The Ray E. Tenhoff Award recognizes the most outstanding technical paper presented at the annual Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) Symposium in Los Angeles, California. The award was established in 1962 and is given in memory of Convair test pilot, Ray E. Tenhoff, founder and first president of SETP. Tenhoff was killed in B-58 Hustler accident on April 22, 1960.

Criteria The award is determined by a panel of judges at the completion of the annual SETP Symposium in Los Angeles, California. The award, consisting of a plaque and cash honorarium, is presented at the annual Awards Banquet.

Recipients Recipients of this award, from 1962 to present, include:

1962—Thomas P. Frost 1963—Donald R. Segner 1964—Glenn M. Gray 1965—Drury W. Wood, Jr. 1966—Fred W. Haise, Jr. 1967—Drury W. Wood, Jr. 1968—Olle Klinker and Erik Dahlstrom 1969—Larry G. Van Pelt 1970—James Pollitt 1971—Norm Driscoll 1972—Paul S. Norton 1973—Flt Lt John Potter, RAF 1974—Karl-Eric Henriksson 1975—Charles C. Bock, Jr. 1976—Lt Col John H. Taylor, USAF 1977—Raymond L. McPherson 1978—A. Scott Crossfield 1979—John E. Krings 1980—LCDR Richard N. Richards, USN and Carroll D. Pilcher 1981—Maj Ivan M. Behel, USMC and William B. McNamera 1982—G. Warren Hall and LTC Robert K. Merrill, USA 1983—Charles A. Sewell 1984—G. Warren Hall and LTC Patrick M. Morris, USA 1985—Stephen Ishmael and Lt Col Ted Wierzbanowski, USAF 1986—Lt Col Frank T. Birk 1987—William H. Dana and Nicholas D. Lappos 1988—Laurence A. Walker and Lt Col William R. Neely, Jr., USAF 1989—LCDR Mike Carriker, USN and SqnLdr David Southwood, RAF 1990—LCDR Kent Rominger, USN and Jennings Bryant, NATC 1991—Capt Chris A. Hadfield, RCAF and Sharon W. Houck 1992—C. Gordon Fullerton and Maj Regis Hancock, USAF 1993—C. Gordon Fullerton 1994—Maj William J. Norton, USAF and Maj Pamela A. Melroy, USAF 1995—Capt Ricardo Traven, CAF, Susan E. Whitley and F. Alan Frazier 1996—Capt Maurice Girard, CAF and Capt Stuart McIntosh, CAF 1997—Capt Greg Weber, USAF and Maj Kevin Christensen, USAF 1998—Ricardo Traven, John Hagan 1999—Ralph Johnston and Robert Ryan 2000—Horst Philipp 2001—Maj Tim McDonald, USAF and Steve Barter 2002—Ricardo Traven, The Boeing Company 2003—Burt Rutan, Doug Shane 2004—Bill Gray 2005—Norman Howell 2006—Maj Douglas Wickert, USAF 2007—Justin Paines, QinetiQ; Buddy Denham, Naval Air Systems Command 2008—Lt Col Daniel D. Daetz, USAF; Maj Jack D. Fischer, USAF; Brian Knaup, Dept. of the USAF 2009—Robert A. Rivers, NASA 2010—Flt Lt Dane Petersen, RAAF and Sqn Ldr Darren Hughes, RAAF 2011—Sqn Ldr Simon Seymour-Dale, RAF 2012—Aaron Tobias, Cessna and Maurice Girard, Cessna 2013—Mark Stucky, Clint Nichols, Mike Alsbury, Scaled Composites 2014—Maj Casey Richardson, USAF, Capt Michael Pacini, USAF, P. Travis Millet, Dept. of the Air Force 2015—Lt Brent Robinson, USN, James Denham, Dept. of the Navy 2016—Maurice Girard and Richard Ling, Bombardier Aerospace 2017—Lt Col Matt Russell, USAF 2018—Col Douglas Wickert, USAF 2019 - Evan Thomas, Scaled Composites; Christopher Guarante, Boom Technology; Jake Riley, Scaled Composites 2020 - Lt Col Justin Elliott, USAF; Lt Col David Schmitt, USAF 2021 - Kelly Latimer, Virgin Galactic, Todd Ericson, Virgin Orbit, Zack Rubin, Virgin Orbit, Bryce Schaefer, Virgin Orbit 2022 - Maj Aaron E Okun and Robert Vitagliano 2023 - Andrew Bankston, Bell & Michael Remaly, Boeing & LCDR Gavin Kurey, USN 2024 - Kevin Prosser & Nathaniel Rutland, Gulfstream Aerospace 2025 - Tristan Brandenburg & Erin Young, Boom Supersonic 2026 - Henrik Wänseth & Christian Slettebo, Saab AB

See also

List of aviation awards

References