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An invitation to AHS Award Nomination Form Nominations are due by February 26 honor Please nominate online at www.vtol.org/awards-and contests/awards-nomination. innovation and If you are not able to register online, please contact Liz Malleck at (703) 684-6777 x107 excellence for a paper form. in vertical flight technology and its applications

The AHS International Awards Program AHS International has a tradition for honoring the vertical flight industry’s most outstanding achievements. Established in 1944, the Society’s Awards Program provides an international showcase for the finest work and research in the industry. Whether it be for a single outstanding contribution or achievement, a major technical innovation, an act of heroism, long and valued service or work that further advances the frontiers of vertical flight technology and its applications, the Society’s awards attract worldwide recognition.

Who is eligible for an award? The Society’s Awards recognize achievement at all levels and in all disciplines. Anyone working in the vertical flight industry, anywhere in the world, whether in academia, airframes, engines, systems, the military services, government, research, manufacturing, or in civil and commercial operations or in any other discipline involved in vertical flight is eligible. The Awards Program is structured to recognize individuals at various stages of their careers. Who makes the nominations? he simple answer is you do. You have an important and responsible role to play in identifying those of your colleagues deserving of special T recognition. If there is someone, or a group of persons, you feel is making an outstanding contribution to the world of vertical flight, please read through this brochure, select the appropriate award and make your recommendation.

How do you nominate someone? ominations are welcomed from members and nonmembers of the Society. You should be able to select the appropriate award for your Nnominee from the details in this brochure. Should you require further information, however, please contact members of the AHS staff who will be pleased to help, and you can visit our web site at www.vtol.org/awards-and-contests/ahs-international-awards for more information. You may nominate deserving colleagues or teams online at our web site www.vtol.org/awards-and-contests/award-nominations. Award AHS International – The Vertical Flight Technical Society nominations must be submitted by February 26. Nominations and endorsements are first considered by the Awards Committee, which is chaired 217 N. Washington Street • Alexandria, VA 22314-2538 by the Chairman of the AHS Board of Directors. The committee also includes representatives from academia, government and private industry, plus the AHS Technical Director and, on a nonvoting basis, the AHS Executive Director. The Awards Committee then submits a list of recom- Tel: (703) 684-6777 • Fax: (703) 739-9279 mended recipients to the Executive Committee of the Society for consideration and final approval. Email: [email protected] • Website: www.vtol.org The successful nominee will be informed prior to the Annual Forum of his or her award. All nominations are treated as strictly confidential. Previous winners include Igor I. Sikorsky, Frederick L. Feinberg Award Bell-Boeing and NAVAIR V-22 Team, Sikorsky AHS Technical Fellow Awards more than 300 helicopter rescue missions. AHS Awards Louis Brequet, Bartram Kelley, Robert Aircraft Cypher Unmanned Vehicle Program Previous winners include Dr. Farhan Gan- ince 1961, the Frederick L. Feinberg Team, and Dr. John Zuk. he title of Technical Fellow is granted Lichten, Bernard Lindenbaum, Ralph Alex, Award has been presented to the pilot(s) to Society members who have made dhi, Dr. Michael Torok, Dr. Catherine Ferrie, Charles Kaman, Stanley Hiller, Joseph Mal- S T Dr. Nikhil Koratkar, Dr. Anubhav Datta and of a vertical flight aircraft who accomplished Howard Hughes Award notable and outstanding technical con- Honorary Fellows len, Russian designer Marat Tischenko, the most outstanding achievement in the tributions to the vertical flight commu- Ryan Ehinger. Francois LeGrand, Walter Sonneborn and preceding year. It honors the memory of he Howard Hughes Award is given for nity during their career. Under award he title of Honorary Fellow is granted to many others. an outstanding helicopter test pilot and an Tan outstanding improvement in fun- guidelines, up to four Technical Fellows AHS Supplier Excellence Award Thighly distinguished Society members exemplary man. damental helicopter technology brought may be recognized in any single year. who have made exceptional leadership, Captain William J. Kossler to fruition during the preceding year. The reated in 1995, the AHS Supplier Excel- lence Award is given to a supplier that innovative or technical contributions that Previous Feinberg Award winners include award is intended to foster accomplish- Previous winners include Dean Borgman, C Award has made a notable contribution to the verti- have significantly advanced the AHS and the Marine Corps HMH-461 aircrew which ments in the basic science and technology Bruno Lovera, Frank Robinson, Nicholas cal flight industry through the quality, inno- the vertical flight community during their he Kossler Award, established in 1951, in 1991 rescued the US Embassy garrison disciplines of the vertical flight community, Lappos, Dr. John W. Leverton, Dr. Daniel P. vation, and cost effectiveness of its products. career. The granting of Honorary Fellows Tis given for the greatest achievement in in Mogadishu, Somalia; a Coast Guard flight such as aerodynamics, dynamics, structures, Schrage, Dr. Robert A. Ormiston, Dr. Wayne is in perpetuity, and a certificate and life the practical application or operation of a crew which performed a successful night- propulsion, human factors, electronics, Johnson, Dr. J. Gordon Leishman and Mark Previous winners include Lord Corporation, membership in the Society is given to each vertical flight aircraft, the value of which has time rescue more than 500 miles at sea off the simulation, testing and systems integra- E. Dreier. Martin-Baker Aircraft Co., Helicopter Sup- Honorary Fellow elected. No more than two been demonstrated by actual service during North Carolina coast; and test pilots Charles tion. The award was established in 1977 by port, Inc., Goodrich Corporation and The such awards are given in any single year. the preceding year. The award honors the Parlier, Edward Wilson and Nicholas Lappos. Hughes Helicopters to honor the memory John J. Schneider memory of a US Coast Guard airman, aero- H-53 Engine Team, GE Aviation. of Howard Hughes and his pioneering ac- Historical Achievement Award The list of previous winners includes many nautical engineer, and early advocate of heli- complishments in aviation. industry pioneers: Colonel H. Franklin copters in search and rescue operations. Igor Sikorsky stablished in 2003, in the memory of Robert L. Pinckney Award Gregory, USAF and Igor I. Sikorsky (both Previous Kossler Award recipients include International Trophy Previous winners include John F. Ward of Evertical flight historian/designer John he Robert L. Pinckney Award is given 1944), Arthur M. Young, Dr. Alexander the Russian military and civil pilots who NASA, Robert A. Ormiston, the McDonnell J. Schneider, this award is given to an in- for a notable achievement in man- Klemin, Frank N. Piasecki, Stanley Hiller, he Igor I. Sikorsky International Trophy, T participated (and gave their lives) in the the Douglas NOTAR Team, the Boeing Helicop- dividual for distinguished achievement in ufacturing research and development Charles H. Kaman, Lawrence D. Bell, and Jean created by Sikorsky Aircraft in 1961, Chernobyl nuclear incident, the Operation T ters 360 Team, and Anton J. Landgrebe. encouraging appreciation of, and enhanc- for vertical flight aircraft or components Ross Howard, among others, are among the honors the memory of a true pioneer in Desert Storm Apache Strike Team, KLM ing access to, the history and legacy of brought to fruition in the preceding year. prestigious list of AHS Honorary Fellows. aeronautics, an extraordinary engineer, North Sea Helicopters, British Airways Harry T. Jensen Award vertical flight aviation. The selection of The Award was created by Boeing in 1995 These names are representative only and a designer, entrepreneur, and occasional test Helicopters, Columbia Helicopters, and a the award recipient is based upon a sig- to honor the memory of Robert L. Pinck- complete listing of previous recipients of AHS pilot, responsible for transforming the heli- ince 1986, the Society has given the number of US Coast Guard flight crews who nificant achievement or sustained record ney, an eminent manufacturing engineer. Honorary Fellows and all other awards are copter from the realm of the experimental to Harry T. Jensen Award for an outstanding participated in various rescue operations. S of accomplishment in the documentation, contained on our web site at www.vtol.org. the reality of the production line. The award contribution to the improvement of vertical preservation, analysis and illumination of Previous winners include the S-92 Develop- is given to the company or consortium that flight aircraft reliability, maintainability, and/ historically significant events, prominent Grover E. Bell designs and builds a helicopter establishing or safety through improved design brought ment Team, the Bell-Agusta 609 Wing Torque pioneers and/or technologies, designs and Integrated Product Team, Paul Oldroyd and Award an official world record during the preceding to fruition during the preceding year. Estab- uses of vertical flight aircraft. The award re- year in the official E-1 categories prescribed lished by Sikorksy Aircraft, the award honors Tricia Hiros, Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. he Grover E. Bell cipient will receive a scale model of Leonardo and the U.S. Army/Sikorsky Survivable by the rules of the Fédération Aéronautique Harry Jensen’s contributions to enhance da Vinci's "Aerial Screw" on an inscribed T Award is given for an Internationale. helicopter qualification, structural reliability Affordable Repairable Airframe Program outstanding research and mount, and a book selected from the list of (SARAP) Virtual Prototype and Validation and safety. titles available through AHS International. experimentation contribu- Previous winners of the trophy include the Development Team. tion to the field of helicop- Mikhail L. Mil Design Team (1961), Sikorsky Previous winners include the US Naval Air Previous winners include Eugene K. Lib- ter development brought Aircraft, Eurocopter, McDonnell Douglas He- Systems Command and the Boeing Vertol to fruition during the eratore, John Slattery, Sikorsky Historical licopter Company, and Robinson Helicopter CH46 Team, Joseph P. Cribbins, Bristow He- Archives, Jean Boulet and Elfan ap Rees. preceding calendar year. Company. licopters, Westland Helicopters, Helikopter The Grover E. Bell Award Service and Stewart Hughes. was created by Larry Bell, Francois Xavier Bagnoud founder of Bell Aircraft Paul E. Haueter Award AgustaWestland International Vertical Flight Award (now Bell Helicopter Tex- he American Helicopter Society's Paul tron) in 1957, in honor Helicopter Fellowship Award he Francois Xavier Bagnoud Vertical TE. Haueter Award was instituted in 1966 Flight Award, created in 1992 and first of his pioneering older and is is given for an outstanding technical he Agusta Award is given for significant T brother, Grover E. Bell, who was killed in an contributions to international vertical known as the AHS Director’s Award, is given contribution to the field of vertical take-off T to a Society member under the age of 35 for Dr. Alexander Klemin Award aircraft crash in 1913. Eligible contributions and landing aircraft development other than flight cooperation. Established in 1989, the include sub-systems as well as systems. award honors the memory of Paolo Bellavita, their career-to-date outstanding contribu- reated in 1951 by industry pioneer a helicopter brought to fruition during the whose career at Gruppo Agusta was marked tions to vertical flight technology. The Award Frank Piasecki, the Klemin Award is the preceding calendar year. The award honors C Previous winners include Kurt H. Hohenem- by his dedication to furthering international honors the memory of a young helicopter highest honor the AHS bestows on an indi- an aeronautical engineer, devoted public ser- ser, Igor Sikorsky, Jan M. Drees, project and cooperation in the world of vertical flight. engineer, Swiss citizen, author and rescue vidual for notable achievement in advancing vant, and AHS officer who was instrumental technical teams involved in the design and pilot who founded the AHS student chapter the field of vertical flight aeronautics. The in fostering the early development of VTOL development of the Sikorsky ABC concept, Previous winners include John F. Zugschw- at the University of Michigan. At 20 years award honors the memory of an eminent aircraft in the United States. the UH-60 Black Hawk, the AH-1 Cobra, the ert, Ian Cheeseman, Marat Tischenko, the of age, he published a treatise on helicopter aeronautical engineer, educator, author, AH-64 Apache, the XV-15, the Army Rotor- FAA Rotorcraft Directorate, the US Army aerodynamics. Subsequently, he developed and outstanding pioneer in rotary wing Previous winners include Robert L. Lichten, craft Academic Centers of Excellence and Aeroflightdynamics Directorate, and Sergei within Europe IFR procedures for rotorcraft, aeronautics. Dr. Richard M. Carlson, NASA Ames 40’ X and as a commercial pilot, he performed George T. Singley, and the NASA Full-Scale 80’ Wind Tunnel Staff, Harold Alexander, Sikorsky. Aerodynamics Complex. Previous winners include Igor I. Sikorsky, Frederick L. Feinberg Award Bell-Boeing and NAVAIR V-22 Team, Sikorsky AHS Technical Fellow Awards more than 300 helicopter rescue missions. AHS Awards Louis Brequet, Bartram Kelley, Robert Aircraft Cypher Unmanned Vehicle Program Previous winners include Dr. Farhan Gan- ince 1961, the Frederick L. Feinberg Team, and Dr. John Zuk. he title of Technical Fellow is granted Lichten, Bernard Lindenbaum, Ralph Alex, Award has been presented to the pilot(s) to Society members who have made dhi, Dr. Michael Torok, Dr. Catherine Ferrie, Charles Kaman, Stanley Hiller, Joseph Mal- S T Dr. Nikhil Koratkar, Dr. Anubhav Datta and of a vertical flight aircraft who accomplished Howard Hughes Award notable and outstanding technical con- Honorary Fellows len, Russian designer Marat Tischenko, the most outstanding achievement in the tributions to the vertical flight commu- Ryan Ehinger. Francois LeGrand, Walter Sonneborn and preceding year. It honors the memory of he Howard Hughes Award is given for nity during their career. Under award he title of Honorary Fellow is granted to many others. an outstanding helicopter test pilot and an Tan outstanding improvement in fun- guidelines, up to four Technical Fellows AHS Supplier Excellence Award Thighly distinguished Society members exemplary man. damental helicopter technology brought may be recognized in any single year. who have made exceptional leadership, Captain William J. Kossler to fruition during the preceding year. The reated in 1995, the AHS Supplier Excel- lence Award is given to a supplier that innovative or technical contributions that Previous Feinberg Award winners include award is intended to foster accomplish- Previous winners include Dean Borgman, C Award has made a notable contribution to the verti- have significantly advanced the AHS and the Marine Corps HMH-461 aircrew which ments in the basic science and technology Bruno Lovera, Frank Robinson, Nicholas cal flight industry through the quality, inno- the vertical flight community during their he Kossler Award, established in 1951, in 1991 rescued the US Embassy garrison disciplines of the vertical flight community, Lappos, Dr. John W. Leverton, Dr. Daniel P. vation, and cost effectiveness of its products. career. The granting of Honorary Fellows Tis given for the greatest achievement in in Mogadishu, Somalia; a Coast Guard flight such as aerodynamics, dynamics, structures, Schrage, Dr. Robert A. Ormiston, Dr. Wayne is in perpetuity, and a certificate and life the practical application or operation of a crew which performed a successful night- propulsion, human factors, electronics, Johnson, Dr. J. Gordon Leishman and Mark Previous winners include Lord Corporation, membership in the Society is given to each vertical flight aircraft, the value of which has time rescue more than 500 miles at sea off the simulation, testing and systems integra- E. Dreier. Martin-Baker Aircraft Co., Helicopter Sup- Honorary Fellow elected. No more than two been demonstrated by actual service during North Carolina coast; and test pilots Charles tion. The award was established in 1977 by port, Inc., Goodrich Corporation and The such awards are given in any single year. the preceding year. The award honors the Parlier, Edward Wilson and Nicholas Lappos. Hughes Helicopters to honor the memory John J. Schneider memory of a US Coast Guard airman, aero- H-53 Engine Team, GE Aviation. of Howard Hughes and his pioneering ac- Historical Achievement Award The list of previous winners includes many nautical engineer, and early advocate of heli- complishments in aviation. industry pioneers: Colonel H. Franklin copters in search and rescue operations. Igor Sikorsky stablished in 2003, in the memory of Robert L. Pinckney Award Gregory, USAF and Igor I. Sikorsky (both Previous Kossler Award recipients include International Trophy Previous winners include John F. Ward of Evertical flight historian/designer John he Robert L. Pinckney Award is given 1944), Arthur M. Young, Dr. Alexander the Russian military and civil pilots who NASA, Robert A. Ormiston, the McDonnell J. Schneider, this award is given to an in- for a notable achievement in man- Klemin, Frank N. Piasecki, Stanley Hiller, he Igor I. Sikorsky International Trophy, T participated (and gave their lives) in the the Douglas NOTAR Team, the Boeing Helicop- dividual for distinguished achievement in ufacturing research and development Charles H. Kaman, Lawrence D. Bell, and Jean created by Sikorsky Aircraft in 1961, Chernobyl nuclear incident, the Operation T ters 360 Team, and Anton J. Landgrebe. encouraging appreciation of, and enhanc- for vertical flight aircraft or components Ross Howard, among others, are among the honors the memory of a true pioneer in Desert Storm Apache Strike Team, KLM ing access to, the history and legacy of brought to fruition in the preceding year. prestigious list of AHS Honorary Fellows. aeronautics, an extraordinary engineer, North Sea Helicopters, British Airways Harry T. Jensen Award vertical flight aviation. The selection of The Award was created by Boeing in 1995 These names are representative only and a designer, entrepreneur, and occasional test Helicopters, Columbia Helicopters, and a the award recipient is based upon a sig- to honor the memory of Robert L. Pinck- complete listing of previous recipients of AHS pilot, responsible for transforming the heli- ince 1986, the Society has given the number of US Coast Guard flight crews who nificant achievement or sustained record ney, an eminent manufacturing engineer. Honorary Fellows and all other awards are copter from the realm of the experimental to Harry T. Jensen Award for an outstanding participated in various rescue operations. S of accomplishment in the documentation, contained on our web site at www.vtol.org. the reality of the production line. The award contribution to the improvement of vertical preservation, analysis and illumination of Previous winners include the S-92 Develop- is given to the company or consortium that flight aircraft reliability, maintainability, and/ historically significant events, prominent Grover E. Bell designs and builds a helicopter establishing or safety through improved design brought ment Team, the Bell-Agusta 609 Wing Torque pioneers and/or technologies, designs and Integrated Product Team, Paul Oldroyd and Award an official world record during the preceding to fruition during the preceding year. Estab- uses of vertical flight aircraft. The award re- year in the official E-1 categories prescribed lished by Sikorksy Aircraft, the award honors Tricia Hiros, Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. he Grover E. Bell cipient will receive a scale model of Leonardo and the U.S. Army/Sikorsky Survivable by the rules of the Fédération Aéronautique Harry Jensen’s contributions to enhance da Vinci's "Aerial Screw" on an inscribed T Award is given for an Internationale. helicopter qualification, structural reliability Affordable Repairable Airframe Program outstanding research and mount, and a book selected from the list of (SARAP) Virtual Prototype and Validation and safety. titles available through AHS International. experimentation contribu- Previous winners of the trophy include the Development Team. tion to the field of helicop- Mikhail L. Mil Design Team (1961), Sikorsky Previous winners include the US Naval Air Previous winners include Eugene K. Lib- ter development brought Aircraft, Eurocopter, McDonnell Douglas He- Systems Command and the Boeing Vertol to fruition during the eratore, John Slattery, Sikorsky Historical licopter Company, and Robinson Helicopter CH46 Team, Joseph P. Cribbins, Bristow He- Archives, Jean Boulet and Elfan ap Rees. preceding calendar year. Company. licopters, Westland Helicopters, Helikopter The Grover E. Bell Award Service and Stewart Hughes. was created by Larry Bell, Francois Xavier Bagnoud founder of Bell Aircraft Paul E. Haueter Award AgustaWestland International Vertical Flight Award (now Bell Helicopter Tex- he American Helicopter Society's Paul tron) in 1957, in honor Helicopter Fellowship Award he Francois Xavier Bagnoud Vertical TE. Haueter Award was instituted in 1966 Flight Award, created in 1992 and first of his pioneering older and is is given for an outstanding technical he Agusta Award is given for significant T brother, Grover E. Bell, who was killed in an contributions to international vertical known as the AHS Director’s Award, is given contribution to the field of vertical take-off T to a Society member under the age of 35 for Dr. Alexander Klemin Award aircraft crash in 1913. Eligible contributions and landing aircraft development other than flight cooperation. Established in 1989, the include sub-systems as well as systems. award honors the memory of Paolo Bellavita, their career-to-date outstanding contribu- reated in 1951 by industry pioneer a helicopter brought to fruition during the whose career at Gruppo Agusta was marked tions to vertical flight technology. The Award Frank Piasecki, the Klemin Award is the preceding calendar year. The award honors C Previous winners include Kurt H. Hohenem- by his dedication to furthering international honors the memory of a young helicopter highest honor the AHS bestows on an indi- an aeronautical engineer, devoted public ser- ser, Igor Sikorsky, Jan M. Drees, project and cooperation in the world of vertical flight. engineer, Swiss citizen, author and rescue vidual for notable achievement in advancing vant, and AHS officer who was instrumental technical teams involved in the design and pilot who founded the AHS student chapter the field of vertical flight aeronautics. The in fostering the early development of VTOL development of the Sikorsky ABC concept, Previous winners include John F. Zugschw- at the University of Michigan. At 20 years award honors the memory of an eminent aircraft in the United States. the UH-60 Black Hawk, the AH-1 Cobra, the ert, Ian Cheeseman, Marat Tischenko, the of age, he published a treatise on helicopter aeronautical engineer, educator, author, AH-64 Apache, the XV-15, the Army Rotor- FAA Rotorcraft Directorate, the US Army aerodynamics. Subsequently, he developed and outstanding pioneer in rotary wing Previous winners include Robert L. Lichten, craft Academic Centers of Excellence and Aeroflightdynamics Directorate, and Sergei within Europe IFR procedures for rotorcraft, aeronautics. Dr. Richard M. Carlson, NASA Ames 40’ X and as a commercial pilot, he performed George T. Singley, and the NASA Full-Scale 80’ Wind Tunnel Staff, Harold Alexander, Sikorsky. Aerodynamics Complex. An invitation to AHS Award Nomination Form Nominations are due by February 26 honor Please nominate online at www.vtol.org/awards-and contests/awards-nomination. innovation and If you are not able to register online, please contact Liz Malleck at (703) 684-6777 x107 excellence for a paper form. in vertical flight technology and its applications