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AgustaWestland Safety Award Goes To Instructor Pilot Chris Horton

CFI Chris Horton, winner of this year's AgustaWestland Safety Award, became interested in flight safety while he was a student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz.

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

February 27, 2014

Chris Horton, the recipient of the 2014 AgustaWestland Safety Award, is on a mission to “make safety sexy,” primarily to better reach his generation of pilots. “We’re pretty much glued to our iPhones, iPads, Facebook, Twitter,” he told AIN. “We get our news from social media. Safety education can be done that same way.” At 27, Horton is likely the youngest person to ever receive the HAI safety award.

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