Reminder to Editors: NBAA Gold Wing Award Applications Due August 21

Contacts: Dan Hubbard, (202) 783-9360, dhubbard@nbaa.org
Patrick Dunne, (202) 783-9263, pdunne@nbaa.org

Washington, DC, June 24, 2009 – Applications for the 2009 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Gold Wing Award are due Friday, August 21, 2009. Entries should have appeared in print, online, or on-air between June 1, 2008, and June 19, 2009.

The NBAA Gold Wing Award is presented annually for excellent, accurate and insightful reporting on issues related to business aviation by trade or non-trade media in print, web-based, or broadcast formats. The NBAA Gold Wing Award recognizes journalism’s important role in reporting the significant contributions of business aviation to the national economy.

Award recipients receive an honorarium at the NBAA Annual Meeting & Convention Media Kickoff Breakfast. Co-authors of a winning entry will share honorarium.

Learn more and download a copy of the application at: http://www.nbaa.org/about/awards/gold.

Founded in 1947 and based in Washington, DC, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is the leading organization for companies that rely on general aviation aircraft to help make their businesses more efficient, productive and successful. The Association represents more than 8,000 companies and provides more than 100 products and services to the business aviation community, including the NBAA Annual Meeting & Convention, the world’s largest civil aviation trade show. Learn more about NBAA at www.nbaa.org.

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