Awards

AWARDS FOR AERONAUTICS

The Guggenheim Award, intended to recognize significant progress in aeronautics, was first bestowed upon Orville Wright for 1929 on 8 April 1930. The Robert J. Collier Trophy had a similar purpose but tended to focus more on engineering achievements.

Guggenheim:

1930
Ludwig Prandtl, for his work on aerodynamics.

1931
Frederick Lancaster, for his work on aerodynamics.

1932
Juan de la Cierva, for his original development of the autogiro.

1933
Jerome C. Hunsacker

1934
No Award.

1935
William Durand, for his achievements in the development of aircraft-propeller theories.

1936
No Award.

1937
Hugo Eckener, for his work in promoting the transport airship.

1938
No Award.

1939
Donald Douglas, for outstanding contributions to the design and construction...

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