Mo le taimi muamua i lona 15-tausaga talaʻaga, o le Living Legends o Vaʻalele ua toe faʻaigoaina lona faʻailoga taua e faʻaaloalo ai vaʻalele fai pisinisi mo a latou olaga atoa ausia. Amata i lenei tausaga, le faʻailoga o le a avea ma le "Kenn Ricci Olaga Faʻatau Avanoa Faʻailoga Taualoa," faʻaigoa i le vaʻavaʻaia vaʻavaʻai ma faʻavae o le Directional Aviation, o le matua o kamupani e aofia ai Flexjet, Sentient Jet, Skyjet, Nextant Aerospace ma Constant Aviation.
O le Living Legends of Aviation na faia e faʻaaloalogia ai aliʻi ma fafine atamamai i vaalele ma ia lagolagoina le Kiddie Hawk Air Academy, lea ua faʻapitoa e faʻalauiloa, aʻoaʻoina, ma faʻaosofia le fiafia o tamaiti i vaʻalele.
O le Kenn Ricci Lifetime Aviation Ent entrepreneursur Award o le a tauaʻaoina ia Ianuari 19, 2018 ia Robert T. Bigelow, o le na faavaeina Bigelow Aerospace, o loʻo uaʻi atu i le fuafuaina, atinaʻeina ma le fausiaina o ni pisinisi e olaola ai, e mafai ona nonofo ai. O tagata ua tuanaʻi na mauaina le Award Life Aviation Ent entrepreneursur Award e aofia ai Sir Richard Branson, o ia na faavaeina kamupani vaalele a le Virgin Atlantic ma Virgin Galactic ma Frederick Smith, o le na faavaeina le FedEx. O Ricci lava na ia mauaina le faʻailoga i le 2017.
Sili atu 700 tagata, aofia ai le tele o le "Living Legends o Vaalele" latou lava, auai i le faaletausaga faailoga sauniga, lea o le a manuia ai le Kiddie Hawk Air Academy. O loʻo fuafuaina e le faʻalapotopotoga le mauaina o le $ 1 miliona i le gala, lea o le a faia i le Beverly Hilton.
"Vaalele, o se 115-tausaga le matua alamanuia, o le mea o loʻo iai nei ona o tagata fai pisinisi pei o Kenn Ricci, o lana vaʻaiga na fesoasoani e faʻatupuina ai le tuputupu aʻe i le selau ma selau o fesoʻotaʻiga vavaega ma kamupani," fai mai FedEx faʻavae Fred Smith, le 2013 Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Taui mauaina ma le Living Legend ia lava.
Ua faʻaopopo Ricci, "Ua faalotomaulaloina aʻu i le toe faaigoaina o le faailoga. Ou te tulimatai atu e faʻamalosia le autalavou e avea ma tagata fai pisinisi vaʻalele i le lumanaʻi, ae maise i le siamupini o le Kiddie Hawk Air Academy, lea e aumaia ai le ola i le miti o vaʻalele mo le fiaafe o tamaiti i tausaga taʻitasi. "
Kiddie Hawk Air Academy faʻalauiloaina tamaiti i vaʻalele e ala i le Kiddie Hawk Air Trainer ma se aʻoaʻoga e aofia ai vaʻalele tusi lanu, mataupu faʻavae o le lele ma moni vaʻaia lesona, e ui lava o ni nai futu mai le eleele. E saili e fausia se lagona o le maofa ma le fiafia i vaʻalele o le a tumau i le olaga atoa ma musuia tamaiti e ausia le tomai aʻoaʻoga e mafai ai ona latou tuliloa vaʻalele-fesoʻotaʻi matata. Talu mai le amataga na faʻaalia le Kiddie Hawk Air Trainer i le 1996, e faitau afe tamaiti na auai i le polokalame.
Polokalame e faʻaaliali ai tagata fou i vaʻalele o se mea taua tele mo Ricci ma le Ricci Family Foundation. O latou o loʻo galulue malosi ile Kiddie Hawk Air Academy faʻapea foi ma Able Flight i le Purdue Polytechnic Institute, e maua ai tagata e le atoʻatoa tino, o le toʻatele o fitafita fitafita, o le tomai e luʻiina i latou lava e ala i toleniga tau vaʻalele e ala ile vaʻalele faʻapitoa Sky Skyrow L600 .
I le faaopoopo atu i le toe faʻaigoaina o le faʻailoga, ua aofia ai e le faʻalapotopotoga ia Ricci i le mea ua avea ma tu masani a le Living Legends of Aviation. O se lomiga faapitoa Breitling uati ua tu'uina atu i nai tagata va'alele filifilia e fa'ailoga mea fa'apitoa ma taua ia latou galuega. Na maua talu ai nei e Kenn Ricci le uati e fa'ailogaina ai lenei fa'amoemoe. O tagata na mauaina muamua na aofia ai le sui o le Living Legends of Aviation John Travolta ma le tagata fai pese Tom Cruise.
"O se faʻamanuiaga le avea ma muamua mauaina le faʻatoa faʻaigoaina ia Kenn Ricci Olaga Faʻalele Avanoa Faʻailoga Taualoa," o le tala lea a Bigelow. "O le naunautaiga o Kenn Ricci i mea fou e ala i le toe fausiaina o vaalele ma lana lagolago i vaalele pisinisi a Aerion o ni faataitaiga sili ia o le auala tatou te mafai ai ona suia le pisinisi vaalele."
