Among aerospace personalities honoured in the UK New Year honours list are: Roger Hurn, chairman and chief executive of Smiths Industries, who receives a knighthood for services to the engineering industry; Bill Gunston, a former technical editor of Flight International, who receives the OBE for services to aviation journalism; Alan Macdonald, former chief executive of Jetstream Aircraft, awarded an OBE for services to the aviation industry; and David Ogilvy, executive vice-chairman of the British Light Aviation Centre, who receives an OBE for services to aviation.
Source: Flight International
