Troféu Collier

O Troféu Collier (em inglês: Collier Trophy, até 1922 Aero Club of America Trophy) é um prêmio concedido uma vez por ano nos Estados Unidos. É consagrado àqueles que obtiveram no ano anterior os maiores avanços nas áreas de aeronáutica e astronáutica nos Estados Unidos (em inglês: "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year.")

O prêmio foi instituido em 1910 por Robert Joseph Collier, editor do Colliers Weekly e presidente do Aero Club of America, e concedido a primeira vez em 1911. O troféu pesa 240 kg e está exposto no Museu do Ar e Espaço.

Agraciados

1911 - Glenn Curtiss
1912 - Glenn Curtiss
1913 - Orville Wright
1914 - Elmer Ambrose Sperry e Lawrence Sperry
1915 - Starling Burgess
1916 - Elmer Sperry
1917 - Não atribuído
1918 - Não atribuído
1919 - Não atribuído
1920 - Não atribuído
1921 - Grover Loening
1922 - U.S. Air Mail Service
1923 - U.S. Air Mail Service
1924 - U.S. Army Air Service
1925 - Sylvanus Albert Reed
1926 - Edward Hoffman
1927 - Charles Lanier Lawrance
1928 - Aeronautics Branch, Departement of Commerce
1929 - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
1930 - Harold Pitcairn
1931 - Packard Motor Car Company
1932 - Glenn Luther Martin
1933 - Hamilton Standard Propeller Company e Frank Walker Caldwell
1934 - Albert Francis Hegenberger
1935 - Donald Wills Douglas
1936 - Pan American Airways
1937 - U. S. Army Air Corps
1938 - Howard Hughes
1939 - Airlines of the U.S.
1940 - Sanford Alexander Moss e Army Air Corps
1941 - Army Air Forces e Airlines der USA
1942 - Henry H. Arnold
1943 - Luis de Florez
1944 - Carl A. Spaatz
1945 - Luis Walter Alvarez
1946 - Lewis A. Rodert
1947 - John Stack, Lawrence D. Bell, Charles Yeager
1948 - Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics
1949 - William P. Lear
1950 - Die Helicopter Industrie, die Military Services und die Coast Guard der USA
1951 - John Stack
1952 - Leonard S. Hobbs
1953 - James Howard Kindelberger e Edward H. Heinemann
1954 - Richard Travis Whitcomb
1955 - William M. Allen, Nathan F. Twining
1956 - Charles J. McCarthy, James S. Russell
1957 - Edward P. Curtis
1958 - United States Air Force und Clarence Johnson, Neil Burgess und Gerhard Neumann, Major Howard C. Johnson, Captain Walter W. Irwin
1959 - United States Air Force, die Convair Division von General Dynamics Corporation und Space Technology Laboratories, Inc.
1960 - Vice Admiral William F. Raborn
1961 - Major Robert M. White, Joseph Albert Walker, Albert Scott Crossfield und Commander Forrest Petersen
1962 - Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, Donald Slayton
1963 - Clarence Johnson
1964 - Curtis LeMay
1965 - James Webb e Hugh Dryden
1966 - James Smith McDonnell
1967 - Lawrence A. Hyland
1968 - Frank Borman, Jim Lovell e William Anders
1969 - Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin und Michael Collins
1970 - Boeing
1971 - David Scott, James Irwin e Alfred Worden
1972 Die Offiziere und Mannschaften der 7th und 8th Air Force der USAF und Task Force 77 USN
1973 - Skylab
1974 - Dr. John F. Clark und Daniel J. Fink
1975 - David S. Lewis
1976 - Força Aérea dos Estados Unidos e Rockwell International
1977 - General Robert J. Dixon
1978 - Sam B. Williams
1979 - Dr. Paul B. MacCready
1980 - Das Voyager Missions Team (Dr. Edward C. Stone)
1981 - NASA, Rockwell International, Martin Marietta, Thiokol
1982 - T. A. Wilson e Boeing
1983 - Exército und Hughes Aircraft Helicopters
1984 - NASA e Martin Marietta
1985 - Russell W. Meyer
1986 - Jeana Yeager, Richard Glenn Rutan, Burt Rutan
1987 - NASA Lewis Research Center und das NASA/industry Advanced Turboprop Team
1988 - Richard Truly
1989 - Ben Rich e United States Air Force Team
1990 - Bell Boeing
1991 - Northrop Corporation e United States Air Force
1992 - Das Global Positioning System Team, United States Air Force, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Aerospace Corporation, Rockwell International und IBM Federal Systems Company
1993 - Hubble Space Telescope Recovery Team
1994 - United States Air Force, McDonnell Douglas, United States Army
1995 - Boeing
1996 - Cessna Aircraft Company
1997 - Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
1998 - Lockheed Martin, GE Aircraft Engines, NASA, Air Combat Command of the United States Air Force und Defense Intelligence Agency
1999 - Boeing, GE Aircraft Engines, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon und United States Navy
2000 - Northrop Grumman, Rolls-Royce, Raytheon, L-3 Communications, United States Air Force und DARPA
2001 - Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems und das Joint Strike Fighter Program Office
2002 - Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
2003 - Gulfstream G550 Team
2004 - Paul Allen, Burt Rutan, Doug Shane, Michael Melvill, Brian Binnie
2005 - Eclipse Aviation
2006 - Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, BAE Systems United States Air Force sowie etwa 1000 kleinere Zulieferer in insgesamt 42 Bundesstaaten
2007 - Mehrere öffentliche sowie private Organisationen und Firmen für ihre Arbeit am Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADB-S), einer neuartigen Überwachungstechnik für den Luftverkehr
2008 - Commercial Aviation Safety Team
2009 - Estação Espacial Internacional

Ligações externas

The Collier Trophy - contains a fairly up-to-date listing of the winners
Collier Winners by decade - from NAA's website
From Engineering Science to Big Science - The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners, Edited by Pamela E. Mack