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    Wall of Honor Level:
    Air and Space Leader

    Honored by:
    Heather Thieme

    Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award
    Flying & Career History

    Norbert W Thieme

    Birthday: 11/06/1937

    FAA recognition of 50 years of flight experience,professionalism, and commitment to aviation safety on 05/2021.

    Pilot Certificate: 2118399
    Airline Transport Pilot
    Flight Instructor, Instrument, SMEL

    Flight Time: 7404.5 Current

    Home Base: KCXY
    Member: Thompson Flying Club
    PA28-181(TAA) N9131K

    First Solo: 02/03/1971 TRV/N87 PA28
    Private Pilot: 08/13/1971 TRV PA28
    Commercial: 07/20/1973 LDJ C150/C182
    Instrument: 06/14/1974 LDJ C172
    CFI: 04/14/1975 LDJ C150
    ME: 10/17/1975 LDJ PA23
    CFII: 06/17/1982 MDW/LL10 PA28
    ATP: 09/13/1988 MDW PA28
    MEI: 07/15/1990 1C5/LL10 BE76

    Primary Planes Flown:

    Cessna - C150/2 C172 C177RG C182
    Piper - PA23 PA28/R PA32
    Beech BE23 BE33 A36 F36/A BE76

    Familiarization Flights:

    M201 C402 PA31 B55 R20 8KCAB R22/A B747-200(United)

    Flying Career Highlights:

    AOPA Member since 1971
    Naperville Flying Club: (LL10) Flight Instructor 1980-2013
    Flight Safety, KS: A36 Ground School, 01/10-14/2000
    Cessna 182: Owner 12/2000-06/2013
    Certificate of Achievement: Washington DC-SFRA 07/2010

    Alaska Flights (LL10-KANC):
    F33/A 05/1991
    BE33 05/1998
    A36 05/2000
    C182 05/2002

    FIRC: Aviation Seminars, 01/31/2021 (Active to 03/31/2023)

    Memorable Destinations:
    (From LL10) (# of trips)
    Alaska 4 Grand Canyon 1
    Boston 2 Jackson Hole 2
    Canada 5 Los Angeles 2
    Colorado 3 Mackinac Island 2
    Duluth 1 New Orleans 2
    El Paso 5 Ozarks 2
    First Flt 1 Seattle 1
    Florida 4 York 2

    ***
    Military Service: CPT Artillery - Commissioned 1959,
    9 years - active/reserves (OH-23, O-l)

    Academic & Professional Career Overview:

    Ripon College, BA 1959, Indiana University, MBA 1962.
    Kimberly-Clark Corp?€” Marketing and Sales Engineer; PentairNiagara Paper--Vice President: National Accounts.
    Retired, 1995

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