OSTIV Awards On the occasion of each OSTIV-Congress the efforts for progress in the world of soaring are acknowledged by awarding diploma and prizes. OSTIV-Plaque with Klemperer-Award The OSTIV-Plaque with Klemperer-Award honours a person for the most noteworthy scientific and/or technical contribution to soaring flight in recent years. Since 1958 in combination with the "Klemperer Award" derived from the benefits of the "Wolfgang B. Klemperer Memorial Fund". Nomination: by all active and individual OSTIV members Selection: by the OSTIV Board 1948 till 1956 -not awarded- 1958 Dr. Joachim P. Kuettner 1960 Dipl.-Ing. Boris Josip Cijan 1963 Dr. Richard Eppler 1965 Charles E. 'Wally' Wallington 1968 Dipl.-Ing. Hans Zacher 1970 Dr.-Ing. Franz-Xaver Wortmann 1972 Paul F. Bikle 1974 Wim Toutenhoofd 1976 Eugen Hänle 1978 Walter Stender 1981 Dr. Paul B. MacCready jr. 1983 Richard H. 'Dick' Johnson 1985 Dr. Werner Pfenninger 1987 -not awarded- 1989 Dr. Piero Morelli 1991 Cedric Vernon 1993 -not awarded-
1995 -not awarded- 1997 Loek M.M. Boermans 1999 -not awarded- 2003 Christoph Kensche 2006 -not awarded- 2008 Dr. Joszef Gedeon 2010 -not awarded- 2012 -not awarded- 2014 Bruce Carmichael 2014 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fred Thomas 2018 Dr.-Ing. Fritz Kießling The OSTIV-Trophy The OSTIV-Trophy was awarded between 1958 and 1968 to appreciate and promote the development of the standard class sailplane. 1948 till 1956 -not awarded- 1958 Rudolph Kaiser for the 'Ka 6' 1960 Rüdiger Kunz for the 'Standard Austria' 1963 T. Tervo and J. Jalkanen for the 'Vasama' 1965 F.N. Slingsby, J.C. Reussner and W. Slater for the 'Dart' 1968 W. Okarnus for the 'Foka' from 1970 on not awarded anymore
The OSTIV-Prize with Morelli-Award The OSTIV-Prize with Morelli-Award is awarded to a person for any outstanding improvement in sailplane technology. Since 2010 in combination with the "Morelli Award" made available by Morelli's son Henk-Peter in memory of his father Prof. Piero Morelli. Nomination: by OSTIV Sailplane Development Panel (SDP) Selection: by the OSTIV Board Remark: the OSTIV Board has the freedom to acknowledge an outstanding improvement in sailplane technology and award it as "Special OSTIV-Prize" OSTIV-Prize 1948 till 1978 -not awarded- 1981 Akademische Fliegergruppe Braunschweig 1983 -not awarded- 1985 Heiko Friess, Klaus Holighaus, Wolf Lemke, Gerhard Waibel 1987 PZL Bielsko 1989 Dr. Anthony Segal 1991 -not awarded- 1993 Gerhard Waibel 1995 Dr. Richard Eppler, Hermann Nägele, Rudi Lindner, Eugen and Ursula Hänle, Dr. Ulrich Huetter and W. Huetter 1997 icaré'-design Team 1999 -not awarded- 2003 -not awarded- 2005 Hansjörg Streifeneder 2006 flarm'- Design Team 2008 Petr Kousal 2010 Prof. A. Puck 2012 Josef Prasser 2014 Walter Binder 2017 Stefan Gehrmann, Axel Lange, Luka Žnidaršič 2018 Helmut Treiber, Armin Quast, Karl-Heinz Forstmann
Special OSTIV-Prize 1948 till 1989 -not awarded- 1991 Dr. Fritz Kiessling, Ray Linskey 1993 -not awarded- 1995 -not awarded- 1997 Dave Ellis and the Cambridge Team 1999 -not awarded- 2003 -not awarded- 2006 -not awarded- 2008 B. Stender, Dr. O. Heise 2010 O. Liechti 2012 Hugh Browning Mertens Award The Mertens Award for the best student contribution at the congress is made available by the family Mertens in memory of Prof. Josef Mertens. 2010 R. Baardman 2012 John Bird The OSTIV-Special Recognition The OSTIV-Special Recognition is awarded to a person for eminent services to OSTIV Nomination and selection: by the OSTIV Board
1948 till 1995 -not awarded- 1997 Mark Kennedy Cedric Vernon 1999 Heiko Friess 2003 -not awarded- 2006 -not awarded- 2008 Dr. Edward Hindman Dr. Mark D. Maughmer Bernald Smith Philippe Stabenau The OSTIV-Diploma The OSTIV-Diploma is awarded for a technical or meteorological paper of particular value for OSTIV Nomination: by Technical and Scientific Sections Selection: by the OSTIV Board 1948 till 1963 -not awarded- 1965 Tech: Dr.-Ing. Franz-Xaver Wortmann Marieluise de Schwarztkopf and E.R. Lichtenstein 1968 Tech: H.J. Merklein Ch. Lindsay 1970 Tech: Dr.-Ing. Josef Gedeon Dr. H. Jaekisch 1972 Tech: Ingo Westerboer T. Bradbury 1974 Tech: H. Laurson Dr. D. Cruette 1976 Tech: Dr. W. Stafiej Carsten Lindemann 1978 Tech: Dr. J. Sandauer Dr. Milford 1981 Tech: Frank Irving
Dr. J. Hacker 1983 Tech: L.M.M. Boermans Dr. T. Clark 1985 Tech: E. Schoeberl D. Heimann 1987 Tech: A. Quast Th. Hauf and T. Clark 1989 Tech: Crawley, Hansmann and Kämpf U. Schumann 1991 Tech: Dr.-Ing. Wolf Röger and Philippe Stabenau Dr. A.G. Williams and Dr. J.M. Hacker 1993 Tech: Wojciech Chajec Dr. O. Liechti and Dr. Bruno Neininger 1995 Tech: Christoph W. Kensche Rudolf Mathar 1999 Tech: A. M. Segal, L.P. Neil, G. A. Reece and P.G. Murtha M. J. Hancy 2001 Tech: Christoph W. Kensche E. Banitz and L. Banitz 2003 Tech: François Ragot E. E. Hindman, R. L. McAnelly, W. R. Cotton, T. Pattist and R. M. Worthington 2006 Tech: J. Schwochow B.A. Sigrist 2008 Tech: L. Popelka, L. Zeleny, D. Simurda, M. Matejka J. Dummann 2010 Tech: Francois Ragot Olivier Liechti 2012 Tech: J.J. Bird, J.W. Langelaan E. Hindman The OSTIV-Dr.-Joachim-Kuettner-2000 km-prize and -Trophy The OSTIV-Dr.-Joachim-Kuettner-2000 km-prize and -Trophy was donated in 1987 to be given only once to the pilot who first accomplish(es) the first 2000 km or more straight-line distance soaring flight. The prize was a monetary award and the trophy is a styled sailplane model with engraved name and flight data. On the occasion of the SSA banquet 6 February 2004 in Atlanta, USA, the Dr. Kuettner personally presented award to Klaus Ohlmann for his 2,123 km straight distance to a goal flight from Calafate to
Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) San Juan, Argentina on 23 November 2003. The OSTIV-Dr.-Joachim-Kuettner-2500 km-prize and -Trophy Shortly after this event the Board of OSTIV, on initiative of Dr. Kuettner, decided to create a new OSTIV- Dr. J. Kuettner Prize and Trophy for a 2,500 km Straight Distance Soaring Flight. The President of OSTIV announced this award at the "Journées du Vol à Voile", held in Paris on 23 and 24 October 2004". The flight must fulfill the regulations of the FAI Sporting code, here "General Section and "Section 3, Gliders, Class D and DM" in the newest edition. No difference will be made between classes of gliders. The prize is a monetary award of US$ 10,000.,- and the trophy is a styled sculpture with engraved name(s) and flight data. No claims for this "first 2500 km Straight Line Distance Soaring Flight" award have been received yet.