Agrinaut Award
The Agrinaut Award is presented to an agricultural aircraft operator, operating organization or allied member company that has made an outstanding contribution in the field of ag aircraft operations. The achievement cited shall have contributed to the "state-of-the-art" for the benefit of the agricultural aircraft industry as a whole.
Sponsor
Originated in 1967 by Agrinautics of Las Vegas, Nev., and by NAAA under procedures established for noting new operating techniques, new and novel equipment, new successful crop applications or other contributions.
Previous Recipients
2022 | George Parker III, Crop Jet Aviation | 1994 | John Goodwin |
2021 | None | 1993 | George P. Wilson |
2020 | Bruce Hubler, TAE Aerospace | 1992 | Charles Stone Jr. |
2019 | None | 1991 | G.O. "Chris" Christopher |
2018 | Pete Jones, Air Repair Inc. | 1990 | Leland Shelton |
2017 | Star-Flex (Brett Barber & Terry Gross, posthumously) |
1989 | Gerald S. Beck |
2016 | Jeff Reabe, Reabe Aircraft Improvement | 1988 | Tom Mills |
2015 | None | 1987 | Mid-Continent Aircraft |
2014 | Rod Thomas | 1986 | Roy W. Wood Sr. |
2013 | Pratt & Whitney Canada | 1985 | Leland Snow |
2012 | Leonard Felix Jr. | 1984 | Mississippi AAA |
2011 | None | 1983 | Milton Robertson |
2010 | Terry Sharp | 1982 | George "Red" Willett |
2009 | Bill Hubler | 1981 | James L. Maxwell |
2008 | Joe D. Vaughn | 1980 | William Hatfield |
2007 | Scott Schertz | 1979 | Robert S. Leverton |
2006 | Jack Frost | 1978 | W.P. "Bill" Cardiff |
2005 | Rick Reed | 1977 | George Mitchell Jr. |
2004 | Zoren O'Brien | 1976 | James Vedder |
2003 | None | 1975 | Joe Sellers |
2002 | Pat Kornegay | 1974 | Clint G. Frye |
2001 | Thomas R. Summersill | 1973 | A.T. Morgan |
2000 | Robert Carroll Potter | 1972 | Lloyd Nolan |
1999 | Dennis Gardisser | 1971 | V. Ray Thornton |
1998 | Maynard Lund | 1970 | John Neace |
1997 | None | 1969 | Robert Phillips |
1996 | George & Grant Lane | 1968 | Bill Marsh |
1995 | John O’Connell | 1967 | Richard Reade |
2023 Awards Nomination Online Submission Form (recommended)
2022 Awards Nomination Form (Fillable PDF)
2023 Awards Nomination Form (print version)
2022 Awards Nomination Form (Fillable PDF)
2023 Awards Nomination Form (print version)