The Ray E. Tenhoff Award recognizes the most outstanding technical paper presented at the annual Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) Symposium in Los Angeles, California.[1] The award was established in 1962 and is given in memory of Convair test pilot, Ray E. Tenhoff, founder and first president of SETP.[2] Tenhoff was killed in B-58 Hustler accident on April 22, 1960.[3]
Criteria
editThe award is determined by a panel of judges at the completion of the annual SETP Symposium in Los Angeles, California.[1] The award, consisting of a plaque and cash honorarium, is presented at the annual Awards Banquet.[1]
Recipients
editRecipients of this award, from 1962 to present, include:[4]
- 1962—Thomas P. Frost
- 1963—Donald R. Segner
- 1964—Glenn M. Gray
- 1965—Drury W. Wood, Jr.
- 1966—Fred W. Haise, Jr.
- 1967—Drury W. Wood, Jr.
- 1968—Olle Klinker and Erik Dahlstrom
- 1969—Larry G. Van Pelt
- 1970—James Pollitt
- 1971—Norm Driscoll
- 1972—Paul S. Norton
- 1973—Flt Lt John Potter, RAF
- 1974—Karl-Eric Henriksson
- 1975—Charles C. Bock, Jr.
- 1976—Lt Col John H. Taylor, USAF
- 1977—Raymond L. McPherson
- 1978—A. Scott Crossfield
- 1979—John E. Krings
- 1980—LCDR Richard N. Richards, USN and Carroll D. Pilcher
- 1981—Maj Ivan M. Behel, USMC and William B. McNamera
- 1982—G. Warren Hall and LTC Robert K. Merrill, USA
- 1983—Charles A. Sewell
- 1984—G. Warren Hall and LTC Patrick M. Morris, USA
- 1985—Stephen Ishmael and Lt Col Ted Wierzbanowski, USAF
- 1986—Lt Col Frank T. Birk
- 1987—William H. Dana and Nicholas D. Lappos
- 1988—Laurence A. Walker and Lt Col William R. Neely, Jr., USAF
- 1989—LCDR Mike Carriker, USN and SqnLdr David Southwood, RAF
- 1990—LCDR Kent Rominger, USN and Jennings Bryant, NATC
- 1991—Capt Chris A. Hadfield, RCAF and Sharon W. Houck
- 1992—C. Gordon Fullerton and Maj Regis Hancock, USAF
- 1993—C. Gordon Fullerton
- 1994—Maj William J. Norton, USAF and Maj Pamela A. Melroy, USAF
- 1995—Capt Ricardo Traven, CAF, Susan E. Whitley and F. Alan Frazier
- 1996—Capt Maurice Girard, CAF and Capt Stuart McIntosh, CAF
- 1997—Capt Greg Weber, USAF and Maj Kevin Christensen, USAF
- 1998—Ricardo Traven, John Hagan
- 1999—Ralph Johnston and Robert Ryan
- 2000—Horst Philipp
- 2001—Maj Tim McDonald, USAF and Steve Barter
- 2002—Ricardo Traven, The Boeing Company
- 2003—Burt Rutan, Doug Shane
- 2004—Bill Gray
- 2005—Norman Howell
- 2006—Maj Douglas Wickert, USAF
- 2007—Justin Paines, QinetiQ; Buddy Denham, Naval Air Systems Command
- 2008—Lt Col Daniel D. Daetz, USAF; Maj Jack D. Fischer, USAF; Brian Knaup, Dept. of the USAF
- 2009—Robert A. Rivers, NASA
- 2010—Flt Lt Dane Petersen, RAAF and Sqn Ldr Darren Hughes, RAAF
- 2011—Sqn Ldr Simon Seymour-Dale, RAF
- 2012—Aaron Tobias, Cessna and Maurice Girard, Cessna
- 2013—Mark Stucky, Clint Nichols, Mike Alsbury, Scaled Composites
- 2014—Maj Casey Richardson, USAF, Capt Michael Pacini, USAF, P. Travis Millet, Dept. of the Air Force
- 2015—Lt Brent Robinson, USN, James Denham, Dept. of the Navy
- 2016—Maurice Girard and Richard Ling, Bombardier Aerospace
- 2017—Lt Col Matt Russell, USAF
- 2018—Col Douglas Wickert, USAF
- 2019 - Evan Thomas, Scaled Composites; Christopher Guarante, Boom Technology; Jake Riley, Scaled Composites
- 2020 - Lt Col Justin Elliott, USAF; Lt Col David Schmitt, USAF
- 2021 - Kelly Latimer, Virgin Galactic, Todd Ericson, Virgin Orbit, Zack Rubin, Virgin Orbit, Bryce Schaefer, Virgin Orbit
- 2022 - Maj Aaron E Okun and Robert Vitagliano
- 2023 - Andrew Bankston, Bell & Michael Remaly, Boeing & LCDR Gavin Kurey, USN
- 2024 - Kevin Prosser & Nathaniel Rutland, Gulfstream Aerospace
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Ray E. Tenhoff Award Criteria". Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
- ^ Ray E. Tenhoff Award. 52nd Awards Banquet. Privately Published. September 27, 2008.
- ^ Conner, N.; Jay Miller (July 2007). "The Wreck of the Hustler; The Great Salt Lake claims a victim". Flight Journal. Ridgefield, CT: Air Age Media. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
- ^ "Ray E. Tenhoff Award Recipients". Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Retrieved May 19, 2019.