James H. Doolittle Award
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The James H. Doolittle Award is an honor presented annually by the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. It is an award for "outstanding accomplishment in technical management or engineering achievement in aerospace technology". The award consistes of a perpetual trophy on permanent display at SETP headquarters, and a smaller replica presented to the recipient.
[edit] Recipients
- 1966 - James L. Pearce
- 1967 - Richard W. Taylor
- 1968 - William Paul Thayer
- 1969 - Guy M. Townsend, BGen., USAF (Ret)
- 1970 - William M. Magruder
- 1971 - C. H. Meyer
- 1972 - Donald K. Slayton, NASA/MSC
- 1973 - William S. Ross, McDonnell Aircraft Company
- 1974 - William R. Murray
- 1975 - Robert A. Rushworth, Major General, USAF
- 1976 - Frank Borman
- 1977 - Robert C. Little
- 1978 - William R. Laidlaw
- 1979 - Thomas P. Stafford, LGen., USAF
- 1980 - J. Lynn Helms
- 1981 - Thomas B. Hayward, Admiral, USN
- 1982 - Allen E. Paulson
- 1983 - Herbert Z. Hopkins
- 1984 - Donald D. Engen, VAdm, USN (Ret)
- 1985 - Olle Klinker
- 1986 - John E. Krings
- 1987 - Burt Rutan, Scaled Composites
- 1988 - Richard H. Truly, Rear Admiral, USN
- 1989 - Irving L. Burrows
- 1990 - Robert P. Harper
- 1991 - Gordon E. Fornell, LGen., USAF
- 1992 - William C. Bowes, Vadm., USN and Peter W. Odgers, MGen, USAF (Ret)
- 1993 - A. W. "Tony" LeVier
- 1994 - Per E. Pellebergs
- 1995 - Stephan A. Hanvey
- 1996 - Sean C. Roberts, National Test Pilot School
- 1997 - Franklin D. Robinson
- 1998 - J. Kenneth Higgins
- 1999 - Pete Reynolds
- 2000 - Sir Charles Masefield
- 2001 - Joe Dyer, USN
- 2002 - Phil Schultz
- 2003 – Rogers E. Smith, EADS
- 2004 – Burt Rutan
- 2005 - Robert C. Ettinger, Northrop Grumman Unmanned Systems
