A NUMBER OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES IN THE TWO REGULATIONS. IN FACT, HIS WORK ON THIS PROJECT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS THAT LED TO HIS SELECTION AS "AVN EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR" IN 1990 AND ALSO LED TO HIS BEING HONORED WITH "THE DISTINGUISHED CAREER SERVICE AWARD" UPON RETIREMENT.

ALSO, IN 1954, AT MALDEN, MISSOURI,  FRED PROVIDED THE INITIAL AIR FORCE PILOT TRAINING FOR JACK L. SWIGERT, JR., THE COMMAND MODULE PILOT OF APOLLO 13.

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