Steve Rutland, Fort Novosel flight instructor and Amentum employee, has received the FAA's most prestigious award.
BRITTANY TRUMBULL FORT NOVOSEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS FORT NOVOSEL—No names are as synonymous to aviation history as Orville and Wilbur Wright, pioneers in the discovery of flight. The Federal Aviation Administration’s most prestigious award began in 2003 and was rightfully titled in their namesake.
“Does anyone know what he has done in these 50 years and over 21,000 flight hours? An ROTC program at Murray State University, Army Flight Training in 1975, a platoon leader with the 118th Aviation Company in Hawaii. He found his love for the sea and served with the U.S. Coast Guard until 1982 and served as a civil servant for 3 full decades. He has taught every rank up to colonel, and on every training aircraft besides the one that he initially learned on.
Rutland received his official award from the FAA, reminiscing on 50 years as an accident-free aviator.
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