Salute to Excellence explained

Salute to Excellence is a category of awards issued by the Helicopter Association International since 1960, "for outstanding achievements in the international helicopter community".^{[1] [2]}

Individual awards

Aviation Maintenance Technician Award (since 1994)

Aviation Repair Specialist Award (since 1995)

Igor I. Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service (since 1989; incorporates the former Crew of the Year Award)

• 1990 Mykola Melnyk for his service as a Chernobyl liquidator

• 2015 Portuguese Air Force 751 Squadron - S&R ;Crew of the Year (1980–1995)

The Joe Mashman Safety Award (since 1987)

• 2015 Edwin McConkey - Approach Software

Outstanding Certified Flight Instructor Award (since 1985)

• 2015 Simon Spencer-Bower Wanaka Helicopters

Agusta Westland Community Service Award (since 1990)

Raise Your Sites! Award (1983–1988)

Max Schumacher Memorial Award (1967–1988)

Fly Neighborly Award (1982–1988)

Airbus Golden Hour Award (since 1982)

• 2015 Snohomish Co

Excellence in Communications Award (since 1975)

Helicopter Maintenance Award (since 1973)

• 2015 Patrick Cox - Robinson Helicopter Company

MD Helicopters Law Enforcement Award (since 1972)

• 2015 U.S. Park Police Eagle One

Lawrence D. Bell Memorial Award (since 1971)

Robert E. Trimble Memorial Award (since 1961)

Appareo Systems Pilot of the Year Award (since 1960)

• 2015 Gary Dahlen - King Fire

Bell Helicopter Lifetime Achievement

• 2015 Lou Bartolotta

See also

• List of aviation awards

External links

• Salute to Excellence Awards Program on the HAI official web site
  • Past Award Winners List of award winners since 2002
• “Salute to Excellence” Awards Full all-time list of award winners by the HAI's Helicopter Annual magazine

Notes and References

1. http://helicopterannual.org/portals/27/pdf/ann_p6c4.pdf “Salute to Excellence” Awards
2. AOPA Pilot. HAI Announces Winners of Salute to Excellence Awards. March 2015. 26.