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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Mr. Robert N. Hange

Pat Hange, of Arcadia, FL, received the Federal Aviation Administration’s Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award in a special ceremony at the Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa, FL, on August 29, 2000. Of the over 600 recipients of this award since its inception in 1993, Pat is unique in that she is the first certificated woman aircraft mechanic to receive this award. This award recognizes those aircraft mechanics or repairmen who have engaged in 50 or more years of aviation maintenance, at least 30 years of which are as the holder of an FAA Aircraft Mechanic or Repairman Certificate.