NAAA is now accepting nominations for the 2017 NAAA Awards. 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? Then don’t delay and send your nominations today! 

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.

This year’s award recipients will be honored at the Excellence in Ag Aviation Banquet Dec. 7 at the 2017 Ag Aviation Expo in Savannah, Ga.

There are nine 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 (202) 546-5726. For typed submissions, please use the fillable form. Please call (202) 546-5722 with any questions. The nomination deadline is Sept. 8.

NAAA Award Categories: Deadline Sept. 8!

• Agrinaut Award: Honors an 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 have been actively engaged in commercial agricultural application with an agricultural aircraft and the achievement cited shall have contributed to the "state-of-the-art" for the benefit of the agricultural aircraft industry as a whole.
• Allied Industry Individual Award: Presented to NAAA members or staff and/or an allied industry individual who has significantly contributed their efforts for the benefit of the allied industry and the aerial application industry.
• Delta Air Lines “Puffer” Award: Presented to 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 who 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/her community.
• Opal & Bill Binnion Memorial Award: Acknowledges those who contribute to NAAA in its 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 their company.
• William O. Marsh Safety Award: Recognizes significant achievements in safety, safety education or an outstanding operational safety program.