Master Mechanic Bernard Michael

Bernard Michael, a former long-time technician with Duncan Aviation, was recently honored as a recipient of the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award. Bernard served his country by joining the Air Force and then attended Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology, where he graduated with an Airframe/Powerplant license and a commercial pilot certificate. In January 1966, he started his 50-year aircraft maintenance career moving around the Midwest where he repaired flight controls for Douglas Aircraft Co. in Oklahoma, performed IA inspections in Iowa, conducted agricultural spraying in Kansas, and was a jet airframe shop supervisor for Duncan Aviation. Read more here.