James “Red” Smith Award Winners

The Col. James “Red” Smith Distinguished Service Award has been awarded by the FFS president since 2004. The award is given to a board member “for Outstanding Support of The First Flight Society every December 17th at the annual Wright Brothers Day celebration.

2004 Col. James E “Red” Smith
2005 Melvin R. Daniels, Jr.
2007 Edward Greene
2008 Aubrey F. Heath
2008 Tom Halfhill
2009 Dr. Tom D. Crouch
2010 William A. Harris
2011 Lois P. Smith
2012 Glenn Eure
2013 Bill Dyer, Jr.
2014 Bill Harris
2015 Geneva Perry
2016 Arthur J. Lamothe
2017 Dwight H. Wheless
2018 B.J. Gourley
2019 Michael Fonseca
2020 R.W. “Bill” Douglas
2021 Dr. Charles Davidson
2022 H. Taylor Sugg, Jr.
2023 Tony Bruno
2024