This trophy was originally intended to be awarded by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation to Amelia Earhart in 1938 after her around the world flight. After Amelia Earhart's plane was lost, the trophy was given to an Amelia Earhart American Legion Post in California. The National Aviation Club resurrected the trophy in 1996 and awards the trophy, in honor of the Stinson sisters, annually for women's achievement in aviation or space. The Stinson sisters, Katherine and Marjorie, taught people how to fly in their mother's flying school in San Antonio, Texas beginning in 1912. Katherine Stinson was the 4th woman in the United States to obtain a pilot's license. The Stinson sisters trained pilots in World War I.
1997DR. SHANNON LUCID, ASTRONAUT
1998MAJOR SUSAN ROSE, USAF
1999AUDREY POBEREZNY
2000JEANA YEAGER
2001CAPT JODI A. NEFF, USAF
2002CAPT BEVERLEY BASS and PATTY WAGSTAFF
2003MARY S. FEIK and ANN WOOD-KELLY
2004ANN BAUMGARTNER CARL
2005CAROL RYMER DAVIS
2006SUZANNA DARCY-HENNEMANN
2007EVELYN BRYAN JOHNSON
2008CAPT JULIE CLARK
2009LT COL JEAN E. HAVENS, USAF and LT COL JEANNIE LEAVITT, USAF
2010NELDA K. LEE
2011THE HONORABLE CAROL J CARMODY
2012No Award
2013MAJOR GENERAL CATHERINE A. CHILTON, USAF
2014DR. MARINA RUGGLES-WRENN, Air Force Institute of Technology
2015JONI E. KELSEY, USAF
2016 LT COL CHRISTINE MAU, USAF
2017 SHAESTA WAIZ
2018 LT COL DANA BOCHTE
2019 Shelly Simi
2020 Dr. Ellen Ochoa
2021 Wally Funk
2022 Anita Sengupta
2023 Irene Trowell-Harris
Display Status
This object is on display in Trophy Case at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Object Details
Country of Origin
United States of America
Type
AWARDS-Trophies
Physical Description
Pewter sculpture of Roman God Mercury holding aloft a Lockheed Electra.
Dimensions
3-D: 76.2 × 19.1cm (2 ft. 6 in. × 7 1/2 in.)
3-D (Trophy with wooden base): 116.8 × 33cm (3 ft. 10 in. × 1 ft. 1 in.)
Materials
Pewter
Inventory Number
A19500112000
Credit Line
Donated by the American Legion Post #678
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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