Tommy Milton honored

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FAA DAR Gyropilot
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Location
Lansing, Illinois (Chicago South Suburb)
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ILLINOIS AVIATION HALL OF FAME
The 2017 Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame banquet and
induction ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. May 25 at
the Hilton Garden Inn in Champaign.
Candidates are inducted into the Illinois Aviation Hall of
Fame based on their service to the aviation community in
Illinois on a long-term basis. This year’s inductees
include Marshall F. Knox, Cynthia Madsen, Thomas
Milton,
Lloyd Thomas and Steve and Tina Thomas. Two
Illinois organizations are being awarded the Spirit of Flight
Award for their service: AeroStar Consulting Corporation
in Chicago and Challenger Learning Center in Normal.
Congratulations to our awardees and inductees.

Thomas Milton
Tom Milton did more than just bring aviation into the
classroom. He got kids excited about aviation by setting
up a full-time high school aviation classroom in a hangar
in Chicago. A pilot, aviation mechanic and educator, he
taught aircraft mechanics at the Chicago Vocational
High School. He spent a great deal of his own time
upgrading the World War II era hangar into a modern
classroom, taking students to fly-ins and arranging
introductory flights. Milton was active in the Homewood
Flossmoor Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, teaching
Cadet’s Pilot Ground School and becoming Deputy
Commander of Cadets.
Milton is known locally and nationally for his dedication
to gyroplane safety and education through his work as
a Technical Inspector for the EAA and his affiliation with
the Popular Rotorcraft Association, where he has served
as both an officer and director of his local chapter and
at the national level.
 
Congratulations Tom!!!
P.S.:
I took Mother Goose for a "REAL" ride in the Dominator last year, He said, "I did not know a gyro could be so much fun!"
 
Dang I was beginning to wonder if you were ever going to announce the great news!!
Beside talking to you about it, I got several emails and a phone call asking to spread the good news. I told them all to please wait for Tommy!

Way to go Bro. Hard to think of a more deserving, still in the trenches working, gyronut!

Thank you Tommy for all you do for the PRA and our community, you truly make the world a better place!!!

U=ROCK!!!
 
Congrats Tom! I wish we lived closer... I met you once at Mentone I believe. This is great news, and I applaud the great work you have done and are doing.

Cheers,
Brian Jackson
 
Congratulations Tom. You have been my gyro hero for a long time and the public honor is long over due.
I remember reading of your good work with gyros and helping gyro pilots down through the years in PRA Flying magazine.
Marion
 
Congrats Tom!! You have always been Da Man!!
Thanks for all you do.

Barry K
 
I received many members wishing to spread the good news.
So I've posed it on our Home page right after getting on our mailing list button. Click the link there and you go here: http://www.pra.org/default.aspx?p=TomMiltonHonored
I agree with Barry... You have always been there for us and you are Da Man!!
Congrats again Bro!!!!
 
Thank you all for the kind words. The induction is 9 days away. I was asked to make a Powerpoint presentation of my career and hobbies in aviation. for presentation at the banquet. I never thought the task would be so difficult. Looking at the hundreds of photographs I have taken over the years has brought back many memories. I have to keep the presentation to around 10 minutes, but I managed to get in a good plug for the PRA. If I ever get a chance, I'll put together a Powerpoint presentation of the PRA and its conventions since 1974. I will be accepting Laurels and Hardy handshakes at Mentone. :))
 
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