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DOROTHY COCHRANE TO RECEIVE
2020 KATHARINE WRIGHT TROPHY

THE NATIONAL Aeronautic Association (NAA) will award Dorothy
Cochrane, who curates general aviation aircraft and other collections at the Smithsonian, the 2020 Katharine Wright Trophy. The
trophy was established in 1981 and is awarded annually to an individual who "has contributed to the success of others or made a
personal contribution to the advancement of the art, sport, and science of aviation and space flight over an extended period of time."

The award recognizes Cochrane for "devoting over 40 years
as a curator at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum,
collecting and preserving historical aviation artifacts that educate and inspire the general public about the importance of flight."
Cochrane joined the Smithsonian Institution in 1977 as one of
its first female curators. As the curator responsible for the Barron
Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery as well as the general aviation,
business aviation, aerobatic aviation, and aerial camera exhibit
stations and cases, Cochrane oversees the collections of general
aviation aircraft, flight material, aerial cameras, and the history of
general aviation and women in aviation.
Cochrane acquired more than a dozen aircraft for the
Smithsonian collection including a Fleet Model 2, Cirrus SR22,
Grumman AgCat, Beechcraft King Air, Bill Kershner's Cessna
152 Aerobat, Patty Wagstaff's Extra 260, and Bob Hoover's Shrike
Commander. She was responsible for the restoration of Betty
Skelton's Pitts, Little Stinker, which greets visitors as they enter
the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. She is currently overseeing the
creation of new galleries as a part of the National Air and Space
Museum's seven-year revitalization and transformation project.
"We often take the National Air and Space Museum for
granted, but it wouldn't be the national treasure it is without
Dorothy," said NAA President Greg Principato. "Dorothy's whole
life and career embodies what this award is all about."

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