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Herbert Hoover stellt die Collier Trophy Joseph Ames vom NACA dar (1929)O Troféu Collier (em inglês : Collier Trophy, até 1922 Aero Club of America Trophy ) é um prêmio concedido uma vez por ano nos Estados Unidos . É consagrado àqueles que obtiveram no ano anterior os maiores avanços nas áreas de aeronáutica e astronáutica nos Estados Unidos (em inglês: "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year.")
O prêmio foi instituido em 1910 por Robert Joseph Collier, editor do Colliers Weekly e presidente do Aero Club of America , e concedido a primeira vez em 1911. O troféu pesa 240 kg e está exposto no Museu do Ar e Espaço .
1911 - Glenn Curtiss 1912 - Glenn Curtiss 1913 - Orville Wright 1914 - Elmer Ambrose Sperry e Lawrence Sperry 1915 - Starling Burgess 1916 - Elmer Sperry 1917 - Não atribuído 1918 - Não atribuído 1919 - Não atribuído 1920 - Não atribuído 1921 - Grover Loening 1922 - U.S. Air Mail Service 1923 - U.S. Air Mail Service 1924 - U.S. Army Air Service 1925 - Sylvanus Albert Reed 1926 - Edward Hoffman 1927 - Charles Lanier Lawrance 1928 - Aeronautics Branch, Departement of Commerce 1929 - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1930 - Harold Pitcairn 1931 - Packard Motor Car Company 1932 - Glenn Luther Martin 1933 - Hamilton Standard Propeller Company e Frank Walker Caldwell 1934 - Albert Francis Hegenberger 1935 - Donald Wills Douglas 1936 - Pan American Airways 1937 - U. S. Army Air Corps 1938 - Howard Hughes 1939 - Airlines of the U.S. 1940 - Sanford Alexander Moss e Army Air Corps 1941 - Army Air Forces e Airlines der USA 1942 - Henry H. Arnold 1943 - Luis de Florez 1944 - Carl A. Spaatz 1945 - Luis Walter Alvarez 1946 - Lewis A. Rodert 1947 - John Stack, Lawrence D. Bell, Charles Yeager 1948 - Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics 1949 - William P. Lear 1950 - Die Helicopter Industrie, die Military Services und die Coast Guard der USA 1951 - John Stack 1952 - Leonard S. Hobbs 1953 - James Howard Kindelberger e Edward H. Heinemann 1954 - Richard Travis Whitcomb 1955 - William M. Allen, Nathan F. Twining 1956 - Charles J. McCarthy, James S. Russell 1957 - Edward P. Curtis 1958 - United States Air Force und Clarence Johnson , Neil Burgess und Gerhard Neumann, Major Howard C. Johnson, Captain Walter W. Irwin 1959 - United States Air Force , die Convair Division von General Dynamics Corporation und Space Technology Laboratories, Inc. 1960 - Vice Admiral William F. Raborn 1961 - Major Robert M. White, Joseph Albert Walker , Albert Scott Crossfield und Commander Forrest Petersen 1962 - Scott Carpenter , Gordon Cooper , John Glenn , Gus Grissom , Walter Schirra , Alan Shepard , Donald Slayton 1963 - Clarence Johnson 1964 - Curtis LeMay 1965 - James Webb e Hugh Dryden 1966 - James Smith McDonnell 1967 - Lawrence A. Hyland 1968 - Frank Borman , Jim Lovell e William Anders 1969 - Neil Armstrong , Buzz Aldrin und Michael Collins 1970 - Boeing 1971 - David Scott , James Irwin e Alfred Worden 1972 Die Offiziere und Mannschaften der 7th und 8th Air Force der USAF und Task Force 77 USN 1973 - Skylab 1974 - Dr. John F. Clark und Daniel J. Fink 1975 - David S. Lewis 1976 - Força Aérea dos Estados Unidos e Rockwell International 1977 - General Robert J. Dixon 1978 - Sam B. Williams 1979 - Dr. Paul B. MacCready 1980 - Das Voyager Missions Team (Dr. Edward C. Stone) 1981 - NASA , Rockwell International , Martin Marietta , Thiokol 1982 - T. A. Wilson e Boeing 1983 - Exército und Hughes Aircraft Helicopters 1984 - NASA e Martin Marietta 1985 - Russell W. Meyer 1986 - Jeana Yeager, Richard Glenn Rutan, Burt Rutan 1987 - NASA Lewis Research Center und das NASA/industry Advanced Turboprop Team 1988 - Richard Truly 1989 - Ben Rich e United States Air Force Team 1990 - Bell Boeing 1991 - Northrop Corporation e United States Air Force 1992 - Das Global Positioning System Team, United States Air Force , United States Naval Research Laboratory , Aerospace Corporation, Rockwell International und IBM Federal Systems Company 1993 - Hubble Space Telescope Recovery Team 1994 - United States Air Force , McDonnell Douglas , United States Army 1995 - Boeing 1996 - Cessna Aircraft Company 1997 - Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation 1998 - Lockheed Martin , GE Aircraft Engines, NASA , Air Combat Command of the United States Air Force und Defense Intelligence Agency 1999 - Boeing , GE Aircraft Engines, Northrop Grumman , Raytheon und United States Navy 2000 - Northrop Grumman , Rolls-Royce , Raytheon , L-3 Communications , United States Air Force und DARPA 2001 - Pratt & Whitney , Rolls-Royce , Lockheed Martin , Northrop Grumman , BAE Systems und das Joint Strike Fighter Program Office 2002 - Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation 2003 - Gulfstream G550 Team 2004 - Paul Allen , Burt Rutan , Doug Shane, Michael Melvill, Brian Binnie 2005 - Eclipse Aviation 2006 - Lockheed Martin , Boeing , Pratt & Whitney , Northrop Grumman , Raytheon , BAE Systems United States Air Force sowie etwa 1000 kleinere Zulieferer in insgesamt 42 Bundesstaaten 2007 - Mehrere öffentliche sowie private Organisationen und Firmen für ihre Arbeit am Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADB-S), einer neuartigen Überwachungstechnik für den Luftverkehr 2008 - Commercial Aviation Safety Team 2009 - Estação Espacial Internacional 
