Murfreesboro man awarded by the FAA at the Murfreesboro Airport

Sep 18, 2014 at 02:34 pm by bryan


The Federal Aviation Administration recently presented Murfreesboro resident Larry Williams with its Master Pilot Award at a ceremony held at the Murfreesboro Airport, in recognition of his contributions to building and maintaining the safest aviation system in the world, through practicing and promoting safe aircraft operations for 50 consecutive years.

Mr. Williams will join the FAA's "Role of Honor," a roster listing all Master Pilot Award recipients that can be viewed on the website at http://FAASafety.gov.

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Williams learned to fly at the Murfreesboro airport in 1964 and has had a long and distinguished aviation career including flight instructing, charter pilot, airline pilot, corporate aviation department manager, university faculty member, aviation author and over 30 years as an FAA Aviation Safety Inspector before his retirement in 2010. S

ince retiring from the FAA he has worked as an international aviation safety expert consulting with foreign civil aviation authorities, airlines, corporate aviation departments and other aviation entities worldwide.

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