Vic Syracuse honored with Tony Bingelis Award

Vic Syracuse has been awarded the 2022 Tony Bingelis Award in honor of his many years of hard work as a technical counselor.

The Tony Bingelis Award recognizes EAA technical counselors for dedicated service and/or significant contributions in assisting members to build and restore aircraft.

Recipients of the Tony Bingelis Award are carefully chosen by a committee of their peers as outstanding examples of people whose contributions have positively affected members’ aircraft building or restoration projects.

Vic has over 44 years of aviation experience, including serving in the U.S. Air Force as an avionics maintenance technician. He has built 11 aircraft, helped others finish a large number of aircraft, and performed the first flight on over 30 aircraft. He also has flown over 10,000 hours in 74 different aircraft, has flown over 350 Young Eagles, and serves as an EAA technical counselor and EAA flight advisor.

In addition to all of Vic’s experience, he is also a featured writer in EAA Sport Aviation, writing a monthly column called “Checkpoints.” Tony Bingelis himself also had a column in EAA Sport Aviation, starting in 1972. Vic has authored a number of books on maintenance and prebuy inspections, founded Base Leg Aviation, and posts weekly videos on his YouTube channel.

Congratulations to Vic, and thanks for all the hard work!