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Herbert Hoover presents the 1929 Collier Trophy to NACA Chairman Joseph Ames for the NACA cowling. The Robert J. Collier Trophy is awarded annually for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the ...
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Collier presented his namesake trophy several times before his death in 1918; after his World War I service. [1] In 1922, when the Aero Club dissolved, the award was taken over by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) and it was unofficially renamed the Robert J. Collier Trophy, which became official in 1944.
The Robert J. Collier Trophy is owned and administered by the National Aeronautic Association and is awarded annually "for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year."
Collier Trophy (1933) Sylvanus Albert Reed Award (1935) Frank Walker Caldwell (1889–1974) was a leading American propeller engineer and designer. As the United ...
Collier trophy: John Stack (1906–1972) was an aerospace engineer. He won the Collier trophy, in 1947 [1] and 1951. [2] Life. Stack was born in Lowell, Massachusetts ...
Collier Trophy 1984 NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal 1986 Charles Edward "Ed" Whitsett Jr. (1936-1993) was a USAF officer and NASA engineer specializing in solutions for effective human movement in zero gravity .
1959 Co-Recipient of the Collier Trophy as designer of the airframe of the F-104 Starfighter, sharing the honor with General Electric (J79 engine) and U.S. Air Force (Flight Records). The F-104 was designated the previous year's "Greatest achievement in aviation in America."