Embraer Founder Ozires Silva Receives Guggenheim Medal
Ozires Silva helped establish Embraer in 1969 to produce a project that ultimately became the Bandeirante regional turboprop twin.
Ozires Silva, left, who helped found Embraer in 1969, joined a list of industry pioneers ranging from William Boeing to Igor Sikorsky and Charles Lindbergh who have received the Daniel Guggenheim Medal. (Photo: David McIntosh)
