Richard
Koehler, of Burke, Va. has been selected as the 2007 recipient of the
Experimental Aircraft Association’s Tony Bingelis Award, recognizing his
involvement as an active volunteer Technical Counselor and aircraft
builder.
Koehler (EAA #161427) has shared his knowledge of
aircraft and provided thousands of hours of advice to builders as a
Technical Counselor for more than 17 years. Koehler, the 2005 recipient of
the Bax Seat Trophy from FLYING magazine for his aviation writing, also
teaches an electrical systems class as a volunteer EAA SportAir workshop
instructor.
Koehler has built a KR-2 and restored two Mooneys
and a Swift. He also has many published articles in EAA’s Sport Aviation
magazine and in chapter newsletters. Koehler continues to give
presentation forums to educate and guide aircraft builders and instructs
the sheet metal and composite workshops at AirVenture.
Koehler will receive his award at the EAA
Homebuilder’s Dinner on Thursday, July 26, 2007, held during the annual
EAA AirVenture fly-in convention in Oshkosh, Wis.
The Tony Bingelis Award, created in 2002, recognizes
those who give significant encouragement of aircraft projects, promotion
of air safety, and maintaining the values of the Experimental Aircraft
Association. Bingelis wrote over 300 how-to articles and four homebuilding
books before his death in 2001. Bingelis was also a founding member of
Chapter 187 in Austin, Texas, in 1963, and helped organize the EAA
Southwest Regional Fly-In in 1965.
