Creative Awards
Artist of the Year
2020 - Nicholas Legeros, Nicholas Legeros for aviation-themed sculptures
2019 - Larry Grace,
2018 - Minnesota Department of Transportation Office of Aeronautics,
2016 - Frank Cuden,
2015 - Steve Hustad,
2014 - John Valo,
2013 - Bruce McClain,
2012 - Stephen Nesser,
2009 - Ray Pittman,
2008 - Donald C. Carlson,
2007 - Kenneth Fox,
2006 - Peter Feigel,
2005 - Randy Arneson,
2004 - Jim Deneen,
Writer of the Year
2022 - Tom Lymburn, columnist and feature writer for the Minnesota Flyer Magazine.
2021 - Tom Foster, columnist and feature writer for Minnesota Flyer Magazine
2020 - Marsha Bordner, Keep Your Airspeed Up
2019 - Jeff Jorgenson,
2018 - David Matheny,
2017 - Sam Weigel, Flying Magazine Columnist
2016 - David Weiman, Midwest Flyer Magazine
2015 - Jack El Hai, Non-Stop, the History of Northwest Airlines.
2014 - Noel Allard, books SPEED and Minnesota Aviation History 1857-1945
2013 - James Hanson, Magazine Articles
2012 - Paul M. Sailer, The Oranges Are Sweet
2010 - Al Zdon, One Step Forward
2009 - Ann Billingsley Kerr, Fujiyama Trays and Oshibori Towels
2008 - Kathleen C. Winters, Anne Morrow Lindbergh
2007 - Jurgen Fohlmeister, Polar Flight
2006 - Dan Johnson, LSA articles
2005 - Bob Cary and Jack Hautala, Bush Pilots
2004 - Louis J. Martin, Wings Over Persia
2003 - Dan McDowell, MN/DOT Newsletter
2002 - Don Patterson, Tales of the RAF
2001 - Bob Tatosian, Five Miles and a Thousand Feet
2000 - George Erickson, True North
1999 - Gene Miller, Pilots Along the Red River Valley
