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Iven C. Kincheloe Award

January 13, 2023

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 created—courage, 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]

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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Aviation Pioneers Receive Test Pilot Awards". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. September 29, 1969. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ a b "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. from the original on October 2, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  22. ^ "Safe, Reliable, and Uninhabited: First Autonomous BLACK HAWK® Helicopter Flight". 15 June 2022.

January 13, 2023
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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 AwardIven C Kincheloe TrophyAwarded forOutstanding flight testingLocationLancaster CaliforniaCountry United StatesPresented byThe Society of Experimental Test PilotsFirst awarded1958 1958 WebsiteSETPThe 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 created courage 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 Contents 1 Criteria 2 Recipients 3 See also 4 ReferencesCriteria EditThe Society lists three criteria for nominations to this award 3 The recipient must be a living member of the Society The accomplishment or significant portion of the accomplishment must have occurred in the past year From July 1 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 EditRecipients of this award from 1958 to present include 4 1958 James R Gannett Boeing First Commercial Jet 5 Joseph John Tym Tymczyszyn CAA First Commercial Jet 5 1959 Robert G Ferry Maj USAF XV 3 convertiplane 6 1960 A Scott Crossfield North American X 15 Program William M Magruder Douglas DC 8 Flight Test Program 1961 Joseph A Walker NASA X 15 Program 7 Robert M White Maj USAF NASA X 15 Program 7 1962 Donald W McCracken McDonnell F 4 Mach Investigation 8 1963 Astronaut Team NASA Mercury Program 9 M Scott Carpenter LCDR USN L Gordon Cooper Maj USAF John H Glenn Jr Lt Col USMC Virgil I Grissom Capt USAF Walter M Schirra CDR USN Alan B Shepard CDR USN Donald K Slayton Maj USAF 1964 Pilots of YF12A A 11 Lockheed Super Secret Project 10 Louis W Schalk William C Park Robert J Gilliland James D Eastham 1965 Alvin S White North American XB 70 Supersonic Flight 11 1966 Milton Orville Thompson NASA M2 F2 Lifting Body Program 12 1967 Richard L Johnson for the General Dynamics F 111 test Program 13 1968 Drury W Wood Jr Dornier Werke DO31 Test Program VTOL Flight 1969 Jerauld R Gentry Maj USAF NASA FRC Lifting Body Program 14 James A McDivitt Col USAF NASA Apollo IX Mission test of LM maneuvering 14 1970 Darryl G Greenamyer Lockheed World speed record for piston engine airplane 15 Apollo 11 Team Moon landing and return 15 Neil A Armstrong NASA Edwin E Aldrin Col USAF NASA Michael Collins Col USAF NASA 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 John W Young CAPT USN NASA Thomas K Mattingly CDR USN NASA Charles M Duke Lt Col USAF NASA Donald R Segner Lockheed California For accomplishments in Company testing the Cheyenne helicopter 1973 Charles A Sewell Grumman Aerospace Spin Prevention Testing in a Grumman F 14A Tomcat 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 Fitzhugh L Fulton Jr NASA Dryden Flight 747 Space Shuttle Carrier Research Center 18 1978 James M Patton Jr NASA Langley Research Stall Spin Flight Research Center 19 Fred W Haise Jr NASA JSC Space Shuttle Joe H Engle Col USAF Charles Fullerton Lt Col USAF Richard H Truly CDR USN 1979 Philip F Oestricher General Dynamics Corp F 16 Flight Test Program Robert C Ettinger Lt Col USAF 1980 Dorman A Cannon Bell Helicopter Textron Tilt Rotor XV 15 Ronald G Erhart Bell Helicopter Textron 1981 John W Young NASA Space Shuttle Columbia Robert L Crippen CAPT USN 1982 Thomas McMurtry NASA AD 1 Oblique Wing Program 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 Daniel C Brandenstein CAPT USN Space Shuttle Satellite Recovery 1993 Allan T Reed McDonnell Douglas T 45 High Angle of Attack and Corporation Flying Qualities amp Spin Evaluation 1994 Christopher J Yeo British Aerospace Eurofighter 2000 Flight Test Peter Weger Deutsche Aerospace Program 1995 John E Cashman The Boeing Company 777 Flight Test Program 1996 Erwin Danuwinata IPTN Expansion and flight tests leading to FAA JAA certification Ken Dyson amp 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 amp Thomas A Morgenfeld Lockheed Retroactive 1983 1997 Douglas B Shane Scaled Composites V Jet II and Vision Aire Vantage 1998 Gary Freeman Gulfstream Aerospace G V Certification Test Program 1999 Mike Melvill Scaled Composites Proteus high altitude multimission aircraft 2000 Jeremy Tracy GKN Westland Helicopters 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 Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne Test Team Mike Melvill Brian Binnie Peter Siebold 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 Terry E Tomeny Calspan Corporation Eclipse 2009 Peter Siebold Scaled Composites 2010 Michael Carriker Boeing 2011 Kevin Bredenbeck Sikorsky Aircraft X2 Demonstrator 2012 Markus Scherdel Solar Impulse HB SIA 2013 Mark Forger Stucky Scaled Composites Test Pilot for SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo 2014 AgustaWestland AW609 Tiltrotor Test Team 20 Pietro Venanzi Dan Wells Paul Edwards 2015 Prospero Uybarreta Bombardier Commercial Aircraft C Series and CRJ Series 2016 Scott Martin Gulfstream Aerospace GVII G500 G600 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 2021 Donald Grove Bell Textron V 280 Demonstrator Program 2022 Benjamin Williamson Sikorsky A Lockheed Martin Company S 70 Optionally Piloted Vehicle 22 See also EditList of aviation awardsReferences Edit Kincheloe s Name Still Honored The Evening News Sault Sainte Marie May 7 1970 p 8 via Newspapers com SETP 56th Awards Banquet Lancaster California Society of Experimental Test Pilots September 29 2012 Kincheloe Award Criteria Lancaster California Society of Experimental Test Pilots Retrieved February 17 2013 Kincheloe Award Recipients Lancaster California Society of Experimental Test Pilots Retrieved October 10 2015 a b Need of Human Pilots Despite Missiles Seen The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles California October 5 1958 p 4 via Newspapers com Award Goes to Husband of Austinite Austin American Statesman Austin Texas October 29 1959 p 35 via Newspapers com a b 2 X 15 Pilots Get Flight Test Award The Courier Journal Louisville Kentucky Associated Press October 1 1961 p 2 via Newspapers com Columbus Man Best Test Pilot The Times Recorder Zanesville Ohio UPI October 1 1962 p 13 via Newspapers com Wolfe Tom October 25 1979 Cooper the Cool jockeys Faith 7 between naps Chicago Tribune p 22 via Newspapers com Four Secret Jet Test Pilots Receive Awards The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles California September 27 1964 p 40 via Newspapers com Supersonic Test Pilot Gets Award Valley Times North Hollywood California UPI September 27 1965 p 18 via Newspapers com Kincheloe Award Given Test Pilot Star Gazette Elmira New York Associated Press September 23 1966 p 24 via Newspapers com Best Test Pilot in Nation Picked The Times Shreveport Louisiana UPI October 3 1967 p 14 via Newspapers com a b Aviation Pioneers Receive Test Pilot Awards Wisconsin State Journal Madison Wisconsin September 29 1969 p 4 via Newspapers com a b Record Setting Aviators Honored by Pilots Group Valley News Van Nuys California October 10 1970 p 51 via Newspapers com Pilot Gets Award for Fighter Tests Arizona Republic Phoenix Arizona UPI October 5 1974 p 11 via Newspapers com John Krings is Year s Top Test Pilot The Indianapolis Star Indianapolis Indiana UPI September 29 1975 p 43 via Newspapers com Space Shuttle Piggyback Pilot Aerospace Executive Honored The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles California October 16 1977 p 34 via Newspapers com NASA Pilot to be Honored Daily Press Newport News Virginia September 14 1978 p 24 via Newspapers com AW609 Test Pilots Receive Iven C Kincheloe Award AgustaWestland PR 20 October 2014 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 Safe Reliable and Uninhabited First Autonomous BLACK HAWK Helicopter Flight 15 June 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Iven C Kincheloe Award amp oldid 1115639129, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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