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AOPA In-House Experts: Bruce Landsberg

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Bruce Landsberg—President, AOPA Foundation

Bruce Landsberg is the president of the AOPA Foundation. Prior to accepting that expanded position, he headed of the AOPA Air Safety Foundation for 18 years, from 1992 until 2010. He is responsible for all of the foundation’s activities including air safety, safety seminars, publications, online courses, and special educational and research projects.

The Air Safety Foundation has been nationally recognized with numerous awards on aviation safety leadership and educational program excellence. Landsberg writes the monthly “Safety Pilot” column in AOPA Pilot magazine and is a regular contributor to AOPA Flight Training magazine. He serves on many committees to represent general aviation safety interests in the FAA, NASA, NTSB, National Weather Service, and various industry groups. ASF has become the leading general aviation safety organization conducting more than 200 free educational seminars annually, recertifying more flight instructors, and averaging more than 30,000 online course completions monthly.

Prior to joining the AOPA Air Safety Foundation, Landsberg was product marketing manager for FlightSafety International in Wichita, Kansas, and manager for Cessna Aircraft Company’s Air Age education department.

A former U.S. Air Force officer, he holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master's degree in industrial technology from the University of Maryland.

Landsberg has logged more than 6,000 hours with airline transport pilot (ATP), single-engine, multiengine, and instrument flight instructor certificates.

If you are interested in arranging an interview with Mr. Landsberg, please contact AOPA Media Relations at 301.695.2162 or newsroom@aopa.org

June 29, 2010