Martin takes home 2019 Scholl Award

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David Martin - Art Scholl Award - ICAS 2019

ICAS member and air show performer David Martin was presented with the Art Scholl Memorial Showmanship Award during the Chairman’s Banquet at the ICAS Convention on December 12 in Las Vegas.

Martin was recognized for his skills as an aerobatic pilot and air show performer in a wide variety of aircraft, from the CAP 232 and Extra 300 to the Beechcraft Baron and Bonanza to the Bucker Jungmeister and P-51 Mustang. As one ICAS member observed during the award introduction video, “David never saw an airplane that he didn’t want to fly aerobatically.” As another member said, “He’s a pilot’s pilot. He’s the guy, who if you’re an aviator, you say, ‘That dude has it.’” David was also cited for his encyclopedic knowledge of the history of air shows and air show performers.

Martin joins perhaps the air show community’s most exclusive “club,” a group that includes Bob Hoover, Jimmy Franklin, Leo Loudenslager, John Mohr, Sean Tucker, Michael Goulian and the French Connection Airshows.

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