2016 – Mary Wells Lawrence, the legendary advertising executive was awarded the Achievement in Aviation Award for her work to radically change the look of air travel in the 1960s including her vision for Braniff International Airways and “The End of the Plain Plane” campaign and the fantastic Braniff uniform collections by fashion designer Emilio Pucci.

2014 – Captain Moon Fun Chin started his aviation career working for China National Aviation Corporation—a China-US airline—where he began as a mechanic and co-pilot on the Shanghai–Peking route. He was promoted to captain in 1936. Captain Moon Fun Chin was never a member of the U.S. military, yet he was awarded four prestigious medals by the U.S. government: The Distinguished Flying Cross, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (Silver Star), The Air Medal, and The Presidential Unit Citation. He became one of the most decorated civilian pilots by the U.S. military. He was awarded the Achievement in Aviation Award for his outstanding contributions and excellence in the aviation industry and his demonstrated commitment to preserving its history.

2010 – Reid Dennis, aviation enthusiast, began flying in 1963 and has well over 9000 hours in his logbook including 1700 hours in multi engine seaplanes. He was awarded the Achievement in Aviation Award for his dedication and support to preserving aviation history including his first long distance adventure in 1970 flying his unpressurized Cessna “Sky Knight” to Europe and in 1972 flying the same aircraft to Kuwait by way of Beirut and Damascus.