AAA Headquarters' Choice Award - June 2011 Pauls Valley, OK Fly-in

Keynote Speaker for the 2009 Short Wing Piper Club Convention in Knoxville, TN
(Book signing also hosted during the Convention)

Book Signing for Sparky's First Book - A Hunger for the Sky
Hosted During the 2009 Swift National Fly-in, in Athens, TN

"At AirVenture the EAA presented aviation writer Sparky Barnes Sargent with its EAA-Flying Bax Seat Award, awarded annually to an aviation journalist whose work embodies the spirit of longtime Flying columnist Gordon Baxter. Senior Editor Robert Goyer presented Sparky with the trophy at the event. For three decades Baxter made his loyal readers smile, laugh and fall in love with aviation all over again, and Sparky fits the mold to a T. She's not only a writer, she's an accomplished pilot and a builder. ... Several years ago Sparky rebuilt the Vagabond from the ground up. She eventually wrote a master's theses, as well as several articles in the aviation press, about the project. Sparky has written for Southern Aviator, General Aviation News, Vintage Airplane, Custom Planes and Private Pilot. Congratulations, Sparky."