The Paul Tissandier Diploma.

This Diploma, established by the FAI in 1952, is named after Mr. Paul Tissandier, Secretary General of FAI from 1919 to 1945. It shall be awarded to those who have served the cause of Aviation in general and Sporting Aviation in particular, by their work, initiative, devotion or in other ways.

This page displays the list of recipients of the Paul Tissandier Diploma for the year 1978.  To consult the list for another year, select it from this pull-down menu:

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Recipients for the year 1978
 

Australia: -- _not awarded
 

Austria: Josef KOGLER
 

Austria: Rudolf ZEIRINGER
 

Belgium: Léon BIJNENS
 

Belgium: Marius COHARD
 

Brazil: -- _not awarded
 

Bulgaria: -- _not awarded
 

Canada: -- _not awarded
 

Chile: José Luis REYES FERNANDEZ
 

Cuba: -- _not awarded
 

Cyprus: -- _not awarded
 

Czechoslovakia: Vaclav KOLARIK
 

Czechoslovakia: Karol SOCHUREK
 

Denmark: Claus KETTEL
 

Egypt: -- _not awarded
 

Fed. Rep. of Germany: Horst DEGNER
 

Fed. Rep. of Germany: Paul RIEMER
 

Finland: Rauno RENKO
 

France: Charles MARCHETTI
 

France: Henri MARIN de MONTMARIN
 

France: Louis NOTTEGHEM
 

German Democratic Republic: -- _not awarded
 

Greece: Hercules G. DANIEL
 

Hungary: Dr. Emil HINEK
 

Hungary: Dr. György OSZTROVSZKY
 

Iceland: -- _not awarded
 

India: -- _not awarded
 

Iran: -- _not awarded
 

Ireland: Michael FLAHERTY
 

Israel: Shaul HOREV
 

Italy: Gen. Lamberto BARTOLUCCI
 

Italy: Commd. Silvio BELLEI
 

Italy: Alberto VARLARO SINISI
 

Japan: Ushiro HIRAMATSU
 

Japan: Masao MASUMO
 

Korea: Choong Kun CHO
 

Luxemburg: Pierre HAMER
 

Madagascar: -- _not awarded
 

Mexico: -- _not awarded
 

Netherlands: -- _not awarded
 

New Zealand: R. R. McDOWALL
 

Norway: -- _not awarded
 

Poland: Zbigniew CHODOROWSKI
 

Poland: Zdzislaw DUDZIK
 

Portugal: Col. Pelagio CASTELO BRANCO
 

Rhodesia: -- _not awarded
 

Romania: -- _not awarded
 

South Africa: Charles WOTHERSPOON
 

Spain: Emilio FERNANDEZ VASQUEZ
 

Spain: Segismundo SANZ ARANGUEZ
 

Sweden: -- _not awarded
 

Switzerland: -- _not awarded
 

Syrian Arab Republic: -- _not awarded
 

Turkey: Mustafa ATAYLAR
 

Turkey: Cevat TECIMER
 

UK: John HUNTER
 

UK: Henry KREMER
 

UK: Frederick O. MARSH
 

USA: Robert D. BEILMAN
 

USA: Daniel COCHRAN
 

USA: Gustav SCHEURER
 

USSR: Vasyli NAUMKIN
 

USSR: Vladimir SMIRNOV
 

USSR: Valantina YAIKOVA
 

Yugoslavia: Fadil CURANOLI
 

Yugoslavia: Arsen KUKURA
 


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