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Lindbergh Foundation at

2007 EAA AirVenture

 

These photos are being made available to members of the media only for the purpose of reporting on the Lindbergh Foundation announcements at the 2007 EAA AirVenture.  Any other use is expressly prohibited without permission from the Lindbergh Foundation.  Please contact Kelley Welf at kwelf@lindberghfoundation.org to discuss any other use.  

Please use the following photo credit:  "Provided courtesy of the Lindbergh Foundation"

 

Tom Ehresman, Inventor, Loveland, Colorado

2007 Lindbergh-Lycoming Aviation Grant Recipient

Project title:  "Creating A Direct Injection Igniter Fuel Nozzle to Eliminate the Use of Leaded Fuels in Existing High Power Density Aircraft Piston Engines."

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Ehresman stands in front of an example of a high performance aircraft engine which will benefit from his project.  This particular engine (built by Lycoming) is installed on a Beechcraft Duke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesley A. Weitz

2006 Lindbergh-Lycoming Aviation Grant Recipient

Project title:  "Reducing Fuel Inefficiencies and Noise Pollution from Aircraft by Exploring the Wider use of Continuous Descent Approaches at Busy Airports."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Several 2007 Lindbergh Grant recipients were at the 2007 Lindbergh Award Celebration. 

From left to right:  Amy Lang, Max Teplitski, William Knecht, Jason Edens, James Smith, Clare Hallward (Chairman of the Lindbergh Grants Selection Committee), Tom Ehresman, John Zhai, Peter Girguis, and Catherine Cloud.

Their projects address:  aviation (Lang, Knecht, Ehresman); coral reef health (Teplitski); economics of solar heating for energy assistance programs (Edens); purifying drinking water (Smith), energy efficient building technology (Zhai); microbial fuel cells from soil (Girguis); and sustainable agriculture (Cloud).

 

This photo was taken by Kent Flemmer.

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