The A. Leo Stevens Parachute Medal is named after the
ballooning Ballooning may refer to:
* Hot air ballooning
* Balloon (aeronautics)
* Ballooning (spider)
* Ballooning degeneration, a disease
* Memory ballooning
See also
* Balloon (disambiguation)
A balloon is a flexible container for (partially or fully) co ...
and
parachute pioneer,
Albert Leo Stevens. It was first awarded to
Joe Crane of
Mineola, New York
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...
, by
Augustus Post
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, at the
Early Birds of Aviation
Gallery
The Early Birds of Aviation is an organization devoted to the history of early pilots. The organization was started in 1928 and accepted a membership of 598 pioneering aviators.
Membership was limited to ...
banquet, held in the Hotel Carter in
Cleveland, Ohio, on September 4, 1948, during the
National Air Race.
Winners
*1948
Joe Crane
*1949
E. Verne Stewart
*1950
Arthur J. Lapham
*1951
William R. Lovelace
*1952
Harold R. Harris
*1953
Amos R. Little
*1954
John Stapp
Colonel John Paul Stapp (July 11, 1910 – November 13, 1999), M.D., Ph.D., was an American career U.S. Air Force officer, flight surgeon, physician, biophysicist, and pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration forces on humans. He was a ...
*1954
Thomas E. Willson (Special)
*1955
George F. Smith (parachuter)
*1956
Helmut G. Heinrich
*1957
Robert F. Oakley
*1958
Jacques-André Istel
*1959
Joseph Kittinger
Joseph William Kittinger II (July 27, 1928 – December 9, 2022) served as a United States Air Force (USAF) officer from 1950 to 1978. He was a fighter pilot who earned Command Pilot status and retired as a colonel. He held the world record for ...
See also
*
List of aviation awards
This list of aviation awards is an index to articles about notable awards given in the field of aviation. It includes a list of awards for winners of competitions or records, a list of awards by the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, various oth ...
References
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Parachutist badges
Aviation awards
Awards established in 1948