Harold Green
MIDDLETON, WIS. – The “Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award” for 50 years of safe flying was presented to Harold Green of Madison, Wisconsin on September 14, 2010, during a ground school Green was teaching at Morey Airplane Company in Middleton, Wisconsin, where he works full time. Green is a certified instrument flight instructor for single and multi-engine aircraft, and has been flying for 53 years. The Milwaukee Flight Standards District Office also recently named him the “2010 Flight Instructor of the Year” for Wisconsin. In addition to working at Morey’s, Green is a member of the FAASTeam, which holds pilot safety programs free of charge throughout the state.
Green learned to fly in Fair Oaks Sky Park, Sacramento, Calif. in 1957. He received advanced flight training at Morey Airplane Company. He has 7600 total flight hours, 4500 as an instructor. Green has been an instructor at Morey’s since 1976, and a full-time instructor since 2001 when he retired as an electrical engineer consultant.
Green made general aviation a necessary part of his business by making multiple city meetings possible within a single day. “The airplane extended my range from a three-state area to the entire United States, east of the Rockies,” said Green. Green has owned a Ryan PT-22, Beech A-23 Musketeer, Cessna 182P Skylane, and Cessna 310F.
While in the United States Air Force, Green was an airborne radio operator assigned to C-119 and SA-16 aircraft (1954 -1957). He became a reliability engineer for the communication and data equipment onboard Gemini and Apollo spacecraft while with Collins Radio Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. As an engineer Green also led work on the design of engine controls for numerous military and civilian aircraft including the VJ-22 power control system.
Green is a past member of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) Technical Policy Committee. He has taught 15 courses in electronic and electrical engineering throughout Wisconsin (1964-1978), and electronic courses at Madison Area Technical College (1993-1999). Green holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
