The 48th Annual NAAA Convention & Exposition is still several months away, but before your season gets too busy, nominate someone for an award today! Do you have a rising pilot within your ranks? Do you admire certain NAAA members for their outstanding service to the industry or their community?

The aerial application industry is filled with exceptional individuals who go above and beyond, often with little fanfare. Please think about the special people you have known and worked with over the years and tell us why they deserve an NAAA Award. Awardees will be honored at NAAA’s Farewell/Awards Banquet on Dec. 11 in Louisville, KY.

There are 10 NAAA Award categories and one NAAREF award, the Evans-Christopher Operation S.A.F.E. Award. The Awards Nomination Form is available as print-only and fillable PDFs. To make a nomination, email or fax completed entries to NAAA at information@agaviation.org or (217) 532-6106. For typed submissions, please use the fillable form. Please call (202) 546-5722 with any questions. 

NAAA Award Categories

• Agrinaut Award: Honors the agricultural aircraft operator or operating organization that has made an outstanding contribution in the field of ag aircraft operations. The recipient for the award must be or have been actively engaged in commercial agricultural application with an agricultural aircraft and the achievement cited should be a “state of the art” contribution for the benefit of the agricultural aircraft industry as a whole.

• Allied Industry Individual Award: Recognizes the NAAA members or staff and/or an allied industry individual who has significantly contributed to the allied industry and their exhibit efforts.

• Delta Air Lines “Puffer” Award: Recognizes the individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the design of agricultural aircraft and/or related equipment.

• Evans-Christopher Operation S.A.F.E. Award: Recognizes individuals or entities that have made outstanding contributions to the Operation S.A.F.E. program. This Award is presented by NAAREF.

• John Robert Horne Memorial Award: Honors a pilot with five years or less experience in the agricultural aviation industry that has an exemplary safety record and/or has contributed to safety in ag aviation.

• Larsen-Miller Community Service Award: Recognizes outstanding contributions by a member to his community.

• Most Active Woman Award: Recognizes an outstanding contribution by a woman who is active in the affairs of the industry or the association.

• Opal & Bill Binnion Memorial Award: Acknowledges those who contribute to the WNAAA in their efforts to educate the public about aerial application.

• Outstanding Service Award: Awards outstanding service to the commercial agricultural aviation industry or to its association.

• Related Industry Award: Recognizes outstanding contributions by an allied industry member and his company.

• William O. Marsh Safety Award: Recognizes significant achievements in safety, safety education or an outstanding operational safety program.