AHS International Announces 2015 Recipients of its Prestigious Awards.

AHS International
The Vertical Flight Technical Society

AHS International is pleased to announce the winners in its 2015 awards. Since its establishment in 1944, the AHS Awards Program has paid tribute to the outstanding leaders of vertical flight and served as a catalyst for stimulating technological advances. This year’s winners will be recognized at the Grand Awards Banquet on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 during AHS International’s 71st Annual Forum and Technology Display in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.

As stated by Ed Birtwell, VP/GM for Turboshaft/Turboprop Engines at GE Aviation and this year’s Chair of the Board of AHS International: “The incredible accomplishments by the engineers, scientists and leaders who advance vertical flight technology and by the skilled pilots and crews who operate their products are staggering…. Those recognized today are truly outstanding examples of the best that the technical and operational communities have to offer.”

Winners are listed below. Details are available on the AHS website.

AHS Honorary Fellows

Dr. Michael S. Torok, Vice President for the CH-53K Program – Sikorsky Aircraft
Tommie L. Wood, Senior Technical Fellow – Bell Helicopter
AHS Technical Fellows
Dr. Friedrich K. Straub, Senior Manager of Dynamics Technology / Technical Fellow – The Boeing Company
Dr. Hyeonsoo Yeo, Research Scientist – U.S. Army Aviation Development Directorate
Prof. Marilyn J. Smith, Professor – Georgia Institute of Technology
Prof. Norman Wereley, Professor – University of Maryland
William Welsh, Technical Fellow, Dynamics – Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
AgustaWestland International Fellowship Award
William E. Chiles – Chairman, HeliOffshore and CEO Emeritus, Bristow Group Inc.
François-Xavier Bagnoud Award
Andrea Chavez – Bell Helicopter
Grover E. Bell Award
The Hub Mounted Vibration Suppressor Design and Test Team – US Army, Sikorsky and the LORD Corporation
Frederick L. Feinberg Award
The crew of Colorado Army National Guard High Altitude Aviation Test Site (HAAS) Black Hawk
Paul E. Haueter Award
Ron Kisor – Bell Helicopter
Howard Hughes Award
Sikorsky’s MATRIX Technology for advanced rotorcraft autonomy
Harry T. Jensen Award
V-22 Structural Appraisal of Fatigue Effects (SAFE) Team – US Navy, Bell and Boeing
Dr. Alexander Klemin Award
Franklin D. Harris
Captain William J. Kossler, USCG Award
The U.S. Army 2nd Battalion 501st Aviation Regiment
The Crew of United States Coast Guard Helicopter 6029
Robert L. Pinckney Award
S-97 Raider Helicopter Fuselage Development Team – Sikorsky and Aurora Flight Sciences
John J. Schneider Historical Achievement Award
David Gibbings, Westland (retired)
Supplier Excellence Award
KUKA Systems Corporation Aerospace Group
Vertical Flight Heritage Sites
NASA Langley Research Center (Hampton, Virginia)
Piasecki/Vertol/Boeing “Morton” Site (Springfield, Pennsylvania)
In addition, AHS International had previously announced that Dr. Robert A. Ormiston was selected for the 2015 Alexander A. Nikolsky Honorary Lectureship, also to be honored at the AHS Annual Awards Banquet.

Please join us in congratulating these outstanding winners!

And don’t miss your chance to honor these luminaries of vertical flight at the 71st Annual Grand Award Banquet – one of the highlights of Forum 71. Banquet tickets are included in all Forum 3-day registrations or can be purchased separately – register today!

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