The “Living legends of Aviation” are an exclusive group of 100 highly accomplished people of Aviation. The important criteria of a “Living Legends of Aviation” are: Aviation Entrepreneurs, Industry Leaders, Astronauts, Record Breakers, Innovators, Pilots that have become celebrities and celebrities that have become Pilots.
George McGovern was a charter member of the “Living Legends of Aviation” organization and was also Greschke’s sponsoring Legend. A highly decorated B-24 Captain of WWII and a recipient of the “Bob Hoover Freedom of Flight Award,” McGovern also sponsored Greschke in 1963 at the American Legion's “Boys Nation” when McGovern was South Dakota's Senator serving in the U.S. Senate.
Greschke was a US Air Force F-4 and F- 15 instructor Pilot with 150 missions in Vietnam. He served USAF for 22 years and after his retirement, he worked for the Air Force Research Laboratory in Mesa, Dayton, Ohio. He began as the lead Research Testbed Engineer and later Engineering Manager at the Warfighter Readiness Research Division of AFRL developing advanced distributed mission training technologies for the US Department of Defense, the Air Force, the Ministry of Defence United Kingdom and several other NATO nations. The technologies developed won numerous national and international awards during his tenure.
The Annual “Living Legends of Aviation Awards” are produced by the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating children and inspiring them to pursue careers in Aviation. The Awards Banquets are held each year in January at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Susweta Bose [Masters in Mass Comm ]
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