The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators announce the Winners of the Trophies and Awards for 2010-11

Following the deliberations of the Trophies and Awards Committee of 6th July 2011 and  subsequent ratification by the Court on 14th July 2011 the following are the Award Winners for the year 2010 - 2011.

The Awards will be presented at a Banquet in Guildhall, London on 27 October 2011 when 700 aviators and their guests will meet together to acknowledge these extraordinary achievements.  Citations for individual awards will be available immediately following the banquet and will be available from gapan@gapan.org

Lifetime Contribution to the Aerospace Industry

1.   Guild Award of Honour  Duncan M S Simpson OBE

For Outstanding Courage or Devotion to Duty in the Air

2.   Guild Award for Gallantry  Posthumously to Captain Mike Nerandzic

3.   The Grand Master's Commendation  51 Squadron Royal Air Force

                                                         and

                                                         Captain Matthew Noble-Clarke AAC

4.   The Master's Medal    Lieutenant Commander William Strickland USCG

5.   The Hugh Gordon-Burge Memorial Award   Crew of Qantas 380 VH-OQA, Flt QF032

6.   The Prince Philip Helicopter Rescue Award  "HMS Chatham” Lynx, 815 NAS

Flight Operations

7.   The Sir Barnes Wallis Medal   Major David Amlot MBE AAC

8.   The Grand Master's Medal   Isabelle de Montet-Guerin

                                             and

                                            Captain Robert Schoeneberg USAF

9.   The Master's Commendation   656 Squadron Group AAC

                                                and

                                               Mandy Pantall

10.  The Brackley Memorial Trophy   Not Awarded

11.   The Johnston Memorial Trophy    Attack Helicopter Force, Wattisham

12.   The Guild Sword of Honour   David Hamilton

Flight Test

13.   The Derry and Richards Memorial Medal   Edward (Ed) Strongman

Safety and Survival

14.   The Sir James Martin Award   Captain Linc Alexander

15.   The Cumberbatch Trophy   Dr James Klinect (LOSA Collaborative)

Training

16.   The Sir Alan Cobham Memorial Award    Captain David Parker

17.   The Central Flying School Guild Award   Captain Dieter Harms

18.  The Pike Trophy    Mark Woodhouse      

19.  John Landymore Trophy  (To be decided by scholarship committee following completion of the 2011 PPL scholarship courses)

Guild Only

20.   The Guild Award of Merit   Not Awarded

Regional Awards

21.  The Grand Master’s Australian Medal    Air Mobility Control Centre RAAF

22.  The Australian Bi-Centennial Award   Not Awarded

23.  The Jean Batten Memorial Award   Not Awarded

Aviation Media

24.  The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators Award for Aviation Journalism               Global Aviation Resource (Harrier Articles)