The John J. Schneider Historical Achievement Award
Established in 2003, in the memory of vertical flight historian/designer John J. Schneider, this award is given to an individual for distinguished achievement in encouraging appreciation of, and enhancing access to, the history and legacy of vertical flight aviation. The selection of the award recipient is based upon a significant achievement or sustained record of accomplishment in the documentation, preservation, analysis and illumination of historically significant events, prominent pioneers and/or technologies, designs and uses of vertical flight aircraft. The award recipient will receive a scale model of Leonardo da Vinci's "Aerial Screw" on an inscribed mount, and a book selected from the list of titles available through AHS International.
Award winners
2012 - Sergei I. Sikorsky, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Ret.)
2011 - Robert M. Beggs
2010 - J.J. Janovetz, Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., XV-3 Restoration Team
2009 - Ray D. Leoni
2008 - Elfan ap Rees
2007 - Jean Boulet
2006 - Sikorsky Historical Archives
2005 - John "Slats" Slattery
2004 - Eugene K. Liberatore