Admiral De Florez Flight Safety Award

1992 John McCarthy Flight Safety Foundation Admiral Luis de Florez Flight Safety Award for outstanding contribution to aviation safety

This award, first presented in 1966, recognized “outstanding individual contributions to aviation safety, through basic design, device or practice.”

A retired U.S. Navy admiral and a Foundation president in the mid-1950s, de Florez was influential in the development of early flight simulators. He received the 1943 Collier Trophy — one of the most prestigious awards for aeronautical achievement in the United States — for his work in training pilots and flight crews. De Florez established a trust to support the award that carries his name and to provide each recipient with $1,000. The award includes a hand-lettered citation.