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10/1/00                                                                                          

First Woman Receives Charles Taylor Award 

Patricia Hange is the first fully qualified female to receive the Charles Taylor  award.  She was presented this special award on September 28, 2000, in Tampa, FL by the local FAA office.  Hange was nominated by the Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance (AWAM). 

AWAM President, Marcia Buckingham, was present at the ceremony honoring Hange.  As a member of AWAM and a Charles Taylor recipient, Hange has now been nominated to Women in Aviation pioneer Hall of Fame. 

The Charles Taylor award is named after the man who made the powerplant for the Wright Flyer.  To be eligible for this award, one must have had fifty active years as an aviation maintenance technician. 

Buckingham said, “It is gratifying to know  women like Patricia Hange and realize the contribution she has made to aviation history especially in the maintenance area”.