- Edward Warner Award
The Edward Warner Award is an award that's given in the field of
aviation to aviation pioneers or organizations that have contributed tocivil aviation . The award is named after Dr. Edward Pearson Warner, the first President of the council ofICAO .The award consists of two items: a medal and a certificate. The medal is made of solid gold and is inscribed with the recipient's name. The certificate is a recognition citing the reasons for the award. The Edward Warner Award is recognized throughout the world as the greatest single honour the international civil aviation community can bestow, for its importance is derived from the fact that it is given by ICAO on behalf of its Member States. No other international award offers such wide recognition.
Aviation pioneers that have been awarded the Edward Warner Award:
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1959 : Dr. Albert Plesman
*1961 :International Aeronautical Federation
*1963 :Max Hymans
*1965 :Sir William Hildred
*1968 :Henri Bouché
*1971 :Ruben Martin Berta
*1972 :ASECNA , Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar
*1973 :Shizuma Matsuo
*1974 : Professor Dr. Alex Meyer
*1975 :Charles A. Lindbergh
*1976 :COCESNA , Corporación Centroamericana de Servicios de Navegación Aérea
*1977 :Mohammed Soliman El Hakim
*1978 :Sir Donald Anderson
*1979 :Agnar Kofoed-Hansen
*1980 : Dr. Indalecio Rego Fernandez
*1981 : Dr. Harry G. Armstrong
*1982 : Dr. Werner Guldimann
*1983 :Knut Hammarskjöld
*1984 :Maurice Bellonte
*1985 : Dr. Alexandr Fedotovich Aksenov
*1986 :J.R.D. Tata
*1988 :AEROTHAI , Aeronautical Radio of Thailand
*1989 :Anesia Pinheiro Machado
*1990 :Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky
*1991 : Dr. K.N.E. Bradfield
*1992 : Dr. Edward R.K. Dwemoh
*1993 :Arnold Kean
*1994 : Professor Dr. Ing. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie
*1995 : Captain Elrey B. Jeppesen
*1996 :The Institute of Air and Space Law of McGill University (Canada)
*1997 : Dr. Tatyana Grigorievna Anodina
*1998 : Dr. Kenneth Rattray
*1999 :Jerome F. Lederer
*2000 :Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA)
*2001 :Petro Balabuyev
*2002 :International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine (IAASM)
*2004 : Professor Brian O'Keeffe
*2007 :Dr. Silvio Finkelstein External links
* http://www.icao.int/icao/en/trivia/warner.htm
* http://www.icao.int/icao/en/biog/warner.htm
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