The 15th recipient of the annual DCAM flight instructor safety award for the year 2017 was:
LUKE PAUL PENNER OF HARV’S AIR WINNIPEG, MB
A TRUE AVIATOR, AN ACCOMPLISHED PILOT; A CLASS 1 FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR & A CLASS 1 AEROBATIC INSTRUCTOR IT IS HIS STRONG BELIEF THAT EVEN SOME AEROBATIC EXPERIENCE CAN MAKE A PILOT MORE COMPETENT AND MUCH SAFER.
HE STATES, “ I PERSONALLY HAVE PUSHED MYSELF TO FULLY EXPERIENCE THE FLIGHT ENVELOPE THROUGH MY COMPETITIVE AEROBATIC FLYING, TO PURSUE DISCIPLINED PRECISION FLYING WITH THE HOPES OF INSPIRING OTHERS TO REACH FOR THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL, AND ULTIMATELY BECOME SAFER PILOTS.” THIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FINISHED FIRST IN HIS CATEGORY AT THE US NATIONAL AEROBATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2016.
LUKE PENNER: “JANE & RIKKI, I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AS HARD AS I CAN TO UPHOLD THE LEGACY OF THE DAVID CHARLES ABRAMSON MEMORIAL FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SAFETY AWARD, AND TO BE A BRIGHT REFLECTION OF YOUR SON’S COMMITMENT TO SAFETY.”
