2015 AirVenture Award Winners

Preservation Award 
N59901 
Boeing Stearman N2S-4 “Kaydet” 
Carey Hardin 
Starkville, MS

Preservation Award 
N96071 
Cessna TL-19A “Bird Dog” 
Mike Weinfurter 
Rhinelander, WI

Preservation Award 
N9279H 
Farichild PT-26A “Cornell” 
Mark Howard 
Edmond, OK

Preservation Award 
N245Z 
Beechcraft T-34 “Mentor” 
Craig Sommerfeld 
Kelley, IA

Preservation Award 
N60058 
Stinson-Vultee AT-19 
Tom Bullion 
Memphis, TN

Preservation Award 
N59293 
Boeing Stearman PT-17 “Kaydet” 
Michael Porter 
East Liverpool, OH

Judges’ Choice: CJ-6 
N202ME 
Nanchang CJ-6A 
Scott Wallace 
Dayton, OH

Judges’ Choice: 
N354X 
Cessna L-19 / O-1E “Bird Dog” 
James Johnson 
Midlothian, TX

Judges’ Choice: Jet Fighter 
N2011V 
North American F-100F “Super Sabre” 
Dean Cutshall 
Fort Wayne, IN

Judges’ Choice: L-17 
N4238A 
Ryan L-17 
Thomas Gordon, Jr. 
Loveland, CO

Best Jet 
N1390A 
Aero Vodochody L-139 “Albatros” 
Dianna Stanger 
Port Lavaca, TX

Silver Wrench 
Code 1 Aviation 
Rockford, IL

Best L-Bird 
N5308G 
Cessna O-1A “Bird Dog” 
Stewart Ellis 
Luthersville, GA

Silver Wrench 
Montague Bono 
Chino, CA

Best Trainer 
N464BC 
Fairchild PT-19B 
Richard Curtis, Howard Botts, & Wayne Borman 
Valley Center, KS

Silver Wrench 
Curtis, Botts & Borman 
Valley Center KS

Best Stearman 
N50061 
Boeing Stearman N2S-1 “Kaydet” 
Paul Ehlen 
Eden Prairie, MN

Silver Wrench 
Air Corps Aviation 
Bemidji, MN

Best Fighter 
N515ZB 
North American P-51B “Mustang” 
Max Chapman / John Muszala 
Idaho Falls, ID

Silver Wrench 
Pacific Fighters 
Idaho Falls, ID

Phoenix Award 
N464BC 
Fairchild PT-19B 
Richard Curtis, Howard Botts, & Wayne Borman 
Valley Center, KS

Phoenix Award 
N114KA 
de Havilland-Canada FB26 “Mosquito” 
Jerry Yeagen 
Virginia Beach, VA

Keep ’em Flying Award: 
N976BH 
Aero Vodochody L-39C “Albatros” 
Ron Whitt 
Slinger, WI

Gold Wrench 
Code 1 Aviation 
Rockford, IL

Keep ’em Flying Award: 
N343ZM 
Beechcraft T-34 “Mentor” 
Greg Scileppi 
Denver, CO

Gold Wrench 
Blackwell Aviation 
Belle Vernon, PA

Most Authentic Restoration: 
N515ZB 
North American P-51B “Mustang” 
Max Chapman / John Muszala 
Idaho Falls, ID

Gold Wrench 
Pacific Fighters 
Idaho Falls ID

Dirty Bird: 
N74589 
Douglas C-47 “Skytrain” 
James Lyle 
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Reserve Grand Champion: World War II 
N1751D 
North American P-51D “Mustang” 
Paul Ehlen 
Eden Prairie, MN

Gold Wrench 
Air Corps Aviation 
Bemidji, MN

Grand Champion: Post World War II 
NX72NW 
Goodyear FG-1D “Corsair” 
Brian Reynolds 
Olympia, WA

Gold Wrench 
Airpower Unlimited, LLC 
Jerome, ID

Grand Champion: 
World War II 
N114KA 
de Havilland-Canada FB26 “Mosquito” 
Gerald Yagen 
Virginia Beach, VA

Gold Wrench 
Av Specs Ltd. 
Auckland, New Zealand