THE HISTORY OF

AEROCLUB ALBATROSS

AWARDS

Published By the ACA 2004 Awards Committee

March 2005

GUSTAV SCHEURER AWARD[1]

The Gustav Scheurer Trophy, ACA's top award goes to that member that distinguished him or /herself by outstanding contribution and service to Aero Club Albatross. Recipients serve on the Awards Committee for three years.

1965 Moe Chromczak	1976 Karen Reaman	1986 Doc Solt	2002 Jim Angelou
1966 Karl Kretschmer	1977 John Dellicker	1987 Tony Benson	2003 No Award
1967 Dent Brome	1978 Bob Fitch	1989 Bill Marsa	2004 Bill Walker
1968 Jerry Foster	1979 Russ Gehling	1990 Ron Caruso
1969 Ray Young, Jr.	1980 Al Schillberg	1991 Pete Angelou
1970 Frank Kohrs	1981 Greg Abbey	1992 Mike Circkot
1972 Ron Marcols	1982 Ron Almquist	1993 Ron Schwartz
1973 Bill Reisert	1983 Bill Dade	1994 Terry Bevarstock
1974 Jack Greene	1984 Bob Templin	1995 Doug Buechler
1975 Dave Knight	1985 Diana Dade	1996-2001 No Awards

THE BLUE MAX[2]

This handsome medal, produced by an Old World craftsman, Karl Kretschmer, goes to that pilot who has distinguished himself/herself with an outstanding flight. The determination takes into account the type and performance of the aircraft and other factors that combine to make the flight extraordinary.

1968 Bob Neumann	1982 Carleton Rehr	1996- Bob Templin[3]
1969 Dent Brome	1983 Gene Krasnoff	1997-1999
1970 Bob Neumann	1984 Werner Beier	2000 John Yorston
1971 Frank Kohrs	1985 Ron Almquist	2001 No Award
1972 Bob Fitch	1986 Greg Abbey	2002 Chip Johansen
1973 Brian Evans	1987 Ken Kochanski	2003 John Browning
1974 Bob Newman	1988 Ron Almquist	2004 Chip Johansen
1975 Doc Solt	1989 Hal Matousek
1976 J. Ruskiewicz	1990 Huntley Maxam
1977 Werner Beier	1991 Ron Schwartz
1978 Jack Greene	1992 Ken Kochanski
1979 Jim Beckman	1993 Steve Lenter
1980 Bob Templin	1994 Mac Garham
1981 Bob Fitch	1995 Ron Schwartz

THE JACK GREENE 1-26 AWARD[4]

Presented to the club member making the year's most outstanding flight in a 1-26.

1983 Bob Holland	1989 Bob Templin/ Ken Kochanski	2000 Ron Schwartz
1984 Ron Almquist	1990 Ron Schwartz	2001 No award
1985 Bill McElwee	1991 Ron Schwartz	2002 Chip Johansen
1986 Ron Schwartz	1992 Ron Schwartz	2003 Jonathan Leal
1987 Bob Fitch	1993 Ron Almquist	2004 Ron Schwartz
1988 Ron Almquist	1994 Kevin Ford
1995 Kevin Ford	1996-1999 No awards

1-26 DISTANCE RECORD[5]

Presented to the club member who achieves the longest flight in the history of ACA in a 1-26. This award will be updated and presented only on those occasions when the previous record is broken.

1969 Jerry Foster 108.0 miles	2000 Ron Schwartz 409 miles
1973 Ray Young, Jr. 162.5 miles	2001 –2004 No Award
1978 Jack Greene 202.7 miles
1981 Ron Schwartz 326.3 miles
1990 Ron Schwartz 353.0 miles
1994 Ron Schwartz 375.0 miles

DIY DO-IT-YOURSELF CONTEST

A trophy in stained glass produced by Ron Schwartz, a craftsman of the New World. This coveted award is presented to that pilot amassing the most points over the course of a flying season in the monthly contest for 1-26 devotees.

1983 Hal Matousek	1990 Ron Angle/ Jim Angelou (tie)	2001 Hans Hochradel
1984 Hal Matousek	1991 Steve Lenter	2002 Tony Gilbert
1985 Hal Matousek	1992 Bob Cook	2003 George Mohr
1986 Pete Angelou & Hal Matousek (tie)	1993 Jacquie Doherty	2004 Gus Johnson
1987 Pete Angelou	1994 Gil Fitzhugh
1988 Pete Angelou	1995-1999 No awards
1989 Ron Almquist	2000 James Angelou

THE SOLT MEMORIAL TROPHY

FORMORLY THE BERTHA SCHUERER AWARD[6]

Awarded for extraordinary volunteer service to ACA in any number of capacities.

2003: The Solt Memorial Trophy is awarded for outstanding volunteer service to the maintenance of ACA aircraft & trailers

1987 Bill Marsa	1992 Terry Baverstock	2002 John Dellicker
1988 Mike Circkot	1993 John Andrews	2003 John Browning
1989 Bill McElwee	1994 Ian Lewis	2004 Robert Cook
1990 Mel Hughes	1995 Frank Simms
1991 Bob Cook	1996-2001 No Awards

DODO AWARD[7]

A magnificent sculpture in rare wood of a winged creature, presented to that pilot who has distinguished himself/herself with a flight so outrageous as to be beyond belief.

2002 - 2004: Awarded at banquet but not chronicled

MARION SCHEURER MEMORIAL AWARD[8]

Awarded to that club member who has made an outstanding contribution to writing 'Pinions, the newsletter of Aero Club Albatross.

1980 Bill Reisert	1989 Dent Brome	2002 Tony Gilbert
1981 – 1982 No awards	1990 Bob Cook	2003 Peter Krasnoff
1983 J. Ruskiewicz	1991 Steve Lenter	2004 Steven Lenter
1984 Bill McElwee	1992 Ken Kochanski
1985 Jack Greene	1993 Steve Lenter
1986 Bob Fitch	1994 John Andrews
1987 Ken Kochanski	1995 Gean Krasnoff
1988 Kurt Staubach	1996-2001 No Awards

ACA ANNUAL ALTITUDE TROPHY[9]

Awarded to that club member who achieves the highest altitude flight during the year. The flight must originate in New Jersey exceed 10,000 feet, and include a climb of not less than 7,000 feet.

1983 Bill Malpas	1989 Tony Benson	1995 - 2002 No Award
1984 Bob Fitch, Ron Schwartz	1990 No award	2003 Bill Thar 13,862
1985 No award	1991 Tony Benson	2004 John Whitney 13,192
1986 Bob Fitch	1992 Ron Schwartz
1987 Ken Kochanski	1993 Ken Kochanski 14,500
1988 Ron Schwartz	1994-Steve Lenter 14,600

ACA FLYING ANVIL AWARD[10]

Created to encourage two-place cross-country flying, the Flying Anvil honors members who make the outstanding flight of the year in the Club’s 2-33 aircraft.

2003: In the absence of an outstanding 2-33 flight, the anvil will be awarded for an outstanding Blanik flight; an anvil in it’s own right.

1982 Dent Brome	1987 Diana Dade & Jacquie Doherty	2004 No Award
1983 Stine/ Dent Brome	1988 –1993 No award
1984 Bob Templin	1994 Bob Templin & Kevin Ford
1985 Dent Brome & Kurt Staubach	1995 Bob Cook & John Andrews
1986 No award	1996-2003 James Angelou & Randy Leggett

The ACA President’s Award [11]

Awarded by the standing ACA President for extraordinary service to the club. First presented at the 2004 Banquet, March 2005

2004 Bob Templin

The ACA Golden Retriever Award[12]

Awarded for outstanding retrieves and or served as contest crew ACA members. First presented at the 2004 Banquet, March 2005

2004 Rudi Braun

[1] The original perpetual trophy (plaque) award was inexplicably lost in about 1997. In 2004 a non perpetual medallion with neck ribbon was given to the 2002 & 2004 recipients

[2] Non perpetual blue max on a neck ribbon hand made each year by Karl Kretschmer

[3] No record but Bobby has the Blue Max to prove it, likely awarded at a summer picnic.

[4] A perpetual trophy consisting of a metal 126 on wood block

[5] Missing as of 2004, possibly passed from Ron S. to Ron Almquist. A different 126 distance award surfaced in 2005 with dates 1983 – C. Robert Holland to 1988 Ron Almquist and is likely the forerunner of the Jack Green.

[6] The Bertha award was lost in about 1997. The 2003 Solt award was a non perpetual Eagle head. The 2004 was a framed non perpetual certificate with the Doc winged tooth on it.

[8] A perpetual white sculpted albatross on wooden base, new plate added for 2004 awards

[9] A perpetual trophy of and Eagle atop a wooden block

[10] A weighted wooden anvil with wings, panted gold in 2004 and wooden base and new engraving plate was added in 2005

[11] The award is a original water color of a glider dumping ballast with engraving plate

[12] Non perpetual: A pewter dog medallion, glider in mouth with pin ribbon crafted by John Yorston