Iven C. Kincheloe Award

The Iven C. Kincheloe Award recognizes outstanding professional accomplishment in the conduct of flight testing. It was established in 1958 by the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in memory of test pilot and Korean War ace Iven C. Kincheloe, United States Air Force, who died during flight testing.[1]

Iven C. Kincheloe Award
Iven C. Kincheloe Trophy
Awarded forOutstanding flight testing
LocationLancaster, California
Country United States
Presented byThe Society of Experimental Test Pilots
First awarded1958 (1958)
WebsiteSETP

The Kincheloe Trophy consists of four columns and a symbolic aerospace vehicle that points toward the shield of the society. The columns represent the foundation on which the society was createdcourage, integrity, knowledge, and accomplishment. The vehicle reinforces the role played by the society in the development of aerospace systems. Plaques bearing the name of each honoree are mounted around the sides of the onyx base.[2]

Criteria

The Society lists three criteria for nominations to this award:[3]

  1. The recipient must be a living member of the Society.
  2. The accomplishment, or significant portion of the accomplishment, must have occurred in the past year (From July 1)
  3. The accomplishment must involve actual flight testing conducted by the individual, while in a test pilot role, and represent an outstanding contribution to an aerospace program.

Recipients

Recipients of this award, from 1958 to present, include:[4]

  • 1958
  • 1959
  • 1960
    • A. Scott Crossfield, North American X-15 Program
    • William M. Magruder, Douglas DC-8 Flight Test Program
  • 1961
  • 1962
    • Donald W. McCracken, McDonnell F-4 Mach Investigation[8]
  • 1963
  • 1964
    • Pilots of YF12A (A-11) Lockheed Super-Secret Project[10]
      • Louis W. Schalk
      • William C. Park
      • Robert J. Gilliland
      • James D. Eastham
  • 1965
  • 1966
  • 1967
  • 1968
    • Drury W. Wood, Jr, Dornier Werke DO31 Test Program-VTOL Flight
  • 1969
  • 1970
  • 1971
    • Andre Turcat, Aerospatiale, Concorde joint test program
    • Brian Trubshaw, British Aircraft Corporation, Concorde joint test program
  • 1972
    • Apollo XVI Crew Moon landing and return
    • Donald R. Segner, Lockheed-California For accomplishments in Company testing the Cheyenne helicopter
  • 1973
  • 1974
    • Irving L. Burrows, McDonnell Aircraft Outstanding professional Company contributions as a test pilot during F15A development program[16]
  • 1975
    • John E. Krings, McDonnell Aircraft As Project Pilot on F15A Company high angle of attack characteristics test program[17]
  • 1976
    • Charles C. Bock, Jr, Rockwell International For his outstanding accomplishments on the B-1 Program
  • 1977
  • 1978
  • 1979
    • Philip F. Oestricher, General Dynamics Corp. F-16 Flight Test Program
    • Robert C. Ettinger, Lt Col USAF
  • 1980
  • 1981
  • 1982
  • 1983
    • John M. Hoffman, Lt Col USAF For Outstanding contribution to the derivative F-15 fighter planes
  • 1984
    • Donald L. Bloom, Bell Helicopter 0H-58C helicopter spin phenomena
    • Charles A. Sewell, Grumman Aerospace Low Altitude high angle Corporation of attack, asymmetric thrust flight test program on the F-14 Tomcat.
  • 1985
    • William W. Lowe, McDonnell Douglas AV-8B High Angle of Attack Corporation Test Program
  • 1986
    • David A. Kerzie, Lockheed Corp. U-2/TR-1 extremely high altitude investigative and exploratory flights to determine flutter characteristics.
  • 1987
    • Guy Mitaux-Maurouard, Avions Marcel Dassault Rafale Flight Test Program
    • Dick Rutan, Voyager Aircraft, Inc. Successful around-the-world non-stop, non-refueled flight of the Voyager aircraft
    • Jeana Yeager, Voyager Aircraft, Inc.
  • 1988
    • Channing S. Morse, McDonnell Douglas NOTAR Helicopter, Helicopter Company Development Program
  • 1989
    • Addison S. Thompson, Rockwell International B-1B high alpha envelope
    • Randy Gaston, Lt Col USAF, expansion and flight control system development
    • William C. Park, Jr, Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Research and development
    • N. Kenneth Dyson, Lt Col USAF, flights of prototype
  • 1990
    • Bruce J. Hinds, Jr. Northrop Corporation B-2 Flight Test Program
    • Richard S. Couch, Col USAF
  • 1991
    • Paul Metz, Northrop Corporation YF-23 ATF Prototype
    • David L. Ferguson, Lockheed Corporation YF-22 ATF Prototype
  • 1992
  • 1993
    • Allan T. Reed, McDonnell Douglas T-45 High Angle of Attack and Corporation Flying Qualities & Spin Evaluation
  • 1994
    • Christopher J. Yeo, British Aerospace Eurofighter 2000 Flight Test
    • Peter Weger, Deutsche Aerospace Program
  • 1995
  • 1996
    • Erwin Danuwinata, IPTN Expansion and flight tests leading to FAA/JAA certification
    • Ken Dyson & Richard G. Thomas, Tacit Blue Program (Retroactive 1982)
    • Jon S. Beesley, USAF F-117 Combined Test Force, Harold C. Farley Lockheed, David L. Ferguson Lockheed & Thomas A. Morgenfeld Lockheed (Retroactive 1983)
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2001
    • Wg Cdr Rajiv Kothiyal, Indian AF
  • 2002
    • Herb Moran Bell Helicopter, envelope expansion and aircraft definition of the AH-1Z helicopter.
  • 2003
    • Thomas L. Macdonald, Bell-Boeing High Rate of Descent (HROD) testing for the V-22 Osprey
  • 2004
  • 2005
    • Randy Neville, Boeing F-22
  • 2006
    • Norman E. Howell, Boeing, C-17
  • 2007
    • Jon S. Beesley, Lockheed Martin, F-35A and Bird of Prey Test Team (Retroactive from 1997)
    • Rudy Haug, Boeing
    • Doug Benjamin, Boeing
    • Joe Felock, Boeing
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
    • Michael Carriker, Boeing
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
    • Prospero Uybarreta, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, C Series and CRJ Series
  • 2016
  • 2017
    • Charles Ellis, Bombardier Flight Test Center, Bombardier CSeries
  • 2018
    • James Payne, Airbus Perlan Project
  • 2019
    • Evan C. Thomas, Scaled Composites, LLC., Stratolaunch Aircraft[21]
  • 2020
    • Tom Carr, Garmin, Garmin Emergency Autoland (EAL)

See also

References

  1. "Kincheloe's Name Still Honored". The Evening News. Sault Sainte Marie. May 7, 1970. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  2. SETP 56th Awards Banquet. Lancaster, California: Society of Experimental Test Pilots. September 29, 2012.
  3. "Kincheloe Award Criteria". Lancaster, California: Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
  4. "Kincheloe Award Recipients". Lancaster, California: Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  5. "Need of Human Pilots, Despite Missiles, Seen". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 5, 1958. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Award Goes to Husband of Austinite". Austin American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. October 29, 1959. p. 35 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "2 X-15 Pilots Get Flight-Test Award". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. Associated Press. October 1, 1961. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Columbus Man Best Test Pilot". The Times Recorder. Zanesville, Ohio. UPI. October 1, 1962. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Wolfe, Tom (October 25, 1979). "Cooper the Cool jockeys Faith 7—between naps". Chicago Tribune. p. 22 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Four Secret Jet Test Pilots Receive Awards". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 27, 1964. p. 40 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Supersonic Test Pilot Gets Award". Valley Times. North Hollywood, California. UPI. September 27, 1965. p. 18 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Kincheloe Award Given Test Pilot". Star-Gazette. Elmira, New York. Associated Press. September 23, 1966. p. 24 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Best Test Pilot in Nation Picked". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. UPI. October 3, 1967. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Aviation Pioneers Receive Test Pilot Awards". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. September 29, 1969. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Record Setting Aviators Honored by Pilots Group". Valley News. Van Nuys, California. October 10, 1970. p. 51 via Newspapers.com.
  16. "Pilot Gets Award for Fighter Tests". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. UPI. October 5, 1974. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  17. "John Krings is Year's Top Test Pilot". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. UPI. September 29, 1975. p. 43 via Newspapers.com.
  18. "Space Shuttle 'Piggyback' Pilot, Aerospace Executive Honored". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 16, 1977. p. 34 via Newspapers.com.
  19. "NASA Pilot to be Honored". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. September 14, 1978. p. 24 via Newspapers.com.
  20. AW609 Test Pilots Receive Iven C. Kincheloe Award" AgustaWestland PR, 20 October 2014.
  21. Messier, Doug (October 1, 2019). "Test Pilot Wins Kincheloe Award for Stratolaunch Maiden Flight". Parabolic Arc. Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
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