First Place - Tunnel Vision

By Ben Castic, LL 41, South Side Machine Works, St.Louis, MO

Gus Patakas, a 20-year member, deburrs a furnace section cylinder after facing and turning the pilot.

Second Place - Prime Mover

By Mike Kowalsky, LL 498, Metra – Rebuild Facility, Chicago, IL

Machinists Dave May and Mark Kufahl get ready to install a prime mover into a rebuilt locomotive.

Third Place - Feel the Heat

By Ed Griffith, LL 2061, United Space Alliance, Kennedy Space Center, FL

Crawler Transporter Mechanic Tech Rob Hemric checks for hot bearings during the rollout of Space Shuttle Discovery.

Honorable Mention - Preparing the Super Hornet Wing for Assembly

By Thomas Pinski, LL 837B, The Boeing Company, St. Louis, MO

Carline Lang, left, and Patsy Reddick prepare and seal an F/A/8 Super Hornet inner wing.

Honorable Mention - Doing it Right

By Dave McWaters, LL 1788
Invar Manufacturing, Batawa, Ontario

Julie Andrews checks the final inside cut on a cylinder liner machined on a manual lathe.

Honorable Mention - Repairing Work Platform

By David Cummins, LL 2003, Army Fleet Support, Ft. Rucker, AL

IAM members Ozie Tubbs, Chris Kelley, James Waters, Rodney Leger and Thomas Buchler perform maintenance on a Lift-A-Loft work platform used to maintain CH-47 Chinook military helicopters.

Honorable Mention - Missile Shell Preparation

By Ronald Oliver, LL 837-A, Boeing, Hazelwood, MO

Bill Brock working on a missile shell.

Honorable Mention - Paper Machine Shut Down

By Nicole Callahan, LL 1713, PCA Tomahawk Mill, Tomahawk, WI

Jim Nyberg heats a drive gear.

Honorable Mention - Aeronautic Welding

By Philippe Deschênes, LL 869, Rolls-Royce Canada, Montreal, Quebec

Sylvain Beaulieu, a welder in the combustion cell, works on an exhaust mixer of an Allison turbine engine.

Honorable Mention - Cindy Runs a Drill Press

By Steve Albrecht, LL 1259, Tecumseh Power, New Holstein, WI

Cindy Bales drills crank shafts on a multiple drill press.

Honorable Mention - Aloha Spirit

By Andrea R. Gray, LL 1245, Aloha Airlines, Lihue, HI

Ken Kashiwabara unloading freight from aircraft in the rain during the night shift.

Honorable Mention - Preparing an Office

By Frank Kammerer, LL 912, GE Aircraft Engines, Evendale, OH

General Maintenance Tradesman Robbie Hutchison prepares an office for flooring at the GE Aircraft plant in Evendale, OH.

Honorable Mention
Final Inspection

By Joseph B. Fortunato, LL 1947, Mercury Marine, Fond du Lac, WI

Assemblers Tony Wright and Michael Schmidt wipe down and inspect a Verado outboard engine prior to boxing the engine.

Honorable Mention
Lowering Locomotive on its Wheels

By Thomas Ringgold, LL 325, Union Pacific Railroad, N. Little Rock, AR

Machinists Clarence Howard and Stanley Jones lower a locomotive onto its rebuilt trucks.