The November 18th dinner meeting speaker, Dr. John Olds, is the Chief Executive Officer of SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc., Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc. and Terminal Velocity Aerospace, LLC here in Atlanta. Dr. Olds served as a professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech and a director of the school's Space Systems Design Lab. Prior to that he was an aerospace engineer with General Dynamics' Space Systems Division and later served as a Visiting Assistant Professor with N. C. State University's Mars Mission Research Center. Dr.

During the June 2014 AVIATION 2014 event, Alfredo Hernandez, Engineering & Technology teacher at the Hall County, Georgia World Language Academy, attended the AIAA Electric Cargo Airplane Workshop. In September, the Atlanta Section loaned the school equipment for their program. Mr. Hernandez provided the following update.

The Atlanta Section 2014 Aerospace Corporation of the Year Award went to Delta Air Lines, their management and employees for making Delta Air Lines the largest airline in the world and a leader in commercial aviation worldwide. The award was presented by Atlanta Section Chair Bob Greene to Captain Steve Dickson, Senior Vice President-Flight Operations for Delta at the AIAA AVIATION 2014 Conference in Atlanta.