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Awarded since 1936 by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale for setting aviation records
Louis Blériot in his monoplane
The Louis Blériot medal is an aviation honor awarded by the
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the international aviation record adjudicating body. The medal may be awarded up to three times every year to record setters in speed, altitude and distance categories in light aircraft. The award was established by 1936 in honor of
Louis Blériot .
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Award recipients
2008 Stéphane Deregnaucour
2007 not awarded
2006 not awarded
2005 Dick Rutan, distance,
XCOR EZ-Rocket
2004
Robert L. Gibson , speed over a closed course in a
Cassutt IIM
[2]
2003 Bruce Bohannon
2003 Bruce Bohannon
2002 Bruce Bohannon
2001 Bruce Bohannon
2001 Richard C. Keyt
2000 Hans Georg Schmid
1999 Peter Scheichenberger
1998 Jon M. Sharp, Sharp Nemesis
1997 not awarded
1996 James A. Price
1996 Jon M. Sharp, Sharp Nemesis
1995 not awarded
1994 Dan E. Parisieu
1993 Jon M. Sharp,
Sharp Nemesis
1992 Michael S. Arnold
1992 David W. Timms
1991 Peter Scheichenberger
1991
Robert L. Gibson , altitude in horizontal flight
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1991 Peter Urach
1990 not awarded
1989 Eric Scott Winton
1989 Richard J. Gritter
1989 Kirk D. Hanna
1988 Wilhelm Lischak
1988
Yves Duval
1987 Norman E. Howell
1986 Wilhelm Lischak
1985 John E. Saum
1984 F. Gary Hertzler
1984 Richard Flohr
1983 Phillip C. Fogg
1982 A.J. Smith
1981
Dick Rutan
1980 Charles Andrews
1979 Gerald G. Mercer
1978 not awarded
1977 Oleg A. Boulyguine
1976 W.M. Pomeroy
1976 Rodney T. Nixon
1975
Edgar J. Lesher
1974 not awarded
1973 Edgar J. Lesher
1972 Roy Windover
1971 not awarded
1970
Edgar J. Lesher
1969
Hal Fishman
1969
Barry Schiff
1968 Donald C. Sinclair
1967
Edgar J. Lesher
1966 William C. Brodbeck
1966 Raymond Davy
1965
Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock
1964 Adriano Mantelli
1963 Raymond Davy
1962
Adriano Mantelli
1961 not awarded
1960 Raymond Davy
1959 not awarded
1958 not awarded
1957 Kaarl Henrik & Juhani Heinonen
1956 Richard V. Ohm
1956 L. Stastny
1956 F. Novak
1955 Peder Ib Riborg Andersen
1954 Iginio Guagnellini
1953 William D. Thompson
1953 Iginio Guagnellini
1952
Max Conrad
1951 Caro Bayley
1951 A. Rebillon
1950 John F. Mann
1950 R.R. Paine
1949
René Leduc
1949 William P. Odom
1949 Anna Bodriaguina
1948 not awarded
1947 not awarded
1946 not awarded
1945 not awarded
1944 not awarded
1943 not awarded
1942 not awarded
1940 not awarded
1939 not awarded
1938 André Japy
1938 Helmut Kalkstein
1938
Steve Wittman
1937 not awarded
1936
Stanisław Skarżyński
1936
Maurice Arnoux
1936
Furio Niclot Doglio
1936 Mrs. Becker (France)
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