Thursday, March 27, 2025

Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award March 2025

Federal Aviation Administration     https://www.faasafety.gov/content/MasterPilot/default.aspx
 
The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award–is named in honor of Orville and Wilbur Wright 
who were two American aviation pioneers credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's 
first successful motor-operated airplane. The Wright Brothers made the first controlled, sustained 
flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer on December 17, 1903 at 
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The brothers were also the first to invent aircraft controls that
made fixed-wing powered flight possible.
 
Eligibility
 
To be eligible for the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, nominees must meet the following criteria:
  • Hold a U.S. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) or Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) pilot certificate.
  • Have 50 or more years of civil and military piloting experience or 50 or more years combined experience in both piloting and aircraft operations.
  • Up to 20 years of the required 50 years may be U.S. military experience.
  • The effective start date for the 50 years is the date of the nominee’s first solo flight or military equivalent.
  • The 50 years may be computed consecutively or non-consecutively.
  • Be a U.S. citizen.
  • Have NOT had any airman certificate revoked.

    Note: Revocation of any airman certificate will disqualify a nominee for this award.
To Apply
 
Follow application procedures located in the current  

Contact your local FSDO for more information.

If you have additional questions, or if you are a Master Pilot Award recipient 
and your name is not on this list please contact your local FAASTeam Program Manager
 
Click here to view the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award Roll of Honor.

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