Gallery: 67th Laureate Award Winners In Business Aviation

In a bid to lead sustainability in business aviation, Bombardier in April, became the first business jet manufacturer to disclose the scientifically analyzed environmental impact of its entire aircraft fleet. By declaring each aircraft’s CO2 emissions from raw material to end-of-life, the goal is to take ownership of and drive down the environmental impact.

Garmin’s Runway Occupancy Awareness (ROA) is the first certified software using SURF-IA surface indications and alert technology, designed to help pilots navigate complex airports and avoid runway incursions. ROA analyzes aircraft GPS and ADS-B traffic information relevant to the airport’s runways and taxiways to alert the crew visually and aurally to potential threats.

In June, Joby Aviation took a prototype of its S4 electric vertical- takeoff-and-landing aircraft and fitted it with a hydrogen fuel-cell system developed by subsidiary H2Fly. The aircraft then completed a 561-mi. remotely piloted flight. This compares with the 155 mi. flown by the battery-electric S4 in 2021, demonstrating the potential of hydrogen-electric propulsion.

In the almost 50 years since he was named chairman and CEO of Cessna Aircraft, Russ Meyer Jr. has been a leader and advocate for the general aviation industry. Now chairman emeritus, his efforts were instrumental in passage of the 1994 General Aviation Revitalization Act, placing time limits on product liability and reviving single-engine aircraft production in the U.S.

A certified flight instructor at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology in Oklahoma, Zack Anglin knows about overcoming obstacles. Born in Nigeria with no hands or feet, he was abandoned and adopted by an American missionary family. Pursuing his dream to become a pilot, he was repeatedly denied an FAA medical and turned away by schools but persisted until he found Spartan.