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Aviation Week & Space Technology Distinguished Service Award
The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award
Joe Chase Award
FSF Cecil A. Brownlow Publication Award
The Richard Teller Crane Founder's Award
FSF President's Citation
FSF Professionalism Award in Flight Safety
FSF-Airbus Human Factors in Aviation Safety Award
FSF-Boeing Aviation Safety Lifetime Achievement Award
FSF Business Aviation Meritorious Service Award
Archived Aviation Awards
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The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award
On April 14, 1945, a DC-3 struck a mountain near Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. All 20 people in the airplane were killed. This award was established in 1956 by the late Clifford E. Barbour and his son, Clifford E. Barbour Jr., in memory of the elder Barbour’s wife, a passenger on the accident flight. The Barbour family used the insurance settlement to institute the award, which includes $500 and a hand-lettered citation.
The award recognizes notable achievement in the field of aviation safety — civil or military — in method, design, invention, study or other improvement. The award’s recipient is selected for a “significant individual or group effort contributing to improving aviation safety, with emphasis on original contributions,” and a “significant individual or group effort performed above and beyond normal responsibilities.” Mechanics, engineers and others outside of top administrative or research positions should be especially considered. The contribution need not be recent, especially if the nominee has not received adequate recognition.
If you would like to place a nomination for this prestigious award, please submit a page or two of documentation along with the nominee’s name and contact information. Indicate the reasons why the nominee is worthy of the Award, his or her accomplishments and any previous recognition received. Please include your name, contact information and be sure to provide an email address.
Deadline for nominations is June 14, 2013.
The award will be presented at the 66th annual International Air Safety Summit, which will be held October 29-31, 2013 in Washington, DC.
2013 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award 2012 Nomination Form [PDF 105K]
Recipients of
The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award |
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2012 |
Robert Sheffield, Shell Aviation (retired) |
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2011 |
Capt. John Cox, Safety Operating Systems |
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2010 |
Dr. Harold O. Demuren, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority |
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2009 |
Nicholas A. Sabatini, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (retired) |
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2008 |
Capt. Bertrand de Couville, Air France |
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2007 |
John R. Ackland, Boeing Commercial Airplanes |
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2006 |
Don Bateman, Honeywell |
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2005 |
Capt. Ralph S. Johnson |
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2004 |
Kay Yong, Ph.D., Aviation Safety Council, Taiwan, China |
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2003 |
Capt. Robert L. Sumwalt, US Airways and Air Line Pilots Association, International |
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2002 |
Capt. Edmond L. Soliday (retired), United Airlines |
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2001 |
Joseph Andrew Wright Sr., ARFF Technical Services |
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2000 |
Capt. Richard Slatter, C Eng, FRAeS, Consultant, International Civil Aviation Organization |
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1999 |
Meritt M. Birky, Ph.D., U.S. National Transportation Safety Board |
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1998 |
Vice Admiral Brent M. Bennitt, U.S. Navy (retired) |
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1997 |
William G. Laynor (retired), U.S. National Transportation Safety Board |
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1996 |
Capt. Robert G. Buley, Northwest Airlines |
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1995 |
C.O. Miller, System Safety |
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1994 |
Capt. H. Ray Lahr (retired), United Airlines |
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1993 |
Hidemaro Nagano, Japan Air Lines; John H. Enders, Flight Safety Foundation (honorary) |
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1992 |
Dr. William Reynard, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center |
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1991 |
Robert E. Doll, United Airlines |
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1990 |
Capt. John X. Stefanki (retired), United Airlines |
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1989 |
Capt. Heino Caesar, Lufthansa German Airlines |
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1988 |
Capt. J. L. DeCelles (retired), Trans World Airlines |
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1987 |
Hortencio G. Morsch, Varig Brazilian Airlines |
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1986 |
Warren A. Stauffer (retired), Lockheed Corp. |
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1985 |
Gary S. Livack, General Aviation Manufacturers Association |
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1984 |
Walter B. Horne (retired), U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center |
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1983 |
Brian Hamliton Heeps, Repco Corp., Australia |
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1982 |
John T. Richards, Aviation Safety Bureau, Transport Canada |
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1981 |
Charles E. Billings, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center |
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1980 |
Delfina R. Mott, Association of Flight Attendants |
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1979 |
Capt. Paul A. Soderlind, Northwest Airlines |
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1978 |
Capt. B. Victor Hewes, Air Line Pilots Association, International |
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1977 |
James E. Dougherty, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration |
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1976 |
George Wansbeek, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
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1975 |
Fred Earnest Weick (retired), Piper Aircraft Corp. |
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1974 |
Dr. Ross McFarland, Guggenheim Center, Harvard University |
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1973 |
Capt. Homer Mouden, Braniff Airlines and Air Line Pilots Association, International |
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1972 |
Dr. John A. Swearingen, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Civil Aeromedical Research Institute |
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1971 |
Malcolm Kuhring, National Research Council, Canada |
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1970 |
Joseph J. O'Connell Jr. and staff, Bureau of Aviation Safety, U.S. National Transportation Safety Board |
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1969 |
Theodore G. Linnert, Air Line Pilots Association, International |
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1968 |
Walter Tye, U.K. Air Registration Board |
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1967 |
W.O. Breuhaus and William F. Milliken Jr., Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory; W.M. Kauffman, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Ames Research Center |
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1966 |
Francis McCourt, U.S. Army Aviation Materiel Laboratories |
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1965 |
Arthur E. Jenks, U.S. Federal Aviation Agency; Gloria W. Heath, Flight Safety Foundation (honorary) |
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1964 |
Philip Donely, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center; Jerome Lederer, Flight Safety Foundation (honorary) |
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1963 |
David D. Thomas, U.S. Federal Aviation Agency |
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1962 |
Otto E. Kirchner Sr., The Boeing Co. |
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1961 |
E.S. Calvert and J.W. Sparke, U.K. Royal Aircraft Establishment |
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1960 |
Melvin N. Gough, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center |
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1959 |
Allen L. Morse, U.S. Federal Aviation Agency |
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1958 |
James Martin, OBE, United Kingdom |
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1957 |
Harry F. Guggenheim |
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1956 |
Dugald O. Black, Gerard J. Pesman, I. Irving Pinkel and G. Merritt Preston, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Lewis Flight Propulsion Center |
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