Herman R. Salmon Award

The Herman R. Salmon Technical Publications Award recognizes the most outstanding technical paper published in Cockpit magazine, a quarterly journal of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.[1] The award was established in 1971 and renamed in 1981 to honor the memory of test pilot Herman R. "Fish" Salmon who was killed in an aircraft accident.[2]

Criteria

The Society lists five criteria for nominations to this award:[1]

  1. Originality and/or ingenuity of the article
  2. Interest of subject material to the membership
  3. Contribution to flight testing
  4. Contribution to the exchange of information between test pilots that would not otherwise be generally available
  5. Organization of material and clarity of presentation

Recipients

Recipients of this award, from 1971 to present, include:[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Herman R. Salmon Technical Publications Award Criteria". Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  2. Herman R. Salmon Award. 52nd Awards Banquet. Society of Experimental Test Pilots. September 27, 2008.
  3. "Herman R. Salmon Technical Publications Award Recipients". Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
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