The Herman R. Salmon Technical Publications Award recognizes the most outstanding technical paper published in Cockpit magazine, a quarterly journal of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. The award was established in 1971 and renamed in 1981 to honor the memory of test pilot Herman R. "Fish" Salmon who was killed in an aircraft accident.
The Society lists five criteria for nominations to this award:
- Originality and/or ingenuity of the article
- Interest of subject material to the membership
- Contribution to flight testing
- Contribution to the exchange of information between test pilots that would not otherwise be generally available
- Organization of material and clarity of presentation
Recipients of this award, from 1971 to present, include:
1971—John F. Farley1972—Jack F. Woodman1973—Gilbert Defer1974—Pietro P. Trevisan1975—Robert R. Stone1976—William H. Brinks1977—Richard G. Thomas1978—A. W. "Bill" Bedford1979—Charles A. Sewell1980—LCdr. Richard N. Richards, USN; Carroll D. Pilcher1981—No award was presented1982—William H. Brinks1983—Dennis D. Behm1984—A. Paul Metz1985—Walter Spychiger1986—Frank C. Sanders; Jeff Ethell1987—B. Pasquet1988—Major Troy D. Pennington, USMC; Richard Kotarba1989—Charles J. Berthe, Louis H. Knotts, Jeff H. Peer, N. C. Weingarten1990—Paul W. Herrick1991—George L. Wiser1992—Michael Barnes; Cdr. John Deaton, USN; Jonathan Kern; Douglas Wright1993—Maj. William A. Flynn, CAF; Keith L. Keller1994—Louis H. Knotts, Michael L. E. Parrag, Eric E. Ohmit1995—Allen T. Reed1996—Eric E. Fiore1997—Michale Swales1998—Lt Col Carl Hawkins, USAF; Lt Andrew Thorne, USAF1999—Capt Ron Rogers, ALPA2000—Thomas Tilden, United Airlines2001—Mr. Michael Adam-Swales, Agusta Westland Helicopter, Mr. Andrew Strachan, Agusta Westland Helicopters2002—Capt Kevin A. Gibbons, USAF; Maj Philip K. Chionh, RSAF; Maj Mark R. Johnson, USMC; Maj James R. Marcolesco, USAF; Capt Collin T. Ireton, USAF; Capt David F. Radomski, USAF; Maj Andrew J. Thurling, USAF2003—Mr. Bob Riser; LCDR Wade McConvey, USN2004—Sqn Ldr Shaun Wildey, RAF2005—Richard V. Reynolds, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret)2006—Dr. Guy Gratton, Dr. Simon Newman2007—Lt Col Geno Wagner, USAF2008—Lt Col Daniel D. Daetz, USAF; Maj Jack D. Fischer, USAF; Brian Knaup, USAF2009—Dr. Allen Peterson, Sierra Nevada Corporation2010—Maj Aaron A. Tucker, USAF (M), Maj Christopher E. Childress, USAF (M), and Lt Col Robert J. Poremski, USAF2011—Mark A. Mitchell, Norman E. Howell2012—Nicola Pecile, National Test Pilot School and Lt Col Raffaele Di Caprio, Italian Air Force2013—LTC Jeffrey Trang, USA (Ret) (AF), American Eurocopter, Denis Hamel, American Eurocopter2014—Robert Moreau, FedEx2015—David L. Lawrence