Salute to Excellence is a category of awards issued by the Helicopter Association International since 1960, "for outstanding achievements in the international helicopter community".[1][2]
Individual awards edit
- Aviation Maintenance Technician Award (since 1994)
- Aviation Repair Specialist Award (since 1995)
- Igor I. Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service (since 1989; incorporates the former Crew of the Year Award)
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- 1990 Mykola Melnyk for his service as a Chernobyl liquidator
- 2015 Portuguese Air Force 751 Squadron - S&R
- Crew of the Year (1980–1995)
- The Joe Mashman Safety Award (since 1987)
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- 2015 Edwin McConkey - Approach Software
- Outstanding Certified Flight Instructor Award (since 1985)
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- 2015 Simon Spencer-Bower Wanaka Helicopters
- Agusta Westland Community Service Award (since 1990)
- Raise Your Sites! Award (1983–1988)
- Max Schumacher Memorial Award (1967–1988)
- Fly Neighborly Award (1982–1988)
- Airbus Golden Hour Award (since 1982)
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- 2015 Snohomish Co
- Excellence in Communications Award (since 1975)
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- 2015 Micheal Hirschburg - Vertiflite
- Helicopter Maintenance Award (since 1973)
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- 2015 Patrick Cox - Robinson Helicopter Company
- MD Helicopters Law Enforcement Award (since 1972)
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- 2015 U.S. Park Police Eagle One
- Lawrence D. Bell Memorial Award (since 1971)
- Robert E. Trimble Memorial Award (since 1961)
- Appareo Systems Pilot of the Year Award (since 1960)
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- 2015 Gary Dahlen - King Fire
- Bell Helicopter Lifetime Achievement
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- 2015 Lou Bartolotta
See also edit
References edit
- ^ “Salute to Excellence” Awards Archived 2013-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, 2009 Helicopter Annual
- ^ "HAI Announces Winners of Salute to Excellence Awards". AOPA Pilot: 26. March 2015.
External links edit
- Salute to Excellence Awards Program on the HAI official web site
- Past Award Winners List of award winners since 2002
- “Salute to Excellence” Awards Full all-time list of award winners by the HAI's Helicopter Annual magazine
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