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Aero Club of Washington

2007 Wright Memorial Dinner

honoring

Captain Eugene Cernan

The Aero Club of Washington hosted the 60th annual Wright Memorial Dinner on Friday, December 14, 2007 , at the Washington Hilton Hotel. The dinner honored the 2007 recipient of the NAA Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, Captain Eugene Cernan, pilot and astronaut, the second man to walk in space and the last man to walk on the moon.

Jonathan Gaffney , President of NAA, presents the 2007 Wright Brother Memorial Trophy to Gene Cernan

Captain Cernan delivers a stirring and inspirational acceptance speech

The U.S. Armed Forces Color Guard provides a dramatic patriotic opening ceremony for the Dinner

The head table, with representatives from the DOT, FAA, NASA, NTSB and the leaders of the wide range of aviation associations

Aero Club President Paula Hochstetler

Bob Agostino of Bombardier introduces the video tribute to Captain Cernan

ACW President Paula Hochstetler and her family pose with Captain Cernan

Mark Rosenker, Chairman of the NTSB with Gene Cernan

Gene Cernan and his wife with guests

Gene Cernan with his grandchildren

Marion Blakey, former FAA Administrator, with Captain John Prater, President of ALPA

Jonathan Gaffney , president of NAA, speaks on the history and significance of the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy

Past Recipients of the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy

2007	Captain Eugene Cernan	1977	Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, USAF (Ret.)
2006	Norman Y. Mineta	1976	William A. Patterson
2005	Pete Aldridge	1975	Clarence “Kelly” Johnson
2004	Bob Crandall	1974	Dr. Richard T. Whitcomb
2003	Senator John Glenn	1973	Senator Barry M. Goldwater
2002	Paul Poberezny	1972	John H. Shaffer
2001	Neil A. Armstrong	1971	Senator Howard W. Cannon
2000	Herb Kelleher	1970	C. R. Smith
1999	Delford M. Smith	1969	William M. Allen
1998	Edward Stimpson	1968	Senator Warren C. Magnuson
1997	Charles H. Kaman	1966	Igor I. Sikorksy
1996	Frederick W. Smith	1966	Juan T. Trippe
1995	Russell W. Meyer, Jr.	1965	Jerome Lederer
1994	A. L. Ueltschi	1964	Henry F. Guggenheim
1993	Gerhard Neumann	1963	Donald W. Douglas, Sr.
1992	Senator Jake Garn	1962	John Stack
1991	Benjamin A. Cosgrove	1961	Senator A. S. Mike Monroney
1990	Edwin I. Colodny	1960	Frederick C. Crawford
1989	Thomas Jones	1959	William P. MacCracken, Jr.
1988	Sam B. Williams	1958	Dr. John Francis Victory
1987	Allen E. Paulson	1957	Senator Stuart Symington
1986	Joseph F. Sutter	1956	Dr. Edward P. Warner
1985	Harry B. Combs	1955	Dr. Hugh L. Dryden
1984	David S. Lewis	1954	Dr. Theodore von Kármán
1983	J. Leland Atwood	1953	Carl Hinshaw
1982	Dr. Willis M. Hawkins	1952	Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, USAF (Ret.)
1981	Dwayne L. Wallace	1951	Dr. Jerome Hunsaker
1980	Olive Ann Beech	1950	Grover C. Loening
1979	T. A. Wilson	1949	Charles A. Lindbergh
1978	Senator Jennings Randolph	1948	Dr. William F. Durand