ROYAL AERO CLUB MEDALS & DIPLOMA
The gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded annually for outstanding achievement in aviation during the preceding year or over a number of years, principally, but not necessarily, as a pilot.
GOLD MEDALS
1908 W. & O. Wright
1909 L. Bleriot, H. Farman, H. Latham
1910 Hon. C.S. Rolls, C.S. Grace, C. Graham-White
1911 No award
1912 S.F. Cody
1913-18 No award
1919 Capt. Sir J. Alcock & Lt Sir. A. Whitten Brown, Capt. Sir. R. & Sir K. Smith
1920-22 No award
1923 Lt Col S.F. McClean
1924-25 No award
1926 A.J. Cobham
1927-28 No award
1929 Capt. C.D. Barnard, Sqn Ldr A.C. Jones-Williams, Flt Lt N.H. Jenkins
1930 No award
1931 H.J.L. Hinkler
1932-33 No award
1934 C.W.A. Scott & T. Campbell Black
1935 No award
1936 Amy Mollison
1937 Jean Batten
1938-46 No award
1947 G.R. de Havilland
1948 J.D. Derry
1949-51 No award
1952 P.A. Wills
1953 W. Cdr W.F. Gibb, Sqn Ldr N. Duke, Lt Cdr M.J. Lithgow
1954 No award
1955 J. Cunningham
1956-57 No award
1958 Lord Brabazon of Tara
1959-62 No award
1963 Sir G. de Havilland
1964 J. Martin
1965-66 No award
1967 Sir D. Pearson
1968 No award
1969 N.A. Armstrong, E.E. Aldrin, M. Collins
1970 No award
1971 Sheila Scott
1972 No award
1973 A.S. Butler
1974 J. Nott
1975 No award
1976 D.G. Lee
1977 No award
1978 D. Cameron & C. Davey
1979 No award
1980 Judith Chisholm
1981-83 No award
1984 C. Lyall
1985 No award
1986 J. Pendry, D. Rutan, J. Yeager
1987 E. Jackson, B. Spreckley
1988 P. Lindstrand
1989 R. Whittall
1990 Helen Sharman
1991 R. Brien, R. Whittall, R. Branson & P. Lindstrand
1992 No award
1993 A. Davis, M. Peckett
1994 M. Foale, P. Halman
1995 Judy Leden
1996 D. Bareford, Ann Welch
1997 W. Neumark, J. Pendry
1998 Jackie Smith
1999 A. Elson, C. Prescot
2000 D. Hempleman-Adams
2001 R. Meredith-Hardy
2002 S. Fossett, Caroline Gough-Cooper & Imogen Asker, Kathleen Rigg
2003 P. Dewhurst, C. Scott, L. Groucott, S. Chilton, S. Laughton
2004 R. Cheetham
2005 V. Singhania
2006 P. Jones
2007 D. Piggott
2008 Claire Scott
2009 Keith Negal, Volare Freefly Team – Mike Carpenter, Alberto Fuertes and Adam Mattacola
2010 Peter Watson
2011 David Hempleman-Adams and Jonathon Mason, Ken Morrissey
2012 No award
2013 No award
2014 Steve Jones
2015 Sir John Allison, Paul Eisner, Rob Grimwood
2016 Tim Peake
2017 No award
2018 No award
2019 No award
2020 No award