The 2022 Aerospace Media Awards – The winners and shortlisted Finalists - for photos visit aerospacemediaawards on instagram

The 2022 Aerospace Media Dinner award winners and shortlisted finalists, we would like to thank all journalists, publishers and industry executives who were kind enough to make nominations.

The Finalists for the Award Categories are as follows;

Best Young Journalist – sponsored by NAMMO

Alfred Chua

Chen Chuanren

Rachel S. Cohen

Winner - Brian Everstine

Cat Hofacker

Meredith Roaten 

Best Aviation Image – sponsored by Dassault Aviation

If “one picture is worth a thousand words,” it is the purest form of journalism.

Steve Bridgewater – Dark Skies over the Red Star

Benoit Denet - Silverwing

Winner - Jason Jorgensen – Fire Rescue EC135

David McIntosh- A Flare for the Dramatic

Dan Megna - Denali Dustoff

Mark Wagner – B777-300 

The Best Safety, Training & Simulation Submission – sponsored by CAE

Dr Joetey Attariwala - Going for a Spin - Military Training Magazine

Lindsay Bjerregaard - Wearable Wonders - Inside MRO magazine

Kerry Lynch - Preparing for the Future of SMS – AIN

Oriana Pawlyk – Air Force knew it had ejection seat problems – Military.com

Winner - Matt Thurber – CJP Initiative Aims To Break The Runway Excursion Accident Chain – AIN Online

Rob Verger – What it’s like to rescue someone at sea from a Coast Guard helicopter – Popular Science
 

The Best Rotorcraft submission - sponsored by Leonardo

Jeff Guzzetti - A Tale of Two Helicopters - Aviation Maintenance Magazine

Elan Head - The daunting economics of taking an air taxi to work – The Air Current

Paul Kennard - The Lowest Bidder - The Race to the Bottom? A False Economy? - Air Attack Magazine

Winner - Tim Martin - Pushing boundaries - Air Warfare

James T. McKenna - Ingenuity’s Success Blazes Trail for Future Helicopter Use in Space - Aerospace Tech Review

Glenn Sands - Getting It Just Right – RotorHub

The Best Digital Submission - sponsored by McKinsey

Aviation Week’s Check 6 Podcast

Pieter Johnson - RAF Coastal Command Series – Aviation Xtended

Yves Le Marquand - Semaphore Intelligence

Winner - Vago Muradian - The Defense & Aerospace Report

Travel Radar

Ian Whelan and Charles Alcock - FutureFlight Explainer - FutureFlight.aero

The Best Business Aviation Submission – sponsored by Gulfstream

Satu Dahl – A Vibrant Market - Inflight

Winner - Kerry Lynch - Elusive Funding Unravels Expansive Ambitions at Aerion - AIN

Colleen Mondor - Illegal Charter and the Falcon 50 Crash - AIN

Mark Pilling – Sustainable Strategy - FlightGlobal

Lee Ann Shay, Bill Carey - Gulfstream Unveils Two New Aircraft - Aviation Week & Space Technology

Alasdair Whyte - The Way to Wall Street – Corporate Jet Investor

The Best Military Aviation submission - sponsored by Lockheed Martin

Gabriel Dominguez, Andreas Rupprecht - Strategic service – the PLAAF’s ongoing modernisation efforts – Janes Defence Weekly

Tim Martin - New kids on the block - Air Warfare

Sqn Ldr (Retd) Fahad Masood - Russian Airpower Failure Over Ukraine – Key.aero

Chris Pocock - U-2 Retirement - Here We Go Again! - Dragonladytoday.com

Winner -Rachel S. Cohen and Stephen Losey - US Air Force fleet’s mission-capable rates are stagnating. Here’s the plan to change that – Defense News

Martin Streetly – Airborne Deception - Armada

The Best Aerospace & Defence Business submission - sponsored by Raytheon Technologies

James Careless - How Did the Aerospace Supply Chain Get So Bad? And What Can Be done to Improve It - Aviation Maintenance Magazine

Jens Flottau - Airbus Set To Transform Industrial Setup And Processes By 2025 - Aviation Week & Space Technology

Jason Holland - MROs & OEMs: A Changing Dynamic - MRO Management

Winner - Valerie Insinna - With Lockheed deal in doubt, Aerojet faces internal crisis – Breaking Defense.com

James Pozzi – The State of Engine Leasing in 2021 – Aviation Week Network

Matthew Todhunter - Moving market - Air Warfare

The Best Passenger & Crew Wellbeing submission – sponsored by CTT Systems

Winner - Steve Bridgewater – The Air That We Breathe - Aircraft Cabin Management

Michael Doran – Are you sitting comfortably? – LARA

Victoria Moores – Europe’s Flight Crew Mental Health Rules Take Effect – Air Transport World

Jon Ostrower – What happened at Southwest wasn’t a meltdown, it was a burnout – The Air Current

Mark Pilling – Clean Bill of Health – FlightGlobal

Tom Risen - US unions seek support ahead of year-end travel demand – Cirium

Best Un-Manned systems submission - sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

Megan Eckstein - This company’s drone set flight-time records. But what it really wants is more work with the Pentagon – Defense News

Tim Martin - Untapped Potential – Air Warfare

Gareth Jennings - Oceanic overwatch: Triton begins mission for US Navy – Jane’s Navy International

Andrew Reilly - The Future of Flight Will Be Built On Safety – Aerospace Tech Review

Winner - Mike Stones – Autonomy Takes Off – Corporate Jet Investor

Richard Scott - Attritable partner: XQ-58A Valkyrie aims to redraw the combat air power cost curve – Jane’s International Defence Review

Best Propulsion submission – sponsored by Pratt & Whitney

Dr Joetey Attariwala – Rotorcraft Engines – Room for Improvement – Air Warfare Magazine

Jonathan Hemmerdinger -Engine Supply Chain Shortages Could Thwart Airbus and Boeing Production Plans - FlightGlobal

Paul Marks – Engage the (almost) silent Drive – Aerospace America

Keith Mwanalushi – Building Capacity For New Engines – AviTrader MRO

Joe Pappalardo – The Space Shuttle Engines Will Rise Again – Popular Mechanics

Winner - Mark Pilling – The Great Engine Race - FlightGlobal
 

The Best Commercial Aviation submission

Winner - Jens Flottau, Michael Bruno, Guy Norris - AerCap’s Takeover Of GECAS Takes Leasing Sector Back In History – Aviation Week & Space Technology

Christopher Freeze – ALPA At 90 – Airline Pilot

Chloe Greenbank – The (AI)port Revolution – Regional Gateway

Jason Holland – Knowledge Is Power – MRO Management

Mark Robins – Electronic Flight Bag Developments – Aerospace Tech Review

Pilar Wolfsteller – Winning The Fight - FlightGlobal
 

The Best Breaking News Submission - sponsored by Honeywell

Bill Carey – 5G Ceasefire – Aviation Week & Space Technology

Theresa Hitchens - China’s mysterious hypersonic test may take a page from DARPA’s past – Breaking Defense.com

Winner - Mark Huber – The Problem With 5G - AIN

Michael Lavitt, Jen DiMascio, Jeff Morris, Mark Nensel, Molly McMillin, Michael Johnson - Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s War in Ukraine Special Report

Geoffrey Thomas - MH370: Probable location found with revolutionary tracking – AirlineRatings.com

Madhu Unnikrishnan - Airlines Face Major Business Disruptions From Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine - Airline Weekly
 

The Best MRO submission - sponsored by Execujet

Lindsay Bjerregaard - Tackling MRO’s Gender Barrier - Inside MRO magazine

Jason Holland - Global Market Outlook 2022: A New Era for MRO? - MRO Management

James McKenna - Confronting the Challenge of Failing to Follow Procedures - Aviation Maintenance Magazine

Victoria Moores – Great Expectations - Inside MRO

Lee Ann Shay - Lessons Learned From Parked Aircraft - Inside MRO

Winner - Aimee Turner – Connected To Your Purpose - Aviation Maintenance

The Best Sustainable Aviation submission – sponsored by Collins Aerospace

Gregory Polek - Manufacturers Go All In On SAF Development - AIN

Ian Harbison - Taking Control of Reducing Emissions and Saving Money – Aerospace Tech Review

Tony Harrington – Insafficient - LinkedIn

Winner - Kerry Reals - Air Trafficking Control – Flight International

Andrew Reilly - Will Hydrogen be the Key to Sustainable Aviation? – Aerospace Tech Review

Thierry Dubois – Fly Less - Aviation Week & Space Technology

The Best In-depth Aviation submission - sponsored by Eurofighter

Gabriel Dominguez, Andreas Rupprecht - Strategic service – the PLAAF’s ongoing modernisation efforts - Janes Defence Weekly

Judges Commendation - Thierry Dubois - Hydrogen project takes root in European industry – Aviation Week Intelligence Network

Lewis Harper - Airlines inch towards gender parity - Airline Business

Valerie Insinna and Andrew Eversden - A prototype spy plane is tracking Russian force movements for the US Army – Breaking Defense.com

Guy Norris – X-59 – Aviation Week & Space Technology

Winner - Jon Ostrower - Russia/Ukraine multi-part feature – The Air Current

Mario Pierobon - CNS/ATM Update Parts 1 & 2 - Aerospace Tech Review

Richard Scott - Get ahead of red: NATO posits new approach to air survivability – Jane’s International Defence Review

The Bill Gunston Technology Writer Of The Year Award - sponsored by Boeing

Bill Carey

Professor Prodyut Das

Michael Doran

Emma Kelly

Tom Risen

Winner - Graham Warwick

The Aerospace Reporter of the Year Award – sponsored by Dassault Aviation

Bill Carey

Valerie Insinna

Jon Ostrower

Steve Trimble

Patrick Veillette

Winner - Pilar Wolfsteller

Lifetime Achievement Award - Special Recognition Award for contribution to Aerospace Publishing - sponsored by Lockheed Martin

The winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award

Chris Pocock

Allan Winn

The Aerospace Media Awards were presented during the Aerospace Media Dinner on the evening of 17^th July at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London.