List of Past Recipients

1958 James R. Gannett Boeing First Commercial Jet
Joseph J. Tymcyzszyn CAA Transport Certification

1959 Robert G. Ferry, Maj USAF XV-3 Convertiplane

1960 A. Scott Crossfield North American X-15 Program
William M. Magruder Douglas DC-8 Flight Test Program

1961 Joseph A. Walker NASA X-15 Program
Robert M. White, Maj USAF

1962 Donald W. McCracken McDonnell F-4 Mach Investigation

1963 Astronaut Team, NASA Mercury Program
Scott Carpenter, LCDR USN
Leroy G. Cooper, Maj USAF
John H. Glenn, Jr. Lt Col USMC
Virgil I. Grissom, Capt USAF
Walter M. Schirra, CDR USN
Alan B. Shepard, CDR USN
Donald K. Slayton, Maj USAF

1964 Pilots of YF12A (A-11) Lockheed Super-Secret Project
Louis W. Schalk
William C. Park
Robert J. Gilliland
James D. Eastham

1965 Alvin S. White North American XB-70 Supersonic Flight

1966 Milton O. Thompson NASA M2/F2-Lifting Body Program

1967 Richard L. Johnson General Dynamics F-111 Program

1968 Drury W. Wood, Jr Dornier Werke DO31 Test Program-VTOL Flight

1969 Co-Winners:
Jerauld R. Gentry, Maj USAF, NASA/FRC Lifting Body Program
James A. McDivitt, Col USAF/NASA Appollo IX Mission, test of LM maneuvering

1970 Co-Winners:
Darryl G. Greenamyer Lockheed World speed record for piston engine airplane Apollo XI Team Moon landing and return
Neil A. Armstrong NASA
Edwin E. Aldrin, Col USAF/NASA
Michael Collins, Col USAF/NASA

1971 Andre Turcat Aerospatiale Joint test programs of:
E. Brian Trubshaw British Aircraft Concorde aircraft Corporation

1972 Apollo XVI Crew Moon landing and return
John W. Young, CAPT USN, NASA
Thomas K. Mattingly CDR USN, NASA
Charles M. Duke, Lt Col USAF/NASA
Donlad R. Segner Lockheed-California For accomplishments in Company testing the Cheyenne helicopter

1973 Charles A. Sewell Grumman Aerospace Spin Prevention Testing in F-14-A TOMCAT

1974 Irving L. Burrows McDonnell Airccraft Outstanding professional Company contributions as a test pilot during F15A development program

1975 John E. Krings McDonnell Aircraft As Project Pilot on F15A Company high angle of attack characteristics test program

1976 Charles C. Bock, Jr Rockwell International For his outstanding accomplishments on the B-1 Program

1977 Fitzhugh L. Fulton, Jr NASA/Dryden Flight 747/Space Shuttle Carrrier Research Center

1978 James M. Patton Jr. NASA/Langley Research Stall/Spin Flight Research Center
Fred W. Haise, Jr NASA/JSC Space Shuttle
Joe H. Engle, Col USAF
Charles Fullerton, Lt Col USAF
Richard H. Truly, CDR USN

1979 Philip F. Oestricher General Dynamics Corp. F-16 Flight Test Program
Robert C. Ettinger, Lt Col USAF

1980 Dorman A. Cannon Bell Helicopter Textron Tilt Rotor XH5
Ronald G. Erhart Bell Helicopter Textron

1981 John W. Young NASA Space Shuttle Columbia
Robert L. Crippen, CAPT USN

1982 Thomas C. McMurtry NASA AD-1 Oblique Wing Program

1983 John M. Hoffman, Lt Col USAF For Outstanding contribution to the dirivative F-15 fighter planes

1984 Donald L. Bloom Bell Helicopter 0H-58C helicopter spin phenomena
Charles A. Sewell Grumman Aerospace Low Altitude high angle
Corporation of attack, asymmetric thrust flight test program on the F-14.

1985 William W. Lowe McDonnell Douglas AV-8B High Angle of Attack Corporation Test Program

1986 David A. Kerzie Lockheed Corp. U-2/TR-1 extremely high altitude investigative and exploratory flights to determine flutter characteristics.

1987 Guy Mitaux-Maurouard Avions Marcel Dassault Rafale Flight Test Program
Richard G. Rutan Voyager Aircraft, Inc. Successful Around-the-world
Jeana Yeager Voyager Aircraft, Inc. non-stop, non-refueled flight of the Voyager aircraft

1988 Channing S. Morse McDonnell Douglas NOTAR Helicopter
Helicopter Company Development Program

1989 Addison S. Thompson Rockwell International B-1B high alpha envelope
Randy Gaston, Lt Col USAF expansion and flight control system development
William C. Park, Jr Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Research and development
N. Kenneth Dyson, Lt Col USAF flights of prototype

Retroactive 1979 aircraft that led to production of F-117 Stealth Fighter

1990 Bruce J. Hinds, Jr. Northrop Corporation B-2 Flight Test Program
Richard S. Couch, Col USAF

1991 Paul Metz Northrop Corporation YF-23 ATF Prototype
David L. Ferguson Lockheed Corporation YF-22 ATF Prototype

1992 Daniel C. Brandenstein, CAPT USN Space Shuttle/Satellite Recovery

1993 Allan T. Reed McDonnell Douglas T-45 High Angle of Attack and Corporation Flying Qualities & Spin Evaluation

1994 Christopher J. Yeo British Aerospace Eurofighter 2000 Flight Test
Peter Weger Deutsche Aerospace Program

1995 John E. Cashman The Boeing Company 777 Flight Test Program

1996 Erwin Danuwinata IPTN Expansion and flight tests leading to FAA/JAA certification
Ken Dyson & Richard Thomas Tacit Blue Program (Retroactive 1982)
Jon S. Beesley USAF F-117 Combined Test Force, Harold C. Farley Lockheed, David L. Ferguson Lockheed & Thomas A. Morgenfeld Lockheed (Retroactive 1983)

1997 Douglas B. Shane Scaled Composites V-Jet II and Vision Aire Vantage

1998 Gary Freeman Gulfstream Aerospace G-V Certification Test Program

1999 Michael Melvill Scaled Composites Proteus high-altitude multimission aircraft

2000 Jeremy Tracy GKN Westland Helicopters

2001 Wg Cdr Rajiv Kothiyal, Indian AF

2002 - Herb Moran

2003 - Thomas L. Macdonald, Bell-Boeing High Rate of Decent (HROD) testing for the V-22

2004 - SpaceShipOne Test Team , Mike Melvill, Brian Binnie & Peter Sielbold, Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne

2005 - Randy Neville Boeing F-22

2006 - Norman E. Howell, Boeing, C-17

2007 - Jon S. Beesley, Lockheed Martin, F-35A and Bird of Prey Test Team (Retroactive from 1997), Rudy Haug, Boeing; Doug Benjamin, Boeing; Joe Felock, Boeing