Igor I. Sikorsky International Trophy
The Igor I. Sikorsky International Trophy, created by Sikorsky Aircraft in 1961, honors the memory of a true pioneer in aeronautics, an extraordinary engineer, designer, entrepreneur, and occasional test pilot, responsible for transforming the helicopter from the realm of the experimental to the reality of the production line. The award is given to the company or consortium that designs and builds a helicopter establishing an official world record during the preceding year in the official E-1 categories prescribed by the rules of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
Award winners
2012 - Gamera Team, University of Maryland
2011 - No Award Presented
2010 - No Award Presented
2009 - AgustaWestland
2008 - Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
2007 - No Award Presented
2006 - Eurocopter
2005 - No Award Presented
2004 - No Award Presented
2003 - No Award Presented
2002 - No Award Presented
2001 - No Award Presented
2000 - No Award Presented
1999 - No Award Presented
1998 - No Award Presented
1997 - Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. and Mr. Bruno Guimbal
1996 - No Award Presented
1995 - Bell Helicopter Textron - Canada
1994 - Global Helicopter Technology and LHTEC
1993 - McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems
1992 - Eurocopter France
1991 - Robinson Helicopter Co.
1990 - Robinson Helicopter Co.
1989 - No Award Presented
1988 - No Award Presented
1987 - Westland Helicopters Ltd.
1986 - No Award Presented
1985 - No Award Presented
1984 - No Award Presented
1983 - H. Ross Perot, Jr. and Jay W. Coburn
1982 - Sikorsky Aircraft
1981 - No Award Presented
1980 - No Award Presented
1979 - No Award Presented
1978 - No Award Presented
1977 - No Award Presented
1976 - No Award Presented
1975 - No Award Presented
1974 - No Award Presented
1973 - No Award Presented
1972 - Sikorsky Aircraft
1971 - Sikorsky Aircraft
1970 - Mikhail L. Mil Design Team
1969 - No Award Presented
1968 - No Award Presented
1967 - No Award Presented
1966 - Hughes Tool Co., Aircraft Division
1965 - Sikorsky Aircraft
1964 - No Award Presented
1963 - Sud Aviation
1962 - Sikorsky Aircraft
1961 - Mikhail L. Mil Design Team