Lilienthal Gliding Medal
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Lilienthal Gliding Medal | |
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Awarded for | Remarkable performance in gliding, or eminent services to the sport of gliding over a long period of time |
Country | Hosted every year |
Presented by | Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) |
First awarded | 1938 |
Last awarded | 2010 |
Official website | Official site |
Lilienthal Gliding Medal – the highest soaring award in the world, established by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) in 1938 in honor of Otto Lilienthal, a German pioneer of human aviation. It aims "to reward a particularly remarkable performance in gliding, or eminent services to the sport of gliding over a long period of time". The award is made at the annual FAI General Conference.[1] Medal was designed by Austrian artist Josef Humplik.
The first winner of the Lilienthal Gliding Medal in the world was Tadeusz Góra for his record-breaking 577.8-kilometer flight on May 18, 1938, glider PWS-101 from Bezmiechowa to Soleczniki (near Vilnius).
Recipients
Recipients of this award, from 1938 to present, include:[2]
Year | Recipient | Notes |
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1938 | Tadeusz Góra | for a goal flight of 577 kilometers |
1948 | Per-Axel Persson | |
1949 | John C. Robinson | |
1950 | William S. Ivans | |
1951 | Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard | |
1952 | Charles Atger | |
1953 | Vladimir Iltchenko | |
1954 | Philip Wills | |
1955 | Joachim Küttner | |
1956 | Paul MacCready | |
1957 | Don Luis Vicente Juez Gomez | |
1958 | Wolf Hirth | |
1959 | Richard Schreder | |
1960 | Pelagia Majewska | |
1961 | Adolph Gehriger | |
1962 | Paul Bikle | |
1963 | Heinz Huth | |
1964 | Alvin H. Parker | |
1965 | Edward Makula | |
1966 | Anne Burns | |
1967 | Lennart Stahlfors | |
1968 | Alejo Williamson | |
1969 | Eric Nessler | |
1970 | Hans-Werner Grosse | |
1971 | Karl Striedieck | |
1972 | Jan Wróblewski | twice World Champion, 1965 Open and 1972 Standard Class |
1973 | Ann Welch | |
1974 | August Hug | |
1975 | Adela Dankowska | for her world records & winning the 1975 International Feminine Gliding Competition |
1976 | Louis A. de Lange | |
1977 | George B. Moffat, Jr. | |
1978 | Helmut Reichmann | |
1980 | Hans Wolf | |
1981 | George Lee | World gliding champion on three consecutive occasions |
1982 | Hans Nietlispach | |
1984 | C.E. Wallington | |
1985 | Sholto Hamilton Georgeson | |
1986 | Dick Johnson | |
1987 | Juhani Horma | |
1988 | Ingo Renner | |
1990 | Fred Weinholtz | |
1991 | Raymond W. Lynskey | |
1992 | Franciszek Kępka | |
1993 | Bernald S. Smith | |
1994 | Terrence Delore | |
1995 | Tor Johannessen | |
1997 | Manfred Reinhardt | |
1998 | Oran Nicks | |
1999 | Hana Zejdova | |
2000 | Klaus Ohlmann | |
2001 | James M. Payne | |
2002 | John Hamish Roake | |
2003 | Piero Morelli | |
2004 | Janusz Centka | |
2005 | Ian Strachan | |
2006 | Alan Patching | |
2007 | Derek Piggott | |
2008 | Roland Stuck | |
2009 | Ross Macintyre | |
2010 | Reiner Rose | |
2011 | Giorgio Galetto | |
2012 | Bob Henderson | |
2013 | Not awarded | |
2014 | Loek Boermanns | |
2015 | Rainer Wienzek |
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