Salute to Excellence is a category of awards issued by the

Helicopter Association International The Helicopter Association International (HAI) is a not-for-profit professional trade association of over member organizations in more than 68 nations. Since 1948, HAI has provided its membership with services that directly benefit their operati ...

since 1960, "for outstanding achievements in the international helicopter community".“Salute to Excellence” Awards
, 2009 Helicopter Annual

Individual awards

;Aviation Maintenance Technician Award (since 1994) ;Aviation Repair Specialist Award (since 1995) ;Igor I. Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service (since 1989; incorporates the former Crew of the Year Award) :*1990

Mykola Melnyk Mykola Mykolayovych Melnyk ( uk, Микола Миколайович Мельник; 17 December 1953 – 26 July 2013), also known as Nikolai Melnik, was a Soviet- Ukrainian pilot and liquidator hero renowned for his high-risk helicopter missio ...

for his service as a

Chernobyl liquidator Chernobyl liquidators were the civil and military personnel who were called upon to deal with the consequences of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union on the site of the event. The liquidators are widely credited with limiti ...

:*2015 Portuguese Air Force 751 Squadron - S&R ;Crew of the Year (1980–1995) ;The Joe Mashman Safety Award (since 1987) :*2015 Edwin McConkey - Approach Software ;Outstanding Certified Flight Instructor Award (since 1985) :*2015 Simon Spencer-Bower Wanaka Helicopters ;Agusta Westland Community Service Award (since 1990) ;Raise Your Sites! Award (1983–1988) ;Max Schumacher Memorial Award (1967–1988) ;Fly Neighborly Award (1982–1988) ;Airbus Golden Hour Award (since 1982) :*2015 Snohomish Co ;Excellence in Communications Award (since 1975) :*2015 Micheal Hirschburg - Vertiflite ;Helicopter Maintenance Award (since 1973) :*2015 Patrick Cox -

Robinson Helicopter Company The Robinson Helicopter Company, based at Zamperini Field in Torrance, California, is a manufacturer of civil helicopters. Robinson produces three models – the two-seat R22, the four-seat R44, both of which use Lycoming piston engines, and t ...

;MD Helicopters Law Enforcement Award (since 1972) :*2015 U.S. Park Police Eagle One ;Lawrence D. Bell Memorial Award (since 1971) ;Robert E. Trimble Memorial Award (since 1961) ;Appareo Systems Pilot of the Year Award (since 1960) :*2015 Gary Dahlen -

King Fire The King Fire was a wildfire that scorched over of land in El Dorado County, California in the fall of 2014. The fire, which was named because it started off King of the Mountain Road in Pollock Pines, started on September 13, 2014, near Pollock ...

;Bell Helicopter Lifetime Achievement :*2015 Lou Bartolotta

References

External links

Salute to Excellence Awards Program
on the HAI official web site
Past Award Winners
List of award winners since 2002
“Salute to Excellence” Awards
Full all-time list of award winners by the HAI's ''Helicopter Annual'' magazine Aviation awards {{aviation-stub

Individual awards

See also

References

External links