James H. Doolittle Award

The James H. Doolittle Award is an honor presented annually by the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.

The award consists of a perpetual trophy on permanent display at SETP headquarters, and a smaller replica presented to the recipient.

[1] The Doolittle Trophy is a bronze form melding an aerodynamic shape, a stylized spacecraft, and a winged human figure.

The human figure represents the pilot who guides the test effort to reach its goals.

A helmet and goggles rest on the base of the trophy symbolizing the tools of the early test pilot and Jimmy Doolittle himself.