Iven C. Kincheloe Award

The Iven C. Kincheloe Award recognizes outstanding professional accomplishment in the conduct of flight testing. It was established in 1958 by the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in memory of test pilot and Korean War ace Iven C. Kincheloe, United States Air Force, who died during flight testing.^[1]

Awarded forOutstanding flight testing

LocationLancaster, California

Country

United States

Presented byThe Society of Experimental Test Pilots

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Iven C. Kincheloe Award
Iven C. Kincheloe Trophy
Awarded for	Outstanding flight testing
Location	Lancaster, California
Country	United States
Presented by	The Society of Experimental Test Pilots
First award	1958 (1958)
Website	SETP

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The Kincheloe Trophy consists of four columns and a symbolic aerospace vehicle that points toward the shield of the society. The columns represent the foundation on which the society was founded: courage, integrity, knowledge and accomplishment. The vehicle reinforces the role played by the society in the development of aerospace systems. Plaques bearing the name of each honoree are mounted around the sides of the onyx base.^[2]

Criteria

The Society lists three criteria for nominations to this award:^[3]

The recipient must be a living member of the Society.
The accomplishment, or significant portion of the accomplishment, must have occurred in the past year (From July 1)
The accomplishment must involve flight testing conducted by the individual, while in a test pilot role, and represent an outstanding contribution to an aerospace program.

Recipients

Recipients of this award, from 1958 to present, include:^[4]

1958
- James R. Gannett, Boeing First Commercial Jet^[5]
- Joseph John "Tym" Tymczyszyn, CAA First Commercial Jet^[5]
1959
- Robert G. Ferry, Maj USAF, XV-3 convertiplane^[6]
1960
- A. Scott Crossfield, North American X-15 Program
- William M. Magruder, Douglas DC-8 Flight Test Program
1961
- Joseph A. Walker, NASA X-15 Program^[7]
- Robert M. White, Maj USAF, NASA X-15 Program^[7]
1962
- Donald W. McCracken, McDonnell F-4 Mach Investigation^[8]
1963
- Astronaut Team, NASA Mercury Program^[9]
  - M. Scott Carpenter, LCDR USN
  - L. Gordon Cooper, Maj USAF
  - John H. Glenn, Jr. Lt Col USMC
  - Virgil I. Grissom, Capt USAF
  - Walter M. Schirra, CDR USN
  - Alan B. Shepard, CDR USN
  - Donald K. Slayton, Maj USAF
1964
- Pilots of YF12A (A-11) Lockheed Super-Secret Project^[10]
  - Louis W. Schalk
  - William C. Park
  - Robert J. Gilliland
  - James D. Eastham
1965
- Alvin S. White, North American XB-70 Supersonic Flight^[11]
1966
- Milton Orville Thompson, NASA M2/F2-Lifting Body Program^[12]
1967
- Richard L. Johnson, for the General Dynamics F-111 test Program^[13]
1968
- Drury W. Wood, Jr, Dornier Werke DO31 Test Program-VTOL Flight
1969
- Jerauld R. Gentry, Maj USAF, NASA/FRC Lifting Body Program^[14]
- James A. McDivitt, Col USAF/NASA Apollo IX Mission, test of LM maneuvering^[14]
1970
- Darryl G. Greenamyer, Lockheed World speed record for piston engine airplane^[15]
- Apollo 11 Team Moon landing and return^[15]
  - Neil A. Armstrong NASA
  - Edwin E. Aldrin, Col USAF/NASA
  - Michael Collins, Col USAF/NASA
1971
- Andre Turcat, Aerospatiale, Concorde joint test program
- Brian Trubshaw, British Aircraft Corporation, Concorde joint test program
1972
- Apollo XVI Crew Moon landing and return
  - John W. Young, CAPT USN, NASA
  - Thomas K. Mattingly CDR USN/NASA
  - Charles M. Duke, Lt Col USAF/NASA
- Donald R. Segner, Lockheed-California For accomplishments in Company testing the Cheyenne helicopter
1973
- Charles A. Sewell, Grumman Aerospace Spin Prevention Testing in a Grumman F-14A Tomcat.
1974
- Irving L. Burrows, McDonnell Aircraft Outstanding professional Company contributions as a test pilot during F15A development program^[16]
1975
- John E. Krings, McDonnell Aircraft As Project Pilot on F15A Company high angle of attack characteristics test program^[17]
1976
- Charles C. Bock, Jr, Rockwell International For his outstanding accomplishments on the B-1 Program
1977
- Fitzhugh L. Fulton, Jr, NASA/Dryden Flight 747/Space Shuttle Carrier Research Center^[18]
1978
- James M. Patton Jr, NASA/Langley Research Stall/Spin Flight Research Center^[19]
- Fred W. Haise, Jr, NASA/JSC Space Shuttle
- Joe H. Engle, Col, USAF
- Charles Fullerton, Lt Col USAF
- Richard H. Truly, CDR USN
1979
- Philip F. Oestricher, General Dynamics Corp. F-16 Flight Test Program
- Robert C. Ettinger, Lt Col USAF
1980
- Dorman A. Cannon, Bell Helicopter Textron Tilt Rotor XV-15
- Ronald G. Erhart, Bell Helicopter Textron
1981
- John W. Young, NASA Space Shuttle Columbia
- Robert L. Crippen, CAPT USN
1982
- Thomas McMurtry, NASA AD-1 Oblique Wing Program
1983
- John M. Hoffman, Lt Col USAF For Outstanding contribution to the derivative F-15 fighter planes
1984
- Donald L. Bloom, Bell Helicopter 0H-58C helicopter spin phenomena
- Charles A. Sewell, Grumman Aerospace Low Altitude high angle Corporation of attack, asymmetric thrust flight test program on the F-14 Tomcat.
1985
- William W. Lowe, McDonnell Douglas AV-8B High Angle of Attack Corporation Test Program
1986
- David A. Kerzie, Lockheed Corp. U-2/TR-1 extremely high altitude investigative and exploratory flights to determine flutter characteristics.
1987
- Guy Mitaux-Maurouard, Avions Marcel Dassault Rafale Flight Test Program
- Dick Rutan, Voyager Aircraft, Inc. Successful around-the-world non-stop, non-refueled flight of the Voyager aircraft
- Jeana Yeager, Voyager Aircraft, Inc.
1988
- Channing S. Morse, McDonnell Douglas NOTAR Helicopter, Helicopter Company Development Program
1989
- Addison S. Thompson, Rockwell International B-1B high alpha envelope
- Randy Gaston, Lt Col USAF, expansion and flight control system development
- William C. Park, Jr, Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Research and development
- N. Kenneth Dyson, Lt Col USAF, flights of prototype
1990
- Bruce J. Hinds, Jr. Northrop Corporation B-2 Flight Test Program
- Richard S. Couch, Col USAF
1991
- Paul Metz, Northrop Corporation YF-23 ATF Prototype
- David L. Ferguson, Lockheed Corporation YF-22 ATF Prototype
1992
- Daniel C. Brandenstein, CAPT USN Space Shuttle/Satellite Recovery
1993
- Allan T. Reed, McDonnell Douglas T-45 High Angle of Attack and Corporation Flying Qualities & Spin Evaluation
1994
- Christopher J. Yeo, British Aerospace Eurofighter 2000 Flight Test
- Peter Weger, Deutsche Aerospace Program
1995
- John E. Cashman, The Boeing Company 777 Flight Test Program
1996
- Erwin Danuwinata, IPTN Expansion and flight tests leading to FAA/JAA certification
- Ken Dyson & Richard G. Thomas, Tacit Blue Program (Retroactive 1982)
- Jon S. Beesley, USAF F-117 Combined Test Force, Harold C. Farley Lockheed, David L. Ferguson Lockheed & Thomas A. Morgenfeld Lockheed (Retroactive 1983)
1997
- Douglas B. Shane, Scaled Composites V-Jet II and Vision Aire Vantage
1998
- Gary Freeman, Gulfstream Aerospace G-V Certification Test Program
1999
- Mike Melvill, Scaled Composites Proteus high-altitude multimission aircraft
2000
- Jeremy Tracy, GKN Westland Helicopters
2001
- Wg Cdr Rajiv Kothiyal, Indian AF
2002
- Herb Moran Bell Helicopter, envelope expansion and aircraft definition of the AH-1Z helicopter.
2003
- Thomas L. Macdonald, Bell-Boeing High Rate of Descent (HROD) testing for the V-22 Osprey
2004
- Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne Test Team
2005
- Randy Neville, Boeing F-22
2006
- Norman E. Howell, Boeing, C-17
2007
- Jon S. Beesley, Lockheed Martin, F-35A and Bird of Prey Test Team (Retroactive from 1997)
- Rudy Haug, Boeing
- Doug Benjamin, Boeing
- Joe Felock, Boeing
2008
- Terry E. Tomeny, Calspan Corporation Eclipse
2009
- Peter Siebold, Scaled Composites
2010
- Michael Carriker, Boeing
2011
- Kevin Bredenbeck, Sikorsky Aircraft, X2 Demonstrator
2012
- Markus Scherdel, Solar Impulse, HB-SIA
2013
- Mark "Forger" Stucky, Scaled Composites Test Pilot for SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo
2014
- AgustaWestland AW609 Tiltrotor Test Team^[20]
  - Pietro Venanzi
  - Dan Wells
  - Paul Edwards
2015
- Prospero Uybarreta, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, C Series and CRJ Series
2016
- Scott Martin, Gulfstream Aerospace, GVII-G500/G600
2017
- Charles Ellis, Bombardier Flight Test Center, Bombardier CSeries
2018
- James Payne, Airbus Perlan Project
2019
- Evan C. Thomas, Scaled Composites, LLC., Stratolaunch Aircraft^[21]
2020
- Tom Carr, Garmin, Garmin Emergency Autoland (EAL)
2021
- Donald Grove, Bell Textron, V-280 Demonstrator Program
2022
- Benjamin Williamson, Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company, S-70 Optionally Piloted Vehicle ^[22]
2023
- Steven Crane, Eviation, Alice V2 Aircraft
2024
- William Shoemaker, Boom Supersonic, XB-1 Program
2025
- Tristan Brandenburg, Boom Supersonic, XB-1 Program

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