The Edward Warner Award is an award that's given in the field of aviation

Aviation

Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...

 to aviation pioneers or organizations that have contributed to civil aviation

Civil aviation

Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military aviation, both private and commercial. Most of the countries in the world are members of the International Civil Aviation Organization and work together to establish common standards and recommended practices...

. The award is named after Dr. Edward Pearson Warner

Edward Pearson Warner

Edward Pearson Warner was an American pioneer in aviation and a teacher in aeronautical engineering...

, the first President of the council of ICAO.

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 civil aviation award offers such wide recognition.

Aviation pioneers that have been awarded the Edward Warner Award

• 1959: Dr. Albert Plesman
  Albert Plesman
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• 1961: International Aeronautical Federation
• 1963: Max Hymans
  Max Hymans
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• 1965: Sir William Hildred
• 1968: Henri Bouché
• 1971: Ruben Martin Berta
• 1972: ASECNA
  ASECNA
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  , Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar
• 1973: Shizuma Matsuo
• 1974: Professor Dr. Alex Meyer
  Alex Meyer
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• 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
  Harry George Armstrong
  Harry George Armstrong , known as "the father of space medicine", was a United States Marine, a member of the United States Army Air Forces, a Major General in the United States Air Force, a physician, and an airman. Armstrong served in the Marines during World War I and the Army and Air Force from...
  
  
• 1982: Dr. Werner Guldimann
• 1983: Knut Hammarskjöld
• 1984: Maurice Bellonte
• 1985: Dr. Alexandr Fedotovich Aksenov
• 1986: J.R.D. Tata
• 1988: Aeronautical Radio of Thailand, Ltd. (AEROTHAI)
• 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 Borge Jeppesen
  Elrey Borge Jeppesen
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• 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
  Jerome F. Lederer
  Jerome F. Lederer was an American aviation-safety pioneer, known as "Mr. Aviation Safety."He was born in New York City. He received a BSC in mechanical engineering with aeronautical options in 1924 and an M.E. in 1925 from New York University. In 1926, he was hired by the United States Postal...
  
  
• 2000: Singapore Aviation Academy
  Singapore Aviation Academy
  The Singapore Aviation Academy is based in Singapore and is the primary training facility of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.SAA provides training to civil aviation personnel in Singapore as well as overseas...
  
   (SAA)
• 2001: Petro Balabuyev
  Petro Balabuyev
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• 2002: International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine (IAASM)
• 2004: Professor Brian O'Keeffe
• 2007: Dr. Silvio Finkelstein
• 2010: Dr. Nicolas Mateesco Matte

External links

• http://www.icao.int/icao/en/trivia/warner.htm
• http://www.icao.int/icao/en/biog/warner.htm
• http://www.icao.int/icao/en/hist/stamps/the_edward_warner_award.htm