Herman R. Salmon Award Explained
The Herman R. Salmon Technical Publications Award recognizes the most outstanding technical paper published in Cockpit magazine, a quarterly journal of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.[1] The award was established in 1971 and renamed in 1981 to honor the memory of test pilot Herman R. "Fish" Salmon who was killed in an aircraft accident.[2]
Criteria
The Society lists five criteria for nominations to this award:[1]
- Originality and/or ingenuity of the article
- Interest of subject material to the membership
- Contribution to flight testing
- Contribution to the exchange of information between test pilots that would not otherwise be generally available
- Organization of material and clarity of presentation
Recipients
Recipients of this award, from 1971 to present, include:[3]
- 1971—John F. Farley
- 1972—Jack F. Woodman
- 1973—Gilbert Defer
- 1974—Pietro P. Trevisan
- 1975—Robert R. Stone
- 1976—William H. Brinks
- 1977—Richard G. Thomas
- 1978—A. W. "Bill" Bedford
- 1979—Charles A. Sewell
- 1980—LCdr. Richard N. Richards, USN; Carroll D. Pilcher
- 1981—No award was presented
- 1982—William H. Brinks
- 1983—Dennis D. Behm
- 1984—A. Paul Metz
- 1985—Walter Spychiger
- 1986—Frank C. Sanders; Jeff Ethell
- 1987—B. Pasquet
- 1988—Major Troy D. Pennington, USMC; Richard Kotarba
- 1989—Charles J. Berthe, Louis H. Knotts, Jeff H. Peer, N. C. Weingarten
- 1990—Paul W. Herrick
- 1991—George L. Wiser
- 1992—Michael Barnes; Cdr. John Deaton, USN; Jonathan Kern; Douglas Wright
- 1993—Maj. William A. Flynn, CAF; Keith L. Keller
- 1994—Louis H. Knotts, Michael L. E. Parrag, Eric E. Ohmit
- 1995—Allen T. Reed
- 1996—Eric E. Fiore
- 1997—Michale Swales
- 1998—Lt Col Carl Hawkins, USAF; Lt Andrew Thorne, USAF
- 1999—Capt Ron Rogers, ALPA
- 2000—Thomas Tilden, United Airlines
- 2001—Mr. Michael Adam-Swales, Agusta Westland Helicopter, Mr. Andrew Strachan, Agusta Westland Helicopters
- 2002—Capt Kevin A. Gibbons, USAF; Maj Philip K. Chionh, RSAF; Maj Mark R. Johnson, USMC; Maj James R. Marcolesco, USAF; Capt Collin T. Ireton, USAF; Capt David F. Radomski, USAF; Maj Andrew J. Thurling, USAF
- 2003—Mr. Bob Riser; LCDR Wade McConvey, USN
- 2004—Sqn Ldr Shaun Wildey, RAF
- 2005—Richard V. Reynolds, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret)
- 2006—Dr. Guy Gratton, Dr. Simon Newman
- 2007—Lt Col Geno Wagner, USAF
- 2008—Lt Col Daniel D. Daetz, USAF; Maj Jack D. Fischer, USAF; Brian Knaup, USAF
- 2009—Dr. Allen Peterson, Sierra Nevada Corporation
- 2010—Maj Aaron A. Tucker, USAF (M), Maj Christopher E. Childress, USAF (M), and Lt Col Robert J. Poremski, USAF
- 2011—Mark A. Mitchell, Norman E. Howell
- 2012—Nicola Pecile, National Test Pilot School and Lt Col Raffaele Di Caprio, Italian Air Force
- 2013—LTC Jeffrey Trang, USA (Ret) (AF), American Eurocopter, Denis Hamel, American Eurocopter
- 2014—Robert Moreau, FedEx
- 2015—David L. Lawrence
- 2016—Timothy S. McDonald, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School
- 2017—LTC Tucker Hamilton, USAF
- 2018—James E. ″JB″ Brown, III, National Test Pilot School
- 2019 - Dr. Brian Lee and Dr. Kirk Vining, The Boeing Company
- 2020 - Maj Gen Desmond Barker, SAAF (Ret)
- 2021 - Robert Hierl
- 2022 - James E. ″JB″ Brown, III, National Test Pilot School
- 2023 - Thomas A. Washington, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Herman R. Salmon Technical Publications Award Criteria . Society of Experimental Test Pilots . September 24, 2012.
- Book: Herman R. Salmon Award . September 27, 2008 . 52nd Awards Banquet . Society of Experimental Test Pilots .
- Web site: Herman R. Salmon Technical Publications Award Recipients . Society of Experimental Test Pilots . May 19, 2019.
