The Living Legends of Aviation is an award honoring achievements in the aerospace industry, bestowed by the 97 current title holders and owned and produced by the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy, a non-profit 501(c)(3). The Living Legends have all made significant contributions to many areas of aviation including: innovators, record breakers, astronauts, aviation entrepreneurs, industry leaders and celebrity pilots.
The 15th Living Legends of Aviation Awards, honoring the best in aviation for 2017, were presented on January 19, 2018, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, where they have been held annually since 2007.
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History
Jerry Lips, publisher of Airport Journals, came up with the idea of the Living Legends of Aviation at the time of the death of Michael Chowdry (founder of Atlas Air). Airport Journals had been collecting and publishing biographies of various aviation personalities and Jerry regretted not having captured Chowdry's history. He began to compile a list of individuals that had made major contributions in the field of aviation, and had those people suggest more names until 70 were collected. These were the biographies that were to be recorded while the individuals were still "living". The list has grown over the years to its present number of 96. As Legends pass on, they are replaced by new inductees, selected by their fellow Legends.
Jerry Lips founded the Living Legends of Aviation in 2003 with the charter of celebrating the second century of aerospace. In 2008, Kiddie Hawk Air Academy acquired the rights to the organization and annual awards show from previous owner Airport Journals.
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Current honorees
Past honorees
Event
Beginning in 2003, an awards show has been organized each year to bring together the Living Legend members for a variety of events. The awards are presented at a prestigious live ceremony, most commonly in mid January following the relevant calendar year.
In 2003, the first Living Legends of Aviation Awards were presented at a banquet dinner hosted by Airport Journals at the Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colorado. To avoid any weather related issues, in 2006 the venue was moved to Southern California and held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles. Since 2007 the Awards have been presented at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.
List of winners
- The award was called the Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Award prior to 2018.
- The award was called the Aviation Entrepreneur of the Year Award prior to 2011, and the Aviation Industry Entrepreneur of the Year Award from 2012-2017.
- The award was called the Freedom of Flight Award prior to 2007.
- The award was called the Legends Aviation Legacy Award prior to 2009.
See also
- Oswald Watt Gold Medal
References
- Jerry Lips editorial describing the start of the Living Legends of Aviation
- Mark Baker Inducted as a Living Legend of Aviation
- Living Legends of Aviation Renames Lifetime Aviation Entrepreneur Award
- AOPA article on Mark Baker's award
- ForeFlight Founders Honored by Living Legends of Aviation
- Mike Silva honored with Living Legends of Aviation Award
- 15th Living Legends of Aviation Awards
- Los Angeles local news article on the Living Legends of Aviation Awards show
- ISnAP Article on 9th Living Legends of Aviation event
- ISnAP Article on 10th Living Legends of Aviation event
- ISnAP Article on 11th Living Legends of Aviation event
- Sierra Nevada Corporation Owners Inducted into the "Living Legends of Aviation"
- General Aviation News article on 11th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards show
- Angelina Jolie to receive aviation award at a ceremony hosted by John Travolta
- Airport Journals article on the Second Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards
- Airport Journals article on the Fourth Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards
- Airport Journals article on the Sixth Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards
- Press release on the 10th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards
- John Travolta to host 11th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards
- Airport Journals article on the 12th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards
- Doolittle Raider David Thatcher To Be Honored
- John Travolta to host 13th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards
- Celebrate Aviation with the Living Legends of Aviation
- Hank Beaird Airport Journals Article
- David Greschke article
External links
- Living Legends of Aviation website
- Kiddie Hawk Air Academy website
- Airport Journals website
- Inductee portraits through 2007
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