WASHINGTON, MARCH 24, SPA -- THE SAUDI EMBASSY HERE HELD HERE LAST NIGHT A CEREMONY UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO THE US ADEL BIN AHMAD AL-JUBEIR IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMITTEE OF THE SAUDI ARABIA'S FRIENDS TO DELIVER HART ANNUAL PRIZE TO ONE OF THE AMERICANS WHO HAD EARLIER WORKED FOR ENHANCING SAUDI-AMERICAN RELATIONS FOLLOWING THE HISTORICAL MEETING OF LATE KING ABDULAZIZ AND THEN US PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. AMBASSADOR AL-JUBEIR HANDED OVER THE PRIZE TO CAPTAIN JOY GRANT, 98, WHO WORKED AS THE FIRST PILOT FOR LATE KING ABDULAZIZ AND FLEW THE DO3, THE FIRST TO ARRIVE IN THE KINGDOM AS A GIFT TO KING ABDULAZIZ FROM ROOSEVELT. THAT PLANE WAS THE NUCLEUS OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES (SAA).--MORE www.spa.gov.sa/435016