Nick Lappos—

Combat & Test Pilot,

Engineer & Executive,
Aviation Legend
Retirement Party
Tuesday, January 23
5:30-9:30 PM
Great River Golf Club
130 Coram Lane, Milford CT

Cocktail Hour with Cash Bar Starts at 5:30 PM

Buffet Dinner with Coffee Tea and Dessert Starts at 6:30
Formal and Invited Remarks Following Dinner

RSVP and Payment Due by Thursday, January 11

Spouses and Guests are Welcome
Price per Person is $60 Cash, including gift

The venue has limited seating so respond and arrange payment as soon as
possible to guarantee your place!

Contact by email or phone:

Paul Inguanti 203 386-6541 paul.c.inguanti@lmco.com
Chip Berezin 203 386-4084 charles.r.berezin@lmco.com
Dave Walsh 561 775-5223 dave.m.walsh@lmco.com

Nick Lappos is a Sikorsky Aircraft Senior Technical Fellow in Advanced

Technology, responsible for the Technical Fellow community and introduction of
advanced technologies into new and existing products. He has flown over 70
different helicopter types, achieving over 7,500 hours of flight time, and is the
holder of three FAI world speed records.

Nick started his career at Sikorsky Aircraft in 1973 as a Chief Research and
Development Test Pilot, flying over 27 years for Sikorsky. He participated in
development of the S76, UH-60, RAH-66, ABC, Fantail, Shadow, CH-53E, and S-
92. Nick then worked as Director of Test Engineering and the Flight Test
Development Center and later served as S-92 Program Director during
development, certification, and awarding of the Robert J. Collier Trophy.

Nick left Sikorsky in 2005 to become Vice President of Government Programs at

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp, where he was responsible for production and
maintenance of Gulfstream jets to meet special mission requirements for
governments worldwide. He then joined Bell Helicopter in 2008, first as Senior
Vice President of XworX and later as Chief Technology Officer responsible for the
development of new products, internal R&D and rapid prototyping. Nick returned
to Sikorsky in 2011 as Senior Technical Fellow.

Nick holds a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of

Technology where he was on the Dean's List, part of Who's Who, Tau Beta Pi,
Sigma Gamma Tau, and the Academy of Distinguished Alumni.
Nick is a Technical Fellow of the American Helicopter Society as well as three-time
Frederick Feinberg Award recipient. He is a member of several NASA, AHS, FAA
and AGARD Committees and is Chairman of the Vertical Lift Consortium,
chartered to help the U.S. Department of Defense steer the development of the
next generation of rotorcraft. He has received the Society of Experimental Test
Pilots Tenhoff Award, the Sir Barnes Wallis Medal from UK Guild of Air Pilots and
Navigators, and holds 18 U.S. patents. Nick authored technical papers for the
AHS, Royal Aeronautical Society and SAE, and has written articles for "Rotor and
Wing," "Interavia," and "HeliOps Magazine." He also has appeared on several
television shows on the History and Discovery channels.

Nick is a US Army Vietnam veteran, having flown Cobra attack helicopters. He was
awarded the Bronze Star and the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry.