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Collier Trophy

{{short description|Annual aviation award administered by the US National Aeronautical Association}}

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{{Infobox award

| name = Robert J. Collier Trophy

| image = 1992 CollierTrophyGPS.jpg

| alt = Baltimore sculptor Ernest Wise Keyser crafted the {{convert|525|lb|kg}} Aero Club Trophy. It was officially renamed the Robert J. Collier Trophy in 1944

| awarded_for = "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year."

| presenter = National Aeronautic Association (NAA)

| country = United States

| year = {{start date and age|df=yes|1911}}

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| website = {{url|https://naa.aero/awards/awards-trophies/collier-trophy/}}

}}

File:Hoover Ames Collier Trophy.jpg presents the 1929 Collier Trophy to NACA Chairman Joseph Ames for the NACA cowling]]

The Robert J. Collier Trophy is awarded annually "for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year."

The Collier Trophy is administered by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) the oldest national aviation organization in the United States. Founded in 1905, the NAA oversees America's oldest and most prestigious aviation and aerospace recognitions. The Collier Trophy is the most coveted of all.

Robert J. Collier, publisher of Collier's Weekly magazine, was an air sports pioneer and president of the Aero Club of America.{{cite web |title=Collier Trophy |url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy |access-date=23 July 2020 |website=NAA.aero |publisher=NAA}} In 1910, he commissioned Baltimore sculptor Ernest Wise Keyser to make the {{convert|525|lb|kg|adj=on}} Aero Club of America Trophy. It was first awarded in 1911 to Glenn H. Curtiss for his successful development of the hydro-aeroplane. Collier presented his namesake trophy several times before his death in 1918.

The award is presented once a year by the NAA president, with the trophy on permanent display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The trophy was stolen briefly in 1978, but was recovered.{{Cite web|url=http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_1429|title=Collier Trophy Stolen from Mayflower}} The thieves left it at Fort Foote park and it was recovered 26 hours from the time it went missing.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36620850/the_ithaca_journal/|title=Stolen Collier Trophy Found in Park|newspaper=The Ithaca Journal|location=Ithaca, New York|date=June 1, 1978|page=30|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Associated Press}}

Recipients

  • 1911 – Glenn H. Curtiss, for successful development of the hydro-aeroplane.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38807003/the_baltimore_sun/|title=Taft Believes in Aeroplanes; Other "Bird" News|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|date=February 4, 1912|page=15|via=Newspapers.com}}[http://www.centennialofflight.net/essay/Aerospace/Curtiss/Aero2.htm "The Curtiss Company."] US Centennial of Flight Commemoration, 2003. Retrieved: January 28, 2011. The first award.{{cite web |title=collier-1911-1919-winners |url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-1911-1919-winners |website=NAA.aero |publisher=NAA |access-date=22 July 2020}}
  • 1912 – Glenn H. Curtiss, for the invention of the single-pontoon seaplane and development of the flying boat.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38807537/newyork_tribune/|title=Collier Trophy to Curtiss|newspaper=New-York Tribune|location=New York, New York|date=January 30, 1913|page=9|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1913 – Orville Wright, for development of his automatic stabilizer.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36620294/the_dayton_herald/|title=Orville Wright Receives the Collier Trophy for Stabilizer|newspaper=The Dayton Herald|location=Dayton, Ohio|date=February 6, 1914|page=14|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1914 – Elmer Sperry and Lawrence Sperry, for the invention of gyroscopic control.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38806627/buffalo_evening_news/|title=Aviation Honors Awarded at Banquet|newspaper=Buffalo Evening News|location=Buffalo, New York|date=January 15, 1915|page=4|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1915 – W. Starling Burgess, for the Burgess-Dunne BD series of semi-flying wing seaplanes.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38807707/the_boston_globe/|title=Safer Flight Trophy Awarded to Burgess|newspaper=The Boston Globe|location=Boston, Massachusetts|date=January 13, 1916|page=9|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1916 – Elmer Sperry and Lawrence Sperry for the invention of a drift indicator{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38807637/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/|title=Sperry's Get Trophy|newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|location=Brooklyn, New York|date=March 31, 1917|page=20|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1917–1920 – No trophy awarded due to the war{{cite web|url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-1911-1919-winners|title=Collier 1911–1919 Recipients|website=National Aeronautic Association|access-date=November 10, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-1920-1929-winners|title=Collier 1920–1929 Recipients|website=National Aeronautic Association|access-date=November 10, 2019}}
  • 1921 – Grover Loening, for development of the Loening Flying Yacht.{{cite magazine|last1=Larson|first1=George C.|date=August 1976|title=The Founding Father|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5pLFHBEpbF0C&pg=PA76|department=Features|magazine=Flying|publisher=Ziff Davis|volume=99|issue=2|page=76|issn=0015-4806|access-date=20 July 2016|via=Google Books}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36711163/the_oregon_daily_journal/|title=Speed Kings of Air get 1921 Prizes|newspaper=The Oregon Daily Journal|location=Portland, Oregon|date=February 26, 1922|page=53|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1922 – United States Air Mail Service, for the first transcontinental air mail route without a single fatal accident.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13887189/star_tribune/|title=Collier Trophy Delivered to U.S. Air Mail Officials for Aviation Contributions|newspaper=Star Tribune|location=Minneapolis, Minnesota|date=February 6, 1923|page=1|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Universal News Service}}
  • 1923 – United States Air Mail Service, for the first transcontinental air mail route involving night flight.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36711090/great_falls_tribune/|title=U.S. Air Mail Wins Collier Award for Aviation Promotion|newspaper=Great Fall Tribune|location=Great Falls, Montana|date=February 17, 1924|page=4|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1924 – United States Army Air Service, for first aerial flight around the world.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36711045/pittsburgh_daily_post/|title=Fliers Get Collier Trophy|newspaper=Pittsburgh Daily Post|location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|date=January 18, 1925|page=5|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite web|url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-1920-1929-winners|title=Collier 1920–1929 Recipients|access-date=October 4, 2019|website=National Aeronautic Association}}
  • 1925 – Sylvanus Albert Reed, for the metal propeller.{{cite journal|journal=AAHS Summer 1992|page=103|title=Sylvanus Albert Reed Inventor|author=Ritchie Thomas}}
  • 1926 – Major Edward L. Hoffman of the United States Army Air Service for the development of a practical parachute.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36664528/the_cincinnati_enquirer/|title=Collier Trophy Awarded by President|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|date=February 8, 1927|page=11|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_GsiMU2sksC&q=Robert+J.+Collier+Trophy+to+Major+Edward+L.+Hoffman+in+1926&pg=PA430 |title=Splendid Vision, Unswerving Purpose: Developing Air Power for the United States Air Force During the First Century of Powered Flight|year=2002|isbn=9780160675997|last1=Kavanaugh-Jones|first1=Helen|publisher=History Office, Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command }}
  • 1927 – Charles L. Lawrance, for the development of the air-cooled aircraft radial engine.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36710997/the_semiweekly_spokesmanreview/|title=Coolidge to Give Medal|newspaper=The Semi-Weekly Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|date=February 29, 1928|page=1|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Associated Press}}
  • 1928 – Aeronautics branch of the United States Department of Commerce for development of airways and navigation facilities.{{cite news|title=Air Progress|publisher=|date=August 1989|page=60}}
  • 1929 – National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), for design of the NACA cowling for radial air-cooled engines.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36710965/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/|title=Collier Trophy Award Made|newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|location=Brooklyn, New York|date=June 8, 1930|page=54|via=Newspapers.com}}

File:1930 Collier Trophy.jpg autogyro]]

  • 1930 – Harold Frederick Pitcairn and associates for development of the autogyro."[http://www.flyingmag.com/photo-gallery/photos/history-collier-trophy-fails?pnid=37525 A History of Collier Trophy Fails – 1930]" Flying (magazine), 2012{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36575681/chicago_tribune/|title=Pitcairn and his Associates Get Collier Trophy|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=April 6, 1931|agency=Associated Press|page=22|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite web |title=collier-1930-1939-winners |url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-1930-1939-winners |website=NAA.aero |publisher=NAA |access-date=22 July 2020}}
  • 1931 – Packard Motor Car Co. for the design/development of the first, practical diesel aircraft engine, the DR-980 radial engine.{{cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/packard-dr-980-radial-9-engine-0|title=1931 Collier Trophy Awarded }}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36749080//|title=1931 Collier Trophy Awarded to Packard Co's Diesel Engine|newspaper=Times Union|location=Brooklyn, New York|date=March 20, 1932|page=57|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1932 – Glenn L. Martin for the design of the Martin B-10 (XB-907) bomber.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36750991/sioux_city_journal/|title=Glenn Martin is Winner of Collier Trophy|newspaper=Sioux City Journal|location=Sioux City, Iowa|date=May 26, 1933|page=1|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Associated Press}}
  • 1933 – Frank W. Caldwell of Hamilton Standard for the hydraulically controllable propeller.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36750991/sioux_city_journal/|title=Collier Trophy for Aviation Work Has Been Awarded to Three Daytonians|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|location=Dayton, Ohio|date=June 3, 1934|page=11|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1934 – Captain A. F. Hegenberger USAAC for the first blind flying landing system.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38807835/the_tampa_times/|title=Capt. Hegenberger Wins Collier Trophy|newspaper=The Tampa Times|location=Tampa, Florida|date=July 19, 1935|page=5|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1935 – Donald W. Douglas and his technical and production personnel for the outstanding twin-engine transport airliner.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36664751/st_louis_globedemocrat/|title=Douglas Gets Collier Trophy|newspaper=St. Louis Globe-Democrat|location=St. Louis, Missouri|date=July 2, 1936|page=6|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Associated Press}}
  • 1936 – Pan American Airways for establishment of a transpacific airline and the successful execution of extended overwater navigation in regular operations.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36665645/the_los_angeles_times/|title=Pan American Wins Collier's Air Trophy|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=August 7, 1937|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1937 – Army Air Corps for the design and development of the Lockheed XC-35.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36665254/the_indianapolis_star/|title=U.S. Army Air Corps Wins Collier Trophy|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|location=Indianapolis, Indiana|date=September 16, 1938|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1938 – Howard Hughes and his associates for breaking the record time by flying around the world in 91 hours and 14 minutes.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36620777/the_marion_county_news/|title=Howard Hughes is Winner of Collier Trophy Award|newspaper=The Marion County News|location=Hamilton, Alabama|date=November 23, 1939|page=3|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1939 – Airlines of the US safety record, with special recognition to Walter Boothby, Randolph Lovelace, and Harry Armstrong.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36620196/the_wilkesbarre_record/|title=3 Scientists who Penetrated to Stratosphere Secrets Secrets Awarded|last1=McDonough|first1=Stephen J.|newspaper=The Wilkes-Barre Record|location=Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|date=February 3, 1941|page=8|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Associated Press}}
  • 1940 – Dr. Sanford A. Moss and the Army Air Corps for development of the turbo-supercharger.{{cite web |title=collier-1940-1949-winners |url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-1940-1949-winners |website=NAA.aero |publisher=NAA |access-date=22 July 2020}}
  • 1941 – Army Air Corps and the Airlines of the US for pioneering worldwide air transportation vital to immediate defense.
  • 1942 – General Henry Arnold for his "organization and leadership of the Army Air Forces throughout the world."{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36620681/the_akron_beacon_journal/|title=General Arnold Wins Collier Trophy Award|date=December 17, 1943|newspaper=The Akron Beacon Journal|location=Akron, Ohio|page=32|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1943 – Captain Luis de Florez, United States Navy Reserve for his contribution to the safe and rapid training of combat pilots and crews.
  • 1944 – Carl Spaatz "for demonstrating the air power concept through employment of American aviation in the war against Germany."{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36665555/the_news_journal/|title=General Spaatz Wins Collier Air Trophy|newspaper=The News Journal|location=Wilmington, Delaware|date=December 14, 1945|page=29|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite web|url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-1940-1949-winners|title=Collier 1940–1949 Recipients|website=National Aeronautic Association|access-date=October 2, 2019}}
  • 1945 – Luis W. Alvarez for the Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) which allowed radar operators to guide pilots to a safe landing in all weather conditions.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38806783/the_courierjournal/|title=Radar Expert will Receive Collier Trophy|date=December 13, 1946|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|location=Louisville, Kentucky|page=16|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Associated Press}}
  • 1946 – Lewis A. Rodert of NACA, for the design and development of an aircraft anti-icing system.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36665466/amarillo_daily_news/|title=Collier Trophy to Rodert for De-Icer Plan|newspaper=Amarillo Daily News|location=Amarillo, Texas|date=December 12, 1947|page=30|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Associated Press}}
  • 1947 – Lawrence Bell, John Stack, Chuck Yeager shared the award for their work on the Bell X-1, the first aircraft to break the sound barrier.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36575520/the_semiweekly_spokesmanreview/|title=Three to Share Collier Trophy|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Semi-Weekly Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|date=December 15, 1948|page=15|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1948 – The Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics for developing an air traffic control system.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36665198/green_bay_pressgazette/|title=Aeronautics Group to get Collier Trophy|newspaper=Green Bay Press-Gazette|date=December 24, 1949|location=Green Bay, Wisconsin|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1949 – William Lear for the development of the F-5 automatic pilot and automatic approach control coupler system.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36664922/the_jackson_sun/|title=36-Pound Automatic Jet Pilot Wins Collier Trophy for Lear|newspaper=The Jackson Sun|location=Jackson, Tennessee|date=December 12, 1950|page=6|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1950 – The Helicopter Industry, the Military Services, and the Coast Guard – for development and use of rotary-wing aircraft for air rescue operations.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36665821/the_morning_call/|title=Collier Trophy Goes to Helicopter Industry|newspaper=The Morning Call|location=Allentown, Pennsylvania|date=December 14, 1951|page=18|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Associated Press}}{{cite web |title=collier-1950-1959-winners |url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-1950-1959-winners |website=NAA.aero |publisher=NAA |access-date=22 July 2020}}
  • 1951 – John Stack for the NACA Langley transonic wind tunnel.
  • 1952 – Leonard S. Hobbs of United Aircraft Corp., for the design, development, and production of the Pratt & Whitney J57 jet engine.
  • 1953 – James H. Kindelberger for North American Aviation's F-100 and Edward H. Heinemann for Douglas aircraft carrier based F4D.
  • 1954 – Richard T. Whitcomb for his discovery of the area rule, a design method for supersonic aircraft.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36665053/albuquerque_journal/|title=Creator of Jet 'Waistline' is Collier's Trophy Winner|agency=Associated Press|date=November 24, 1955|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|location=Albuquerque, New Mexico|page=9|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1955 – Boeing's William M. Allen and General Nathan F. Twining USAF for the development, production, and operation of the B-52.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36664805/the_journal_herald/|title=Collier Trophy Presented to Developers of B-52|newspaper=The Journal Herald|location=Dayton, Ohio|date=December 5, 1956|page=9|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1956 – Charles J. McCarthy of Chance-Vaught Aircraft and Vice Admiral James S. Russell U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics for the F-8U Crusader the first operational aircraft capable of speeds exceeding {{convert|1000|mph|kph}}.
  • 1957 – Edward P. Curtis for "Aviation Facilities Planning", the long-range planning addressing problems with aircraft, air space, and facilities.
  • 1958 – Clarence "Kelly" Johnson of Lockheed Skunk Works, and Gerhard Neumann and Neil Burgess of GE, for leadership in the development of the F-104 Starfighter and its J79 engine.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36664606/the_knoxville_newssentinel/|title=F-104 Reaches New Altitude Mark|newspaper=The Knoxville News-Sentinel|date=December 16, 1959|page=4|via=Newspapers.com|location=Knoxville, Tennessee|agency=UPI}}
  • 1959 – US Air Force, Convair Division of General Dynamics, and Space Technology Laboratories for the development of the Atlas missile{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36620586/asbury_park_press/|title=President to Award Collier Trophy Today|newspaper=Asbury Park Press|location=Asbury Park, New Jersey|date=December 5, 1960|page=13|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1960 – Vice Adm William F Raborn for directing the creation of the Polaris fleet ballistic missile system.{{cite web |title=collier-1960-1969-winners |url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-1960-1969-winners |website=NAA.aero |publisher=NAA |access-date=22 July 2020}}
  • 1961 – North American Aviation with Scott Crossfield, Joseph A. Walker, Robert Michael White and Forrest S. Petersen, X-15 test pilots.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36575621/the_berkshire_eagle/|title=Collier Trophy Goes to X15 Pilots|newspaper=The Berkshire Eagle|location=Pittsfield, Massachusetts|date=July 20, 1962|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1962 – Mercury Seven, group of first seven astronauts.{{cite book |last=Warren-Findley |first=Jannelle |editor-last=Mack |editor-first=Pamela E. |title=From Engineering Science to Big Science: The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners |url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4219/Cover4219.htm |access-date=March 26, 2018 |series=The NASA History Series |year=1998 |publisher=NASA History Office, Office of Policy and Plans |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=0-16-049640-3 |oclc=37451762 |lccn=97027899 |id=NASA SP-4219 |page=165 |chapter=The Collier as Commemoration: The Project Mercury Astronauts and the Collier Trophy |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4219/Chapter7.html#Chapt7-5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26947987/chicago_tribune/|title=Astronauts Have Their Day at the White House|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=October 11, 1963|page=3|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1963 – Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, for his leadership at Lockheed's Skunk Works in the development of the A-12 Mach 3 aircraft.
  • 1964 – Curtis LeMay "for development of high performance aircraft, missiles and space systems."{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36665318/the_missoulian/|title=LeMay says Air Power Short in Viet Nam|newspaper=The Missoulian|location=Missoula, Montana|date=October 22, 1965|page=16|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Associated Press}}
  • 1965 – James E. Webb and Hugh L. Dryden for the Project Gemini.
  • 1966 – James McDonnell for development work in aeronautics and astronautics, specifically on the F-4 Phantom and Project Gemini space vehicles.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36665707/pittsburgh_postgazette/|title=McDonnell Wins Top Aerospace Award|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|date=April 14, 1967|page=8|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Associated Press}}
  • 1967 – Lawrence "Pat" Hyland of Hughes Aircraft's Surveyor program for placing the eyes, ears & hand of the United States on the Moon.
  • 1968 – Apollo 8 crew: Col. Frank Borman, USAF; Capt. James A. Lovell Jr., USN; Lt. Col. William A. Anders, USAF for the first lunar orbit.{{cite web|title=Collier 1960-1969 Recipients - NAA: National Aeronautic Association|url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-1960-1969-winners|website=naa.aero|access-date=15 January 2019}}
  • 1969 – Apollo 11 crew: Neil A. Armstrong, COL. Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., USAF; COL. Michael Collins, USAF for the first landing of man on the surface of the Moon, July 20, 1969.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19579176/austin_americanstatesman/|title=Apollo 11 Honor|date=May 7, 1970|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=Burlington, Vermont|page=3|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1970 – The Boeing Company for their introduction of the Boeing 747.{{cite web|title=Collier 1970-1979 Recipients - NAA: National Aeronautic Association|url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-1970-1979-winners|website=naa.aero|access-date=31 July 2017}}
  • 1971 – David Scott, James Irwin, Alfred Worden, and Robert Gilruth of the Apollo 15 mission.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30243648/the_el_dorado_times/|title=Apollo 15 astronauts, Gilruth to be honored|newspaper=El Dorado Times|location=El Dorado, Arkansas|last1=Haugland|first1=Vern|agency=Associated Press|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 22, 1972|page=13}}
  • 1972 – The Officers and Men of the 7th Air Force and 8th Air Force of the United States Air Force and Task Force 77 of the United States Navy for Operation Linebacker II."[http://www.flyingmag.com/photo-gallery/photos/history-collier-trophy-fails?pnid=37528 A History of Collier Trophy Fails – 1972]" Flying (magazine), 2012
  • 1973 – William C. Schneider and crews of the Skylab program{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20455982/the_orlando_sentinel/|title=Collier Trophy at Test Range|newspaper=The Orlando Sentinel|location=Orlando, Florida|date=October 3, 1974|page=21|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 1974 – John F. Clark of NASA and Daniel J. Fink of GE, representing NASA's Earth Resources Technology Satellite Program, LANDSAT for mankind's management of the Earth's resources and with recognition to Hughes Aircraft Company and RCA.{{Cite web|url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-1970-1979-winners|title=Collier 1970-1979 Recipients - NAA: National Aeronautic Association|website=naa.aero|access-date=2019-04-09}}
  • 1975 – David S. Lewis Jr. of General Dynamics Corporation and the F-16 Air Force Industry Team.
  • 1976 - USAF and Rockwell International Corporation for the highly successful design, development, management, and flight test of the B-1 strategic aircraft system.
  • 1977 - Robert J. Dixon for his work on Red Flag.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36620925/daily_press/|title=General Dixon Receives Oldest Aviation Award|newspaper=Daily Press|location=Newport News, Virginia|date=April 13, 1978|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|last1=Budahn|first1=P.J.}}
  • 1978 - Sam B. Williams for development of the small, high-efficiency turbofan.
  • 1979 - Paul MacCready for the MacCready Gossamer Albatross piloted by Bryan Allen made the first man-powered flight across the English Channel.
  • 1980 - Edward C. Stone representing the Voyager mission team's fly-by of Saturn.{{cite web|title=Collier 1980-1989 Recipients - NAA: National Aeronautic Association|url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-1980-1989-winners|publisher=National Aeronautic Association}}
  • 1981 - NASA, Rockwell International, Martin Marietta, and Thiokol for the development of crewed reusable spacecraft noting astronauts John Young, Robert Crippen, Joe Engle and Richard Truly.
  • 1982 - Thornton "T" Arnold Wilson and The Boeing Company for the Boeing 757 and the 767.
  • 1983 - The United States Army and Hughes Aircraft Helicopters for advanced weapons systems for the AH-64A Apache.
  • 1984 - Bruce McCandless and Charles E. Whitsett of NASA and Walter W. Bollendonk of Martin Marietta for their work on satellite rescue and repair.{{cite web |last1=Millbrooke |first1=Anne |title="More Favored than the Birds": The Manned Maneuvering Unit in Space |url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4219/Chapter13.html |website=History.NASA.gov |publisher=NASA |access-date=31 July 2020}}
  • 1985 - Russell W Meyer and Cessna Aircraft for the outstanding safety record of the Cessna Citation aircraft.
  • 1986 - Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, Burt Rutan and the team of the first non-stop unrefueled circumnavigation of the Rutan Voyager.
  • 1987 - NASA Lewis Research Center and the NASA/industry advanced turboprop team for their work in new turboprop technologies."[http://www.flyingmag.com/photo-gallery/photos/history-collier-trophy-fails?pnid=37527 A History of Collier Trophy Fails – 1987]" Flying (magazine), 2012
  • 1988 - Rear Admiral Richard H. Truly U.S. Navy for the successful return of America to space after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • 1989 - Ben Rich of Lockheed and USAF team for the first stealth aircraft, the F-117.
  • 1990 - Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey team for the first large tiltrotor aircraft.Maisel, Martin D., Demo J. Giulianetti and Daniel C. Dugan. [https://history.nasa.gov/monograph17.pdf NASA SP-2000-4517, "The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft: From Concept to Flight" (PDF)] p155 NASA, 2000. Accessed: 17 March 2012.
  • 1991 - The Northrop Corporation, the Industry Team and the United States Air Force for the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit.{{cite web|title=Collier 1990-1999 Recipients|url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-1990-1999-winners|publisher=National Aeronautics Association}}
  • 1992 - Naval Research Laboratory, US Air Force, Aerospace Corporation, Rockwell International, and IBM Federal Systems Company for Global Positioning System (GPS).
  • 1993 - The Hubble Space Telescope Recovery Team for the recovery and repair of the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • 1994 - McDonnell Douglas, US Air Force, and US Army for developing and producing the C-17 Globemaster III.
  • 1995 - Boeing Commercial Airplanes for producing the Boeing 777.{{cite journal |last1=Freeze |first1=Christopher |title=Award-Winning Teamwork |journal=Air Line Pilot |date=December 2021 |pages=23–24}}
  • 1996 - Cessna Aircraft Company for producing the Citation X the US's first commercial aircraft to cruise at .92 Mach.
  • 1997 - Gulfstream Aerospace for producing the ultra-long range business jet the Gulfstream V.
  • 1998 - Lockheed Martin, GE Aircraft Engines, NASA, Air Combat Command, and Defense Intelligence Agency for the U-2S/ER-2 high altitude, all-weather, multi-functional data collection aircraft.
  • 1999 - Boeing, GE Aircraft Engines, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Technologies, and United States Navy for the F/A-18E/F multi-mission strike fighter aircraft.
  • 2000 - Northrop Grumman, Rolls-Royce, Raytheon, L-3 Communications, United States Air Force, and DARPA for the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk.{{cite web|title=Collier 2000-2009 Recipients|url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-2000-2009-winners|publisher=National Aeronautic Association}}
  • 2001 - Pratt and Whitney, Lockheed Martin, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman and the Joint Strike Fighter program Office for LiftFan Propulsion System.{{cite press release |author=|title=Propulsion System in Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter Wins Collier Trophy|url=http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2003/PropulsionSystemInLockheedMartinJoi.html|url-status=dead|location=Fort Worth, TX|publisher=Lockheed Martin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525131323/http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2003/PropulsionSystemInLockheedMartinJoi.html|archive-date=25 May 2011|date=28 February 2003|access-date=10 January 2010}}
  • 2002 - Sikorsky Aircraft and the S-92 team, led by Nicholas Lappos."[http://helihub.com/2013/10/02/gapan-to-bestow-top-flight-operations-award-on-nick-lappos/ GAPAN to bestow top flight operations award on Nick Lappos]" HeliHub, 2 October 2013. Accessed: 13 October 2013.
  • 2003 - Gulfstream Aerospace for the development of the G550, the first civil aircraft to include an enhanced vision system as standard equipment.
  • 2004 - Burt Rutan, Paul Allen, Doug Shane, Mike Melvill, Brian Binnie, and the SpaceShipOne team for the first privately designed, funded, built, and flown commercial crewed space-launch vehicle.
  • 2005 - Eclipse Aviation for producing the Eclipse 500, the world's first very light jet.
  • 2006 - United States Air Force, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Pratt and Whitney for producing the F-22 Raptor.
  • 2007 - Automatic Dependent Surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) team that includes AOPA, ALPA, CAA, ERAU, FAA, ITT, Lockheed Martin, NASA, MITRE, UPS, and ACSS for supporting NextGen.{{cite web |title=Press Release 2007 Collier Winner |url=https://naa.aero/userfiles/files/documents/Press%20Releases/Collier%202007%20PR.pdf |website=NAA.aero |publisher=NAA |access-date=23 July 2020}}
  • 2008 - The Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) for reducing commercial scheduled airline fatalities.{{cite web |title=NAA ANNOUNCES COMMERCIAL AVIATION SAFETY TEAM (CAST) AS THE WINNER OF THE 2008 ROBERT J. COLLIER TROPHY |url=https://naa.aero/userfiles/files/documents/Press%20Releases/Collier%202008%20PR.pdf |website=National Aeronautic Association |publisher=NAA |access-date=28 May 2020}}
  • 2009 - The International Space Station team including NASA, Boeing, Draper Laboratory, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, United Launch Alliance, United Technologies for the world's largest spacecraft.
  • 2010 - The Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Sikorsky X2 Technology Demonstrator team for revolutionary helicopter development.{{cite press release|author=|title=Sikorsky X2 Technology™ Demonstrator Wins Prestigious Robert J. Collier Trophy|url=http://www.sikorsky.com/pages/AboutSikorsky/PressreleaseDetails.aspx?pressreleaseid=274|location=Stratford, CT|publisher=Sikorsky|date=15 March 2011|access-date=20 July 2016}}{{cite magazine|last1=Warwick|first1=Graham|title=Sikorsky's X2 – Collier Win, Commercial Next?|url=http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=blog:a68cb417-3364-4fbf-a9dd-4feda680ec9c&plckPostId=Blog:a68cb417-3364-4fbf-a9dd-4feda680ec9cPost:e6c2886e-d967-4972-b8e7-bfe6ed3fb88e|url-status=dead|access-date=8 March 2014|magazine=Aviation Week|date=16 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309024850/http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=blog%3Aa68cb417-3364-4fbf-a9dd-4feda680ec9c&plckPostId=Blog%3Aa68cb417-3364-4fbf-a9dd-4feda680ec9cPost%3Ae6c2886e-d967-4972-b8e7-bfe6ed3fb88e|archive-date=9 March 2014}}{{cite magazine|last1=Larson|first1=George|title=Sikorsky's X2 and the Collier Trophy|url=http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog%3a2f16318d-d960-4e49-bc9f-86f1805f2c7f&plckPostId=Blog%3a2f16318d-d960-4e49-bc9f-86f1805f2c7fPost%3a39ad84ac-5874-43ab-b240-b109f93c69c2|access-date=8 March 2014|magazine=Aviation Week|date=23 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309025208/http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog%3A2f16318d-d960-4e49-bc9f-86f1805f2c7f&plckPostId=Blog%3A2f16318d-d960-4e49-bc9f-86f1805f2c7fPost%3A39ad84ac-5874-43ab-b240-b109f93c69c2|archive-date=9 March 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=collier-2010-2019-winners |url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-2010-2019-winners |website=NAA.aero |publisher=NAA |access-date=23 July 2020}}
  • 2011 - The Boeing Company for designing, building, delivering, and supporting the 787 Dreamliner.{{cite press release|author=|title=Boeing 787 Dreamliner Wins Coveted Collier Trophy|url=http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2012-03-13-Boeing-787-Dreamliner-Wins-Coveted-Collier-Trophy|location=Washington DC|publisher=Boeing|agency=PR Newswire|date=13 March 2012|access-date=20 July 2016}}
  • 2012 - NASA/JPL Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity project team for their successful Mars mission.{{cite web|title=Collier 2010-2019 Recipients - NAA: National Aeronautic Association|url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy/collier-2010-2019-winners|publisher=National Aeronautic Association}}{{cite web |last=Bosco |first=Cassandro |title=NASA/JPL Mars Curiosity Project Team Receive 2012 Robert J. Collier Trophy |url=http://naa.aero/siteadmin/data/document/Collier%202012%20PR.pdf |date=March 12, 2013 |work=National Aeronautic Association |access-date=February 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223025521/http://naa.aero/siteadmin/data/document/Collier%202012%20PR.pdf |archive-date=February 23, 2014 }}
  • 2013 - Northrop Grumman/U.S. Navy/Industry team for designing, building, and demonstrating the X-47B; and for the aircraft's ability to autonomously operate from and perform arrested landings upon an aircraft carrier.
  • 2014 - Gulfstream Aerospace for producing the G650.{{cite news|last1=Kauh|first1=Elaine|title=Gulfstream G650 Wins 2014 Collier Trophy|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Gulfstream-G650-Wins-2014-Collier-Trophy-223684-1.html|access-date=13 March 2015|publisher=AVweb|date=12 March 2015}}
  • 2015 - The NASA-JPL Dawn Mission team for orbiting and exploring protoplanet Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres.{{cite news|last1=Kauh|first1=Elaine|title=NASA-JPL Dawn Mission Team Wins 2015 Collier Trophy|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/NASA-JPL-Dawn-Mission-Team-Wins-2015-Collier-Trophy-225827-1.html|access-date=22 May 2016|publisher=AVweb|date=10 March 2016}}
  • 2016 - The Blue Origin team for demonstrating rocket booster reusability with the New Shepard human spaceflight vehicle.{{cite news|last1=Berry|first1=Stephanie|title=Blue Origin New Shepard to Receive the 2016 Robert J. Collier Trophy|url=https://naa.aero/userfiles/files/documents/Press%20Releases/Collier%20Trophy%202016.pdf|access-date=29 Mar 2017|publisher=NAA|date=29 March 2017}}
  • 2017 - Cirrus Aircraft for designing, certifying, and entering-into-service the SF50 Vision, the first single-engine personal jet; and for their inclusion of the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) on the aircraft.{{cite press release |url= https://naa.aero/userfiles/files/documents/Press%20Releases/Collier%20Trophy%202017.pdf |title= Cirrus Aircraft Vision Jet to be awarded the 2017 Robert J. Collier Trophy |date= April 4, 2018 |publisher= NAA}}
  • 2018 - The Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) team, which includes the Air Force Research Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, the F-35 Joint Program Office, and NASA for lifesaving technology.{{cite press release |url=https://naa.aero/userfiles/files/documents/Press%20Releases/Collier%20Trophy%202018.pdf |title=Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System Team to Receive the 2018 Robert J. Collier Trophy |date= April 5, 2019 |publisher= NAA}}
  • 2019 - The USAF-Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Team for developing and employing the world's only reusable, autonomous spaceplane.{{cite web |title=The United States Department of the Air Force - Boeing X-37B Team to Receive the 2019 Robert J. Collier Trophy |url=https://naa.aero/userfiles/files/documents/Press%20Releases/Collier%20Trophy%20for%202019.pdf |access-date=13 August 2020}}
  • 2020 - Garmin for designing, developing, and fielding Garmin Autoland – the world's first certified autonomous system that activates during an emergency to safely control and land an aircraft without human intervention.{{cite web|url = https://naa.aero/userfiles/files/documents/Press%20Releases/Collier%20Trophy%20for%202020.pdf|title = Garmin Autoland to Receive the 2020 Robert J. Collier Trophy |work = NAA |date = 3 June 2021}}
  • 2021 - The NASA/JPL/Ingenuity team for the first powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet, thereby opening the skies of Mars and other worlds for future scientific discovery and exploration.{{cite web |title=The NASA/JPL Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Awarded the 2021 Robert J. Collier Trophy |url=https://naa.aero/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Collier-Trophy-for-2021.pdf |publisher=National Aeronautic Association |access-date=21 February 2025 |date=April 5, 2022}}
  • 2022 - NASA and Northrop Grumman for the James Webb Space Telescope "for its unprecedented discovery mission to explore, identify and photograph what lies beyond what is currently known and to seek what is unknown."{{cite web|url=https://naa.aero/news/news-articles/james-webb-space-telescope-earns-the-2022-robert-j-collier-trophy/|publisher=NAA|title= James Webb Space Telescope Team Earns the 2022 Robert J. Collier Trophy|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801013802/https://naa.aero/news/news-articles/james-webb-space-telescope-earns-the-2022-robert-j-collier-trophy/|archive-date=1 August 2023}}
  • 2023 - NASA, Lockheed Martin, the University of Arizona and KinetX for OSIRIS-REx, the first American mission to gather an asteroid sample and its return to earth{{cite news |title=OSIRIS-REx Team Earns the 2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy |url=https://naa.aero/osiris-rex-team-earns-the-2023-robert-j-collier-trophy/ |access-date=21 February 2025 |publisher=National Aeronautic Association |date=March 25, 2024 |language=en}}
  • 2024 - NASA and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory for the Parker Solar Probe, which ventured deep into the Sun's corona, passing {{convert|3.83|e6mi|abbr=unit}} from the solar surface, seven times closer than any previous spacecraft, and setting a record for the fastest human-made object at a speed of {{convert|430000|mph|abbr=on}}, three times faster than any prior spacecraft.{{Cite web |last= |title=Parker Solar Probe Earns the 2024 Collier Trophy |url=https://naa.aero/parker-solar-probe-earns-the-2024-collier-trophy/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=NAA |language=en}}

Gallery

File:HoffmanCollierTrophyfromPresCoolidge.jpg|1926 Collier Trophy President Calvin Coolidge presented to Edward L. Hoffman for the modern freefall parachute

File:1927 Collier Trophy presented by President Coolidge to Charles Lawrance (cropped).jpg|1927 Collier Trophy President Coolidge presented to Charles Lawrance for the air-cooled aircraft radial engine

File:Harold Frederick Pitcairn portrait in 1930 with the Collier Trophy.jpg|1930 Collier Trophy recipient Harold Frederick Pitcairn for the autogyro

File:1933 Collier Trophy President Roosevelt congratulates Frank W. Caldwell.jpg|1933 Collier Trophy President Roosevelt congratulates Frank W. Caldwell of Hamilton Standard for the controllable-pitch propeller

File:1939 Collier Trophy Dr. Walter Meredith Boothby, William Randolph Lovelace II, and Harry George Armstrong.jpg|1939 Collier Trophy President Roosevelt congratulates US airlines Dr. Walter Meredith Boothby, William Randolph Lovelace II, and Harry George Armstrong

File:Lew Rodert accepting the Collier Trophy from President Harry S Truman in December 1947.jpg|1946 Collier Trophy President Truman congratulates Lewis A. Rodert for the thermal aircraft anti-icing

File:1951CollierTrophy Truman n John Stack.jpg|1952 Collier Trophy President Truman congratulates John Stack for the Langley transonic wind tunnel

File:Vice President Nixon awards 1958 Collier Trophy.jpg|1958 Collier Trophy with (L to R) Walter W. Irwin, Howard C. Johnson, US VP Nixon, Gerhard Neumann, Neil Burgess, Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson

File:1966CollierTrophyJames Smith McDonnell.jpg|1966 Collier Trophy with James Smith McDonnell Jr. founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation for the F-4 Phantom and Project Gemini

File:Jsc2011e075769 orig.jpg|1973 Collier Trophy VP Ford congratulates NASA Skylab Program Director William C. Schneider

File:1992 CollierTrophyGPS.jpg|1992 Collier Trophy for the Global Positioning System

File:2011 Collier Trophy Recipient, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and Collier Selection Committee.jpg|2011 Collier Trophy presented to The Boeing Company for the 787 Dreamliner

File:2014 Collier Trophy Presentation, Northrop Grumman X-47B.JPG|2013 Collier Trophy presented to Northrop Grumman/U.S. Navy for the X-47B

File:2015 Collier Trophy Presentation, Gulfstream G-650.JPG|2014 Collier Trophy presented to Gulfstream for the G650

See also

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References

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External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiXuss4lQOY One Hundred Years of the Collier Trophy] "The Oscar of Aviation"--Dick Rutan
  • [http://www.aerofiles.com/collier-trophy.html The Collier Trophy] – contains listing of the winners up to 2006
  • [https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4219/Contents.html From Engineering Science to Big Science – The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners, Edited by Pamela E. Mack]
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdgf6y-ktLg] October 10, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy remarks upon presenting the Collier Trophy to the Mercury Seven
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOLe6RbomgA] 787 Dreamliner joins proud legacy of Boeing Collier Trophy wins

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