THE CLIFFORD B. HARMON AWARDTHE AWARDIn 1926 Clifford B. Harmon, a wealthy aviation enthusiast, established the Clifford B. Harmon Award to honor the world's most celebrated aviators. The international version of the award honored such famous persons as Louis Bleriot and Charles Lindberg. THE TROPHYThe Harmon National Aviators Trophy was used to honor outstanding aviation achievement on the national level. Once a nation, in those very early days of organized aviation, had a national aviation organization (such as Latvia's Aero Club) it could apply for the right to make an annual presentation to the most outstanding aviator from that nation. Accordingly, in 1928, Rudolfs Celms approached the Harmon committee and the Latvian Aeroclub of the day was granted permission to award the annual trophy. THE RECIPIENTS
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