Herman R. Salmon Award
The Herman R. Salmon Technical Publications Award recognizes the most outstanding technical paper published in "Cockpit" magazine, a quarterly journal of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. The award was established in 1971 and renamed in 1981 to honor the memory of test pilot Herman R. "Fish" Salmon who was killed in an aircraft accident. Criteria. The Society lists five criteria for nominations to this award: Recipients. Recipients of this award, from 1971 to present, include: