Aviation legends making public appearances
April 23, 2012, 09:15 am
NASA Astronaut Randolph Bresnik will be delivering a keynote address at the 46th International Aviation Show Symposium later this month in Buffalo, New York.
Bresnik has flown for more than 5,000 hours in 8 different aircrafts, while earning a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from The Citadel and a Masters of Science in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. He was the first Citadel alumnus to fly in space.
In November 2009, Bresnik flew as a mission specialist on the space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station. He also participated in the second and third spacewalks of the STS-129 mission. His two spacewalks resulted in more than 11 hours, which was completed after 10 days, 19 hours and 16 minutes in space traveling 4.5 million miles.
The International Aviation Show Symposium aims to foster innovation and new ideas with regard to technological challenges facing the aviation industry and U.S. air transportation systems. Topics at the symposium that experts and enthusiasts will dive into include rising advanced communications and weather reporting systems on the rise. Pilot insurance is another way to protect the aviation industry from unexpected harm and expense.
In addition, The Associated Press reported actor Kevin Costner will be unveiling a memorial honoring soldiers under the 11th aviation command and subordinate units at Fort Knox. Costner plans to speak at the memorial and dedicate a song he wrote for the soldiers to honor the memory of the deceased and offer sympathy to their families.
The Associated Press reported individual soldiers will also be acknowledged at the event for their heroism and achievement within the air force. Captain Melissa Hamper, a public affairs officer in the command, said soldiers being honored specifically are Chief Warrant Officer 4 David Carter, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bryan Nichols, Staff Sergeant Patrick Hamburger, Sergeant Alexander Bennett and Special Spencer Duncan. The soldiers being honored died with 25 other service members when their helicopter crashed in Afghanistan in 2011.
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