The Louis Blériot medal is an aviation honor awarded by the

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(FAI), the international aviation record adjudicating body. The medal may be awarded up to three times every year to record setters in speed, altitude and distance categories in light aircraft. The award was established by 1936 in honor of

Louis Blériot Louis Charles Joseph Blériot ( , also , ; 1 July 1872 – 1 August 1936) was a French aviator, inventor, and engineer. He developed the first practical headlamp for cars and established a profitable business manufacturing them, using much of t ...

.FAI Louis Blériot medal winner listing

Award recipients

*2008 Stéphane Deregnaucour *2007 not awarded *2006 not awarded *2005 Dick Rutan, distance,

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*2004

Robert L. Gibson Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson (born October 30, 1946), (Captain (naval), Capt, United States Navy, USN, Ret.), is a former American United States Navy, naval officer and United States naval aviator, aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. A ...

, speed over a closed course in a Cassutt IIM *2003 Bruce Bohannon *2003 Bruce Bohannon *2002 Bruce Bohannon *2001 Bruce Bohannon *2001 Richard C. Keyt *2000 Hans Georg Schmid *1999 Peter Scheichenberger *1998 Jon M. Sharp, Sharp Nemesis *1997 not awarded *1996 James A. Price *1996 Jon M. Sharp, Sharp Nemesis *1995 not awarded *1994 Dan E. Parisieu *1993 Jon M. Sharp, Sharp Nemesis *1992 Michael S. Arnold *1992 David W. Timms *1991 Peter Scheichenberger *1991

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/ref> *1991 Peter Urach *1990 not awarded *1989 Eric Scott Winton *1989 Richard J. Gritter *1989 Kirk D. Hanna *1988 Wilhelm Lischak *1988 Yves Duval *1987 Norman E. Howell *1986 Wilhelm Lischak *1985 John E. Saum *1984 F. Gary Hertzler *1984 Richard Flohr *1983 Phillip C. Fogg *1982 A.J. Smith *1981

Dick Rutan Richard Glenn Rutan (July 1, 1938 – May 3, 2024) was an American military aviator and officer, as well as a record-breaking test pilot who in 1986 piloted the Voyager aircraft on the first non-stop, non-refueled around-the-world flight with ...

*1980 Charles Andrews *1979 Gerald G. Mercer *1978 not awarded *1977 Oleg A. Boulyguine *1976 W.M. Pomeroy *1976 Rodney T. Nixon *1975 Edgar J. Lesher *1974 not awarded *1973 Edgar J. Lesher *1972 Roy Windover *1971 not awarded *1970 Edgar J. Lesher *1969 Hal Fishman *1969 Barry Schiff *1968 Donald C. Sinclair *1967 Edgar J. Lesher *1966 William C. Brodbeck *1966 Raymond Davy *1965 Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock *1964 Adriano Mantelli *1963 Raymond Davy *1962 Adriano Mantelli *1961 not awarded *1960 Raymond Davy *1959 not awarded *1958 not awarded *1957 Kaarl Henrik & Juhani Heinonen *1956 Richard V. Ohm *1956 L. Stastny *1956 F. Novak *1955 Peder Ib Riborg Andersen *1954 Iginio Guagnellini *1953 William D. Thompson *1953 Iginio Guagnellini *1952

Max Conrad Max Arthur Conrad, Jr. (January 21, 1903 – April 3, 1979, in Summit, New Jersey) known as the "Flying Grandfather", was a record-setting aviator. In the 1950s and 1960s, he set nine official light plane world records, three of which still sta ...

*1951 Caro Bayley *1951 A. Rebillon *1950 John F. Mann *1950 R.R. Paine *1949

René Leduc René Henri Leduc (; April 24, 1898 – March 9, 1968) was a French engineer and aircraft manufacturer, renowned for his pioneering work in ramjet propulsion. Leduc's groundbreaking designs, including the Leduc 010, 016, 021, and 022, were inst ...

*1949 William P. Odom *1949 Anna Bodriaguina *1948 not awarded *1947 not awarded *1946 not awarded *1945 not awarded *1944 not awarded *1943 not awarded *1942 not awarded *1940 not awarded *1939 not awarded *1938 André Japy *1938 Helmut Kalkstein *1938 Steve Wittman *1937 not awarded *1936

Stanisław Skarżyński Stanisław Jakub Skarżyński (1 May 1899 − 26 June 1942) was a lieutenant colonel in the Polish Air Force and aviator famous for his transatlantic solo flight in 1933. Early military career In 1916–17 Skarżyński was a member of the Poli ...

*1936 Maurice Arnoux *1936 Furio Niclot Doglio *1936 Mrs. Becker (France)

References

External links

FAI Louis Blériot medal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:List of Louis Bleriot medal winners Aviation awards Aviation records