THE DONALDF D. ENGEN AERO CLUB TROPHY FOR AVIATION EXCELLENCE
The Donald D. Engen Aero Club Trophy for Aviation Excellence is awarded annually by the Aero Club of Washington, D.C. The Aero Club founded in 1909, seeks to honor an individual, team, corporation, or organization that reaffirms the Wright Brothers' standard of excellence in aviation. Criteria for the trophy include technological advances; development of aviation policy acts of courage or professionalism; and lifetime achievements in the aviation field.
Recipients:
1993 Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines
1994 Senator Wendell Ford, U.S. Senate
1995 Edward W. Stimpson, GAMA
1996 Joint FAA/JAA 777 Certification Team
1997 James A. Wilding, MWAA
1998 Robert Crandall, American Airlines
1999 Donald D. Engen
2000 Najeeb Halaby
2001 L. Welch Pogue
2002 Alan S. Boyd
2003 Not Awarded (due to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster)
2004 Don Lopez, NASM
2005 STS-114 Discovery Shuttle Crew
2006 Scott Crossfield
2007 Langhorne Bond
2008 Phil Boyer
2009 William DeCota
2010 Carl W. Vogt
2011 Jane Garvey
2012 National Aviation Hall of Fame
2013 The Tuskegee Airmen
2014 Charles “Chip” Barclay
2015 Will Ris
2016 Walter Boyne
2017 J. Randolph Babbitt
2018 Margaret Jenny
2019 Carl Burleson
2020 Michael Quiello
2021 Linda Hall Daschle
2022 Stephen Alterman
2023 Ambassador Carol B. Hallett
This object is on display in Outside Tower Entrance at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.