Administrator Flight Experience Awards

From left, pilot Doug "Tut" Demko, NASA employees Gary O’Neil, Tammy Fenk, Alec Jacobs, and pilot Scott "Gomex" Glaser participate in an employee incentive flying event using NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's personal F-5 aircraft, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As part of the agency’s Flight Experience Award program, the employees donned NASA flight suits, completed preflight briefings, and experienced a unique flight. The ride-along flight experience award program highlights NASA’s commitment to celebrating excellence across the workforce.

From left, pilot Doug "Tut" Demko, NASA employees Gary O’Neil, Tammy Fenk, Alec Jacobs, and pilot Scott "Gomex" Glaser participate in an employee incentive flying event using NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's personal F-5 aircraft, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As part of the agency’s Flight Experience Award program, the employees donned NASA flight suits, completed preflight briefings, and experienced a unique flight. The ride-along flight experience award program highlights NASA’s commitment to celebrating excellence across the workforce.

Photographer NASA/Kim Shiflett
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