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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 ...
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 awarded annually for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, or safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year.
[3] [4] Renamed the Robert J. Collier Trophy in 1922 this annual aviation award administered by the U.S. National Aeronautic Association (NAA), [3] presented to those who have made "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the ...
English: View of then Vice-President Richard M. Nixon (center, holding a model of an Lockheed F-104 Starfighter) with recipients of the 1958 Collier (Robert J.) Trophy. . From left to right are Walter W. Irwin, Howard C. Johnson, Nixon, Gerhard Neumann, Neil Burgess, and Clarence Leonard "Kelly" John
Pages in category "Collier Trophy recipients" The following 106 pages are in this category, out of 106 total. ... Robert R. Gilruth; Gulfstream Aerospace; H.
Starting in 1911, new president Robert J. Collier began presenting the Collier Trophy. History. Augustus Post, Bud Mars and his wife, Glenn Curtis and Lena Curtiss ...
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."