The Iven C. Kincheloe Award recognizes outstanding professional accomplishment in the conduct of

flight testing Flight testing is a branch of aeronautical engineering that develops specialist equipment required for testing aircraft behaviour and systems. Instrumentation systems are developed using proprietary transducers and data acquisition systems. D ...

. It was established in 1958 by the

Society of Experimental Test Pilots The Society of Experimental Test Pilots is an international organization that seeks to promote air safety and contributes to aeronautical advancement by promoting sound aeronautical design and development; interchanging ideas, thoughts and suggest ...

in memory of

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and

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Iven C. Kincheloe,

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...

, who died during flight testing. The Kincheloe Trophy consists of four columns and a symbolic aerospace vehicle that points toward the

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of the society. The columns represent the foundation on which the society was created—courage, integrity, knowledge, and accomplishment. The vehicle reinforces the role played by the society in the development of aerospace systems. Plaques bearing the name of each honoree are mounted around the sides of the

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base.

Criteria

The Society lists three criteria for nominations to this award: #The recipient must be a living member of the Society. #The accomplishment, or significant portion of the accomplishment, must have occurred in the past year (From July 1) #The accomplishment must involve actual flight testing conducted by the individual, while in a test pilot role, and represent an outstanding contribution to an aerospace program.

Recipients

Recipients of this award, from 1958 to present, include: *1958 ** James R. Gannett, Boeing First Commercial Jet ** Joseph John "Tym" Tymczyszyn, CAA First Commercial Jet *1959 ** Robert G. Ferry, Maj USAF, XV-3

convertiplane A convertiplane is defined by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI or World Air Sports Federation) as an aircraft which uses rotor power for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and converts to fixed-wing lift in normal flight. In the ...

*1960 ** A. Scott Crossfield, North American X-15 Program ** William M. Magruder, Douglas DC-8 Flight Test Program *1961 **

Joseph A. Walker Joseph Albert Walker (February 20, 1921 – June 8, 1966) (Capt, USAF) was an American World War II pilot, experimental physicist, NASA test pilot, and astronaut who was the first person to fly an airplane to space. He was one of twelve pilots ...

, NASA X-15 Program **

Robert M. White Robert Michael "Bob" White (July 6, 1924 – March 17, 2010) (Maj Gen, USAF) was an American electrical engineer, test pilot, fighter pilot, and astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane ...

, Maj USAF, NASA X-15 Program *1962 ** Donald W. McCracken, McDonnell F-4 Mach Investigation *1963 **Astronaut Team, NASA Mercury Program ***

M. Scott Carpenter Malcolm Scott Carpenter (May 1, 1925 – October 10, 2013) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercu ...

, LCDR USN *** L. Gordon Cooper, Maj USAF ***

John H. Glenn John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling ...

, Jr. Lt Col USMC *** Virgil I. Grissom, Capt USAF *** Walter M. Schirra, CDR USN ***

Alan B. Shepard Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he beca ...

, CDR USN ***

Donald K. Slayton Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was a United States Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, and test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts. He went on to become NASA's first ...

, Maj USAF *1964 **Pilots of YF12A (A-11) Lockheed Super-Secret Project *** Louis W. Schalk *** William C. Park *** Robert J. Gilliland *** James D. Eastham *1965 ** Alvin S. White, North American

XB-70 The North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie was the prototype version of the planned B-70 nuclear-armed, deep-penetration supersonic strategic bomber for the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command. Designed in the late 1950s by North Ame ...

Supersonic Flight *1966 **

Milton Orville Thompson Milton Orville Thompson (May 4, 1926 – August 6, 1993), ( Lt Cmdr, USNR), better known as Milt Thompson, was an American naval officer, aviator, engineer, and NASA research pilot. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X- ...

, NASA M2/F2-Lifting Body Program *1967 ** Richard L. Johnson, for the

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test Program *1968 ** Drury W. Wood, Jr, Dornier Werke DO31 Test Program-VTOL Flight *1969 **

Jerauld R. Gentry Jerauld Richard "Jerry" Gentry (May 16, 1935 – March 3, 2003) was a United States Air Force (USAF) test pilot and Vietnam combat veteran. As chief USAF pilot of the Lifting Body Research Program, he helped validate the concept of flying a w ...

, Maj USAF, NASA/FRC Lifting Body Program **

James A. McDivitt James Alton McDivitt (June 10, 1929 – October 13, 2022) was an American test pilot, United States Air Force (USAF) pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut in the Project Gemini, Gemini and Apollo programs. He joined the USAF in 1951 ...

, Col USAF/NASA Apollo IX Mission, test of LM maneuvering *1970 ** Darryl G. Greenamyer, Lockheed World speed record for piston engine airplane **Apollo 11 Team Moon landing and return *** Neil A. Armstrong NASA *** Edwin E. Aldrin, Col USAF/NASA ***

Michael Collins Michael Collins or Mike Collins most commonly refers to: * Michael Collins (Irish leader) (1890–1922), Irish revolutionary leader, soldier, and politician * Michael Collins (astronaut) (1930–2021), American astronaut, member of Apollo 11 and Ge ...

, Col USAF/NASA *1971 ** Andre Turcat, Aerospatiale,

Concorde The Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde () is a retired Franco-British supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Studies started in 1954, and France an ...

joint test program **

Brian Trubshaw Ernest Brian Trubshaw, CBE, MVO (29 January 1924 – 24 March 2001) was a leading test pilot, and the first British pilot to fly Concorde, in April 1969. Biography Brian Trubshaw was born in Liverpool in 1924 although he grew up in Llane ...

, British Aircraft Corporation, Concorde joint test program *1972 **Apollo XVI Crew Moon landing and return *** John W. Young, CAPT USN, NASA ***

Thomas K. Mattingly Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II (born March 17, 1936) is an American former aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, rear admiral in the United States Navy and astronaut who flew on the Apollo 16, STS-4 and STS-51-C missions. Mattingly had been ...

CDR USN/NASA *** Charles M. Duke, Lt Col USAF/NASA ** Donald R. Segner, Lockheed-California For accomplishments in Company testing the Cheyenne helicopter *1973 ** Charles A. Sewell, Grumman Aerospace Spin Prevention Testing in a

Grumman F-14A Tomcat The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after t ...

. *1974 **

Irving L. Burrows Irving may refer to: People *Irving (name), including a list of people with the name Fictional characters * Irving, the main character's love interest in Cathy (comic strip) * Lloyd Irving, the main protagonist in the ''Tales of Symphonia'' video ...

, McDonnell Aircraft Outstanding professional Company contributions as a test pilot during F15A development program *1975 **

John E. Krings John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

, McDonnell Aircraft As Project Pilot on F15A Company high angle of attack characteristics test program *1976 ** Charles C. Bock, Jr, Rockwell International For his outstanding accomplishments on the B-1 Program *1977 **

Fitzhugh L. Fulton Fitzhugh L. "Fitz" Fulton, Jr. (June 6, 1925 – February 4, 2015), (Lt Col, USAF), was a civilian research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, from August 1, 1966, until July 3, 1986, following 23 years of d ...

, Jr, NASA/Dryden Flight 747/Space Shuttle Carrier Research Center *1978 ** James M. Patton Jr, NASA/Langley Research Stall/Spin Flight Research Center ** Fred W. Haise, Jr, NASA/JSC Space Shuttle **

Joe H. Engle Joe Henry Engle (born August 26, 1932) is an American Aviator, pilot, aeronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut. He was the commander of two Space Shuttle missions including STS-2 in 1981, the program's second orbital flight. He also flew ...

, Col, USAF ** Charles Fullerton, Lt Col USAF **

Richard H. Truly Richard Harrison Truly (born November 12, 1937) is a retired Vice admiral (United States), vice admiral in the United States Navy, a former fighter pilot, engineer, astronaut, and was the eighth NASA Administrator, administrator of the NASA, Natio ...

, CDR USN *1979 ** Philip F. Oestricher, General Dynamics Corp. F-16 Flight Test Program ** Robert C. Ettinger, Lt Col USAF *1980 ** Dorman A. Cannon, Bell Helicopter Textron Tilt Rotor XV-15 ** Ronald G. Erhart,

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*1981 ** John W. Young, NASA

Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the Columbia Rediviva, first American ship to circumnavigate the upper North American Pacific coast and the ...

** Robert L. Crippen, CAPT USN *1982 ** Thomas McMurtry,

NASA AD-1 The NASA AD-1 was both an aircraft and an associated flight test program conducted between 1979 and 1982 at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards California, which successfully demonstrated an aircraft wing that could be pivoted obliqu ...

Oblique Wing An oblique wing (also called a slewed wing) is a variable geometry wing concept. On an aircraft so equipped, the wing is designed to rotate on center pivot, so that one tip is swept forward while the opposite tip is swept aft. By changing its swe ...

Program *1983 ** John M. Hoffman, Lt Col USAF For Outstanding contribution to the derivative F-15 fighter planes *1984 ** Donald L. Bloom, Bell Helicopter 0H-58C helicopter spin phenomena ** Charles A. Sewell,

Grumman Aerospace The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a 20th century American producer of military and civilian aircraft. Founded on December 6, 1929, by Leroy Grumman and his business partners, it merged in 1994 ...

Low Altitude high angle Corporation of attack, asymmetric thrust flight test program on the

F-14 Tomcat The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic aircraft, supersonic, twinjet, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experi ...

. *1985 ** William W. Lowe, McDonnell Douglas

AV-8B The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a single-engine ground-attack aircraft that constitutes the second generation of the Harrier family, capable of vertical or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL). The aircraft is primaril ...

High Angle of Attack Corporation Test Program *1986 ** David A. Kerzie, Lockheed Corp. U-2/TR-1 extremely high altitude investigative and exploratory flights to determine flutter characteristics. *1987 ** Guy Mitaux-Maurouard, Avions Marcel Dassault Rafale Flight Test Program **

Dick Rutan Richard Glenn Rutan (born July 1, 1938) is a retired United States Air Force officer and fighter pilot, test pilot, and record-breaking aviator who in 1986 piloted the Voyager aircraft on the first non-stop, non-refueled around-the-world flight ...

, Voyager Aircraft, Inc. Successful around-the-world non-stop, non-refueled flight of the Voyager aircraft **

Jeana Yeager Jeana Lee Yeager (born May 18, 1952) is an American aviator. She co-piloted, along with Dick Rutan, the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Rutan Voyager aircraft from December 14 to 23, 1986. The flight took 9 days, 3 m ...

, Voyager Aircraft, Inc. *1988 ** Channing S. Morse, McDonnell Douglas

NOTAR NOTAR ("no tail rotor") is a helicopter system which avoids the use of a tail rotor. It was developed by McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (through their acquisition of Hughes Helicopters). The system uses a fan inside the tail boom to build ...

Helicopter, Helicopter Company Development Program *1989 ** Addison S. Thompson, Rockwell International B-1B high alpha envelope ** Randy Gaston, Lt Col USAF, expansion and flight control system development ** William C. Park, Jr, Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Research and development ** N. Kenneth Dyson, Lt Col USAF, flights of prototype *1990 ** Bruce J. Hinds, Jr. Northrop Corporation B-2 Flight Test Program ** Richard S. Couch, Col USAF *1991 **Paul Metz, Northrop Corporation

YF-23 The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 is an American single-seat, twin-engine stealth fighter aircraft technology demonstrator designed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The design was a finalist in the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter (A ...

ATF Prototype **David L. Ferguson, Lockheed Corporation Y

F-22 The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is an American single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF). As the result of the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, th ...

ATF Prototype *1992 ** Daniel C. Brandenstein, CAPT USN Space Shuttle/Satellite Recovery *1993 ** Allan T. Reed, McDonnell Douglas T-45 High Angle of Attack and Corporation Flying Qualities & Spin Evaluation *1994 ** Christopher J. Yeo, British Aerospace Eurofighter 2000 Flight Test ** Peter Weger, Deutsche Aerospace Program *1995 **

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, The Boeing Company 777 Flight Test Program *1996 ** Erwin Danuwinata,

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Expansion and flight tests leading to FAA/JAA certification ** Ken Dyson &

Richard G. Thomas Richard G. Thomas (April 2, 1930 – June 19, 2006) was an American test pilot, who flew the Tacit Blue, and several spin tests on the F-5F program, including the first flights on both aircraft for the Northrop Corporation. Early life and educat ...

Tacit Blue The Northrop Tacit Blue was a technology demonstrator aircraft created to demonstrate that a low-observable stealth surveillance aircraft with a low-probability-of-intercept radar (LPIR) and other sensors could operate close to the forward lin ...

Program (Retroactive 1982) ** Jon S. Beesley, USAF

F-117 The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a retired American single-seat, twin-engine stealth attack aircraft developed by Lockheed's secretive Skunk Works division and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). It was the first operational air ...

Combined Test Force, Harold C. Farley Lockheed, David L. Ferguson Lockheed & Thomas A. Morgenfeld Lockheed (Retroactive 1983) *1997 ** Douglas B. Shane, Scaled Composites V-Jet II and Vision Aire Vantage *1998 **Gary Freeman,

Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation is an American aircraft company and a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics. Gulfstream designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and services business jet aircraft. Gulfstream has produced more than 2,000 ...

G-V Certification Test Program *1999 **

Mike Melvill Michael Winston Melvill (born November 30, 1940 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a world-record-breaking pilot and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. Melvill piloted SpaceShipO ...

Scaled Composites Proteus The Scaled Composites Model 281 Proteus is a tandem-wing high-altitude long-endurance aircraft designed by Burt Rutan to investigate the use of aircraft as high-altitude telecommunications relays. The Proteus is a multi-mission vehicle able to c ...

high-altitude multimission aircraft *2000 ** Jeremy Tracy, GKN

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*2001 **Wg Cdr Rajiv Kothiyal, Indian AF *2002 ** Herb Moran Bell Helicopter, envelope expansion and aircraft definition of the AH-1Z helicopter. *2003 ** Thomas L. Macdonald, Bell-Boeing High Rate of Descent (HROD) testing for the

V-22 Osprey The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. It is designed to combine the functionality of a convention ...

*2004 **

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Test Team ***

***

Brian Binnie William Brian Binnie (April 26, 1953 – September 15, 2022) was a United States Navy officer and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites and flown from 2003 to 2004. Early life Bin ...

***

Peter Siebold Peter Siebold (born 1971) is a member of the Scaled Composites astronaut team. He is their Director of Flight Operations, and was one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, the experimental spaceplanes developed by the company. On ...

*2005 ** Randy Neville, Boeing F-22 *2006 ** Norman E. Howell, Boeing, C-17 *2007 ** Jon S. Beesley, Lockheed Martin, F-35A and Bird of Prey Test Team (Retroactive from 1997) ** Rudy Haug, Boeing ** Doug Benjamin, Boeing ** Joe Felock, Boeing *2008 **

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Corporation

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*2009 **

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*2010 ** Michael Carriker, Boeing *2011 ** Kevin Bredenbeck, Sikorsky Aircraft, X2 Demonstrator *2012 ** Markus Scherdel,

Solar Impulse Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range experimental solar-powered aircraft project, and also the name of the project's two operational aircraft. The privately financed project is led by Swiss engineer and businessman André Borschberg and Swiss p ...

, HB-SIA *2013 ** Mark "Forger" Stucky,

Test Pilot for

SpaceShipTwo The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It is manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company owned by Virgin Galactic. SpaceShipTwo is car ...

and WhiteKnightTwo *2014 **

AgustaWestland AW609 The AgustaWestland (now Leonardo) AW609, formerly the Bell/Agusta BA609, is a twin-engined tiltrotor VTOL aircraft with a configuration similar to that of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. It is capable of landing vertically like a helicopter while ...

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Test Team ***Pietro Venanzi ***Dan Wells ***Paul Edwards *2015 **Prospero Uybarreta, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, C Series and CRJ Series *2016 **Scott Martin, Gulfstream Aerospace, GVII-G500/G600 *2017 **Charles Ellis, Bombardier Flight Test Center,

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* 2018 ** James Payne, Airbus Perlan Project *2019 **Evan C. Thomas, Scaled Composites, LLC., Stratolaunch Aircraft *2020 **Tom Carr, Garmin, Garmin Emergency Autoland (EAL) *2021 **Donald Grove, Bell Textron, V-280 Demonstrator Program *2022 **Benjamin Williamson, Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company, S-70 Optionally Piloted Vehicle

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