BENEFITS OF THE DCAM AWARD

CANADA AVIATION MUSEUM  OTTAWA

The recipient's name is engraved on the prestigious trophy and entered in the associated logbook, both on display in the Museum.



The annual DCAM award has considerable advantages for each year's recipient:

The winning candidate receives a crystal sculpture of an eagle to take home, and additions to the award are offered yearly by our sponsors, who this year are:

From Air Transport Association of Canada:

ATAC provides a venue at their AGM and Tradeshow for the founders, Jane and Rikki Abramson, to present the David Charles Abramson Memorial Flight Instructor Safety Award.  The instructor receiving the award is acknowledged in front of the industry and given national exposure.

From Air Canada:

From Air Canada – Air Canada sponsors the DCAM Flight Instructor Safety Award, by providing transportation for the recipient, who will be presented with the award by Jane & Rikki Abramson at ATAC’S AGM & Convention from Nov 10th – 12th 2008 at the Marriott Hotel & Calgary Telus Convention Centre.

From FlightSafety International:

"FlightSafety International will invite the award recipient to experience and participate in training activities provided at the company's Learning Centers in either Montreal or Toronto.  FlightSafety's Montreal Learning Center provides training programs on the Bombardier Challenger aircraft. Training programs devoted to Bombardier's deHavilland Dash 8 and Twin Otter aircraft are offered at FlightSafety's Learning Center in Toronto."

From Essential Turbines Inc.:

Two nights hotel accommodation with a monetary contribution

From Sennheiser (Canada) Inc.:

HMEC 400 NoiseGard™ Headsets/Pilot's Headset with NoiseGard™ Active Noise Compensation.

The HMEC 400 is a Pilot's headset with closed ear protector headphones and Noisegard(tm) active noise compensation for use in helicopters, propeller and turbo-prop aircraft.

FEATURES

  1. Constant attenuation of up to 40 dB throughout the entire audio range
  2. Advanced transducer design ensures excellent speech intelligibility
  3. Electronics fully integrated into headphone capsules
  4. Can be used as conventional headphones when supply voltage is switched off
  5. Noise-compensated boom microphone for superior speech transmission

From the Canadian Forces Snowbirds:

A congratulatory letter and hard-mounted, signed lithograph

From Wings, Canada’s national aviation magazine

National media coverage

 

 

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