The PlAProducts - Parachute Industry Association
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ADD ENDI'IVT<br />
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PTA AWARDS COMMITTEE<br />
ADDENDUM<br />
FOR MBETTNG 18 JAN 91<br />
MEMBERS: Deborah Blackmon, Chair<br />
Jean Beck<br />
Dan Poynter<br />
Dan Tarasievich, President<br />
Bravo Bravo Aviation<br />
DJ Associates<br />
ParaPublishinq<br />
ParaPhenalia<br />
COMMTTTEE PRO.]ECTS:<br />
A9{-O01. Don Eeck Memorial Award. Awarded plaque to Dan-San<br />
Abbott, 199O recipient, at Symposium Banquet 24 .lan 9l.<br />
Tntrocluction speech by Chair: Good eveningr ladies and gent_'lemen<br />
of the parachute industry. We are here tonight to pr"esent the<br />
199O Farachute Indu.stry <strong>Association</strong> 1-i f etime achievement award ,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Don Beck Memorial Award is awarded "for the achierzements<br />
which have withstood the test of time."<br />
Tt is all award presented by the leaders in the parachr-rte<br />
industry. Tt has been named of Mr. Don Beck, one of the founders<br />
of PTA as an organization. It was throu.gh his efforts that<br />
-Leaders of or-r.r indr-rstry organized j n January I977 io aclcl ress<br />
probLers of safety and compatibillty of parachu.te svstems, That:<br />
was 15 y'ears ago,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Don Eeck MerncriaL Award recognizes men who have contributed<br />
significantly {:nrouohout tneir Iifetimes to the technrr:a.l<br />
deve-lopment of sport parachuting.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re a.!1e g'reat men in th-1 s rc)om tonight,<br />
the past recipients of this award.<br />
Great men. I'hev are<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are sti i. I other great mcjn irr this room tonight--those<br />
d-estined to receivr.:d this awaro. You, are the men taking that<br />
step f orward into the future of cnlr sport. You are tt-re crrres<br />
trsing rrew designs, using new materiaLs, and creat i,ng new<br />
tL:chno-togy. Your own techno'l ogV. . . the technol ogy o11r chi ldren<br />
wiil. be jumping.<br />
A- cuvrd you tcnight , sit the men who are personal-ty lesponsible<br />
f,cr keeping trn'e aL jve f or seventeen years. Men r"rho have marle<br />
skydiving what it is today, how s;rf e it is t-lrday, and are<br />
creat ing what wi I I be ortr t()morrow.<br />
We have chosen to honor one of the men toniqlht. This man is Mi..<br />
Dan-San Abbott. For those that do not sr:eak Chinese. Mr. Dan<br />
Abbott.<br />
Dan Abbott lays claim to creating some of the "c_Lassics" of orlr<br />
past parachute history. As a clesign engineer and vice-president
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