This award was created about 1901 by the Western Society of Engineers for papers of merit on engineering innovations. It is now called the "Chanute Flight Award" and is awarded by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. (AIAA). Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the scholarly society for the field of aerospace engineering. ...

Octave Chanute, 1832–1910, was born in France and became a naturalized American. He was a self-taught engineer. He designed the first railroad bridge over the Missouri River and also the Union Stock Yards in Chicago and those in Kansas City. Octave Chanute Octave Chanute (18 February 1832 - November 23, 1910) was a French-born American railroad engineer and aviation pioneer. ... “railroads” redirects here. ... A log bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle. ... ÊÊÊÊThe Union Stock Yard & Transit Co. ...

In later life Chanute waged a long campaign to encourage the invention of the airplane. He collected information from every possible source and gave it back out to anyone who asked. He published a compendium of aviation information in 1894. In 1896 he commissioned several aircraft to be built, the Katydid had multiple wings that could be attached variously about the fuselage for ease of experimentation.

He is universally recoginsed as a prominent engineer, experimenter, writer and communicator, which is why the award is named in his memory.

Some Award Recipients

• Howard Hughes, Engineer, Pilot
• Albert Boyd, pioneering test pilot
• Frank Kendall Everest, Jr, test pilot
• Milton O. Thompson, NASA Director of Research
• William J. Knight, Test pilot, Astronaut, Record setter
• Albert Scott Crossfield, Test pilot, Astronaut
• Neil Alden Armstrong, Astronaut
• John Leonard (Jack) Swigert, Jr. Astronaut (Apollo 13 crewman)
• Charles N Haas, Environmental Engineer
• Alvin S. White, Test pilot

For the Welsh murderer, see Howard Hughes (murderer). ... Albert Boyd was a pioneering test pilot for the United States Air Force. ... Brigadier General Frank Kendall Everest Jr. ... Milton Orville Thompson was a NASA research pilot selected as an astronaut for the X-20 Dyna-Soar program in April, 1960. ... William J. Pete Knight (November 18, 1929 - May 8, 2004) was a U.S. politician, combat pilot, test pilot, and astronaut. ... Scott Crossfield Albert Scott Crossfield (October 2, 1921 – April 19, 2006), normally referred to as Scott Crossfield, was an American naval officer, aviator and test pilot. ... Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is an American test pilot, astronaut, and was the first human being to walk on the Moon. ... John Leonard Jack Swigert, Jr. ... Alvin Swauger White (December 9, 1918 - April 29, 2006) was an American test pilot, engineer, and astronaut. ...

Also see

• Aviation history#Picking up the pace

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Links

• Western Society of Engineers
• Octave Chanute—A champion of aviation