Living Legends of Aviation

Living Legends of Aviation
FormationDecember 17, 2003
FounderJerry Lips
Type501(c)(3) nonprofit
PurposeRecognition of Aviation and Aerospace Achievements
Membershipc. 132
Executive Director
Jerry Lips (2016)
Parent organization
Kiddie Hawk Air Academy
Websitelivinglegendsofaviation.org

The Living Legends of Aviation is an organization that recognizes accomplished people in aviation and aerospace including entrepreneurs, innovators, industry leaders, engineers, astronauts, record breakers, pilots who have become celebrities and celebrities who have become pilots. The Living Legends meet yearly in North America at The Beverly Hilton and in Europe every-other-year at the Scalaria Resort at a 15th century castle on the Wolfgangsee near Salzburg, Austria. Inductees and Awards are selected by the Living Legends of Aviation and by committees within the organization. The awards are produced by and benefit the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy, a non-profit 501(c)(3).[1]

The 22nd Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards, honoring the best in aviation and aerospace for 2024, will be held on January 17, 2025, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, where they have been held annually since 2007.

History

Jerry Lips, publisher of Airport Journals, came up with the idea of the Living Legends of Aviation at the time of the death of Michael Chowdry (founder of Atlas Air).[2] Airport Journals had been collecting and publishing biographies of various aviation personalities and Jerry regretted not having captured Chowdry's history. He began to compile a list of individuals that had made major contributions in the field of aviation, and had those people suggest more names until 70 were collected. These were the biographies that were to be recorded while the individuals were still "living". The list has grown over the years to its present number of 132. As Legends pass on, they are replaced by new inductees, selected by their fellow Legends.

Jerry Lips founded the Living Legends of Aviation in 2003 with the charter of celebrating the second century of aerospace. In 2008, Kiddie Hawk Air Academy acquired the rights to the organization and annual awards show from previous owner Airport Journals.

Inductees

Past inductees

Event

Beginning in 2003, an awards show has been organized each year to bring together the Living Legend members for a variety of events. The awards are presented at a prestigious live ceremony, most commonly in mid January following the relevant calendar year.

In 2003, the first Living Legends of Aviation Awards were presented at a banquet dinner hosted by Airport Journals at the Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colorado. To avoid any weather related issues, in 2006 the venue was moved to Southern California and held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles. Since 2007 the Awards have been presented at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.[3]

In 2018 the inaugural Living Legends of Aviation - Europe event was held on July 26, 2018 at the Scalaria hotel & resort in Salzkammergut, Austria.[4]

In 2021 the awards show was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

List of winners

[5]

Kenn Ricci Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Award
Year Winner
2003 Charles Gates
2004 Clay Lacy
2005 Steven Udvar-Hazy
2006 Al Ueltschi
2007 James D. Raisbeck
2008 Sir Richard Branson
2009 Joe Clark
2010 Delford Smith
2011 J Robert Duncan
2012 David Neeleman
2013 Frederick Smith
2014 Herb Kelleher
2016 Kenn Ricci
2017 Robert Bigelow
2018 Jeff Bezos
2019 Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond
2019 S. Harry Robertson
2021 Craig Sincock
2021 Alexandre Couvelaire
2022 Daniel Drohan
2023 Laurans Mendelson
2023 Steve Varsano
  • The award was called the Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Award prior to 2018.
Eren Ozmen Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Year Winner
2003 George F (Rick) Adam
2004 Joe Clark
2005 Vern Raburn
2006 Dale & Alan Klapmeier
2007 Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum
2008 Linden Blue
2009 Elon Musk
2010 Lynn Tilton
2011 Eren & Fatih Ozmen
2012 John Uczekaj
2015 Thomas Flohr
2017 Tyson Weihs & Jason Miller
2018 Ivo Boscarol
2019 Kenny Dichter
2021 Jared Isaacman
2021 Daniel Wiegand
2022 Tim Ellis
2023 Kyle Clark
2023 Dieter Morszeck
  • The award was called the Aviation Entrepreneur of the Year Award prior to 2011, and the Aviation Industry Entrepreneur of the Year Award from 2012–2017.
Bob Hoover Freedom of Flight Award
Year Winner
2006 Bob Hoover
2007 Forrest Bird & George McGovern
2008 Emily Howell Warner & Zoe Dell Nutter
2009 Kermit Weeks
2010 Doolittle Raiders & Sam Johnson
2011 Burt Rutan
2012 Neil Armstrong & Eugene Cernan
2013 Patrick Brady
2016 Clay Lacy
2018 Walter Eichhorn
2023 Lance Toland
2024 Dario Costa
  • The award was called the Freedom of Flight Award prior to 2007.
Official Ambassador of Aviation Award
Year Winner
2007 John Travolta
Aviation Industry Leader of the Year Award
Year Winner
2007 Pete Bunce
2008 Ed Bolen
2009 Preston Henne
2010 Mark Van Tine
2014 Michimasa Fujino
2016 Phebe Novakovic
2018 Brian Barents
2021 Marc Parent
2021 Bin Chen
2023 Gilles Labbé
Legends Aviation Inventor Award
Year Winner
2008 Si Robin
Harrison Ford Aviation Legacy Award
Year Winner
2008 Harrison Ford
2009 Jeffrey Puckett
2010 Pat Epps
2011 Richard Sugden
2012 Greg Anderson
2013 Marilyn Richwine & Rhonda Fullerton
2014 Mark Baker
2015 Scott Terry
2016 Peter Paul Luce
2017 Jim Inhofe
2018 Sean Tucker
  • The award was called the Legends Aviation Legacy Award prior to 2009.
Steven F. Udvar Hazy Award
Year Winner
2017 Gen. Jack Dailey
Heritage Patriot Award
Year Winner
2008 William Anders
Legends Top Flyer Award
Year Winner
2008 Paul "Max" Moga
Aviation Mentor Award
Year Winner
2009 Kurt Russell
Aviation Inspiration and Patriotism Award
Year Winner
2009 Tom Cruise
2010 Sean Tucker
2011 Morgan Freeman
2012 David Ellison
2014 Angelina Jolie
2015 Miles O'Brien
2016 Mark & Scott Kelly
2018 Jim Payne
2022 William Shatner
Legends Wings of Hope Award
Year Winner
2017 Frank Franke
Out–Of-This-World Landing & Takeoff Award
Year Winner
2009 Buzz Aldrin
Cool Captain Award
Year Winner
2010 James Lovell
Lifetime Aviation Engineering Award
Year Winner
2010 Frank D. Robinson
Aircraft of Legend Award
Year Winner
2011 Boeing 787 Dreamteam
Elling Halvorson Vertical Flight Hall of Fame Award
Year Winner
2012 Roy Morgan
2013 Jack Erickson
2014 Elling Halvorson
2015 William "Bill" Chiles
2016 Steven Hickok
2017 Mike Silva
2019 Sergei Sikorsky
2021 Lon & Brenda Halvorson
2022 Max Lyons
2023 Lauren Sánchez
  • The award was called the Vertical Flight Hall of Fame Award prior to 2019.
Lifetime Aviation Industry Leader Award
Year Winner
2012 James Albaugh
2013 Bruce N. Whitman
2015 Ray Conner
2017 David Joyce
2018 Jean Rosanvallon
2022 Mike Silvestro
2023 Mark Burns
2023 Guillaume Faury
Jeff Bezos Freedom Wings Award
Year Winner
2018 Jeff Bezos
2019 Capt. James Lovell
Doolittle Raiders Special Induction Award
Year Winner
2015 Dick Cole & David Thatcher[6]
Kiddie Hawk Children's Award
Year Winner
2015 Col. Gail Halvorsen
Dream Chaser Award
Year Winner
2018 Eren & Fatih Ozmen
World’s Safest, Longest Continuous Operating Airline Award
Year Winner
2018 Leigh Clifford
Legends Wings of Help Award
Year Winner
2018 Stefan Aust
2019 Claus & Gunnar Heinemann
2019 Thomas Schrade
2021 Bernd Breiter
Changing Lives With Aviation Award
Year Winner
2018 Dick DeVos
Legends Technology Award
Year Winner
2018 Bertrand Piccard
Technology Innovation Award
Year Winner
2019 Robert Machtlinger & Hu Huazhi
Stratospheric Explorer Award
Year Winner
2019 Alan Eustace
Aerospace Inspiration Award
Year Winner
2021 Oliver Daemen
Barron Hilton Aviation Inspiration Award
Year Winner
2021 Zara Rutherford
2022 Mack Rutherford
Dr. Sam B Williams Technology Award
Year Winner
2023 Linden Blue
2023 Markus Bucher

See also

References

  1. ^ "About".
  2. ^ "Read My Lips". December 2008.
  3. ^ Schapiro, Steve (March 2015). "Harrison Ford honors AOPA". AOPA Pilot: 27.
  4. ^ Living Legends of Aviation Europe https://www.legendseu.com
  5. ^ "Living Legends of Aviation | Honorees". Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  6. ^ "Missoula Doolittle Raider Thatcher to join Living Legends of Aviation".

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