Tony LeVier Flight Test Safety Award
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Nominations for the 2007 Tony LeVier Flight Test Safety Award are being accepted by the Flight Test Safety Committee. The recipient(s) will be recognized at annual FTSC Workshop and at the Society of Experimental Test Pilots Annual Symposium Banquet.
A qualified nomination must be a significant contribution to the Flight Test Safety Community over a period of time.
a. However, a single individual flight test safety achievement involved in saving human life, a flight test program or test aircraft may be nominated only where flight test safety rules were not broken.
b. The award could be awarded to an individual or team of individuals.
c. The award could be awarded to a significant achievement recognized by the Awards Committee as worthy of recognition by the FTSC. Examples are: Contractor Safety Office Duties, Government Safety Office Duties, FTSC Symposium Efforts, work with the FTSC, development of significant safer flight technology or flight test techniques or a team effort to develop a significant safety technology.
Re-submission of awards nominations are appropriate.
Award Winners
2005 - Ralph Mohr
2006 - Terry White
2007 - John Cashman
2008 - Flight Test Safety Database Team
Barton Henwood, NASA/DFRC
Rodrigo Huete, FAA (Ret)
John Hed, FAA
Greg Lewis, National Test Pilot School
2009 - Jerry “Mac” McCawley
2010 - David A. Downey
2011 - Tom Roberts