International Skydiving Museum & Hall of Fame

The International Skydiving Museum & Hall of Fame recognizes there are entities that have played a prominent role in the growth and development of the sport of skydiving making them worthy of special recognition.

Background

  • Since 2010 as part of the International Skydiving Museum & Hall of Fame (ISM) awareness and fundraising effort, the ISM has each year held a weekend event celebrating the sport and history of skydiving. During this event, the ISM has inducted individuals to the Hall of Fame and presented other awards for significant contributions to the sport of skydiving and/or the ISM.
  • Each year, except 2011, an award designated as the “Honoree” Award has been given to a group or individual that has contributed to the sport of skydiving in extraordinary ways.
  • The Path of Excellence Award is specifically for entities – groups, companies, organizations or teams for significant contribution(s) of enduring high value to the world of skydiving.  In 2021, the Pioneers of Excellence Award has been added to recognize entities that contributed in the  70's and before.

Criteria

Eligible candidates include teams, companies, organizations or groups that have made exceptional and noteworthy contribution(s) to the sport of skydiving in the form of development, evolution and preservation of skydiving through

  • Innovation
  • Performance and/or Competitive Excellence
  • Leadership
  • Education
  • Safety
  • Sponsorship and/or Philanthropy
  • Aviation
  • Design, Invention, and/or Manufacturing
  • Sport Promotion
  • Photography/Videography

Award Presentation

The 2023 Path and Pioneers of Excellence Awards will be presented at the 2023 International Skydiving Hall of Fame Celebration at Skydive Arizona, Eloy, Friday, October 6. 

An approximately 12” x 18” representative paver will be presented to the Path of Excellence Awardee Representative(s) along with a plaque or framed certificate. Another paver will be permanently displayed along the ISM Path of Excellence at the International Skydiving Museum. The size and appearance to be determined with the design of the ISM building.

Path of Excellence Recipients (formerly called the "Honoree" Award)

  • 2023  Skydivers Over Sixty (SOS)
  • 2021  Arizona Airspeed
  • 2020  World Team 2006 - 400-Way Largest Formation World Record
  • 2019  100-Way Canopy Large Formation World Record
  • ​2018  1988 Seoul Olympic Skydiving Exhibition Team

​"Honoree Award" Recipients

  • 2017  PIA and its Founding Members
  • 2016  Parachutist Over Phorty Society (POPS) and its member organizations
  • 2015  National Collegiate Parachuting
  • 2014  U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights
  • 2013  Lew Sanborn
  • 2012  Star Crest Recipients Program (SCR) administered by Bill Newell
  • 2010  Joe Kittinger

Pioneers of Excellence Recipients

  • 2023  The Golden Knights, the US Army Parachute Team
  • ​2022  The 1970 Freefall Exhibition Team
  • 2021  Para Gear Equipment Co., Inc.

 

 

Deadline for nominations is February 1 of each year. 
Nominations not selected will remain on file for future consideration.

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