Awards and Honors
- Awarded the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) "Louis Blériot Medal" (1991 and 2004)
- Awarded the "Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal" by the FAI
- Awarded the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) "Freedom of Flight" Award (1989)
- U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame (2003)
- Established FAI world records for "Altitude in Horizontal Flight," Airplane Class C1A in 1991, "Time to Climb to 9000 Meters" in 1994 and "Speed over a closed course" in 2004.
- Awarded the William F. Shea award for contribution to aviation from the University of Nebraska-Omaha Aviation Institute (2012)
Military awards include the:
- Defense Superior Service Medal
- Distinguished Flying Cross
- Air Medal (3)
- Navy Commendation Medal with Combat "V"
- Navy Unit Commendation
- Meritorious Unit Commendation
- National Defense Service Medal (2)
- Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
- Humanitarian Service Medal
- Vietnam Service Medal
- Vietnam Campaign Medal
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