The 2008 Shortlist

The Award for Best Air Show Report
Vikramjit Chopra - Paris & Dubai Air Show – VAYU Aerospace and Defence Review
Thierry Dubois - Organizers good grades in most subjects – Aviation International News
Curt Epstein - Thunderbird Pilot Embraces Cooperate Flying – NBAA Convention News
Alan Peaford - Best of the Biggest & Fastest – India. SP's Aviation
Mike Vines - Arab Women as Commercial Pilots – Aviation Week Show News 'Dubai Air Show'

The Award for Best Air Show Daily
Charles Alcock – AIN TV Paris Air Show
John Morris – Singapore Airshow Show News
R. Randall Padfield – Aviation International News Tuesday, Paris Air Show
Alan Peaford – Flight Daily News
Stephen Pope – NBAA Convention News, Day One – NBAA Convention News, Atlanta, GA

The Bombardier Award for the Best Air Transport Submission
Cathy Buyck – A Slow Opening – Air Transport World
Dino Carrara – Antarctic Flyers – Air international
Nicholas Ionides – Piloting Change – Airline Business
Aaron Karp – Baggage Blues – Air Transport World
Brian Straus – Out of the Blue – Air Transport World

The Rockwell Collins Award for the Best Avionics Submission
Bill Carey – Miniature Air Vehicles – Avionics Magazine
David Hughes – Have Radar, Will Travel – Aviation Week & Space Technology
David Esler – ADS-B in the Gulf – Business and Commercial Aviation
Tony Osborne – Guardian Angel or Big Brother – Rotorhub Magazine
Philip Whiteman – Do the Numbers Match the Claims? – Flyer Magazine

The Award for Best Breaking News Submission
Robert Hewson – Russia's Latest Cruise Missiles – JDW Janes.com
Murdo Morrison & David Learmount – Ryanair Plans Transatlantic Airline – Flight Global. Com
Jon Ostrower – Problems for 787 Program – Flight Global .com
Adrian Schofield – Unlocking China's Skies – Aviation Week
Patrick Veillette – Pilot Experience vs Youth – Business and Commercial Aviation

The Award for Best Business Aircraft Submission
David Baker – Aerion – Dawn of a supersonic Revival? – Aviation News
David Esler – ADS-B's Impact on Business Aviation – Business and Commercial Aviation
David Huntzinger – On Duty Indefinitely – Business & Commercial Aviation
Roderick Simpson – Citation Mustang – Air International
Matt Thurber – AMI Certificate Revocation Spooks Charter Industry – Aviation International News

The DVB Bank Award for the Best Business or Financial Submission
Joseph Anselmo & Robert Wall – Eastern front – Aviation Week
Jennifer Harrington – Business Aviation In China– Aviation International News
Aaron Karp – Can Power8 Recharge Airbus? – Air Transport World
Niall O'Keeffe – Consolidation: for and against – Airline Fleet & Network Management
Geoffrey Thomas – Fyfe Rewrites the Tune at ANZ – Air Transport World

The Boeing IDS Award for the Best Defence Submission
Andrew Brookes – Death Knell for UK Aerospace?– Air International
Amy Butler – Inside Global Hawk's Iraq Operations – Aviation Week
David Fulghum – Cyber War: The First Shots – Aviation Week
Craig Hoyle – Blue Sky Thinking – Flight International
Jon Lake – Fighting Wars With Yesterday's Aircrafts – Air International

The Cessna Award for the Best General Aviation Submission
Georgina Hunter-Jones – The Hermit Doffs His Shell – Helicopter Life Magazine
Barry Schiff – Lone Ranger – AOPA Pilot
Ernie Stephens – A350 Versatility & Power – Rotor and Wing
David Unwin – Spitfire Training From Back to Front – Today's Pilot Magazine
Philip Whiteman – Single Engine Piston into Gatwick and Heathrow – Flyer Magazine

The Singapore Technologies Engineering Award for the Best Maintenance Submission
Bill Burchell – Touchdown or Meltdown – Overhaul & Maintenance
Jerome Chandler – Inspections Now and in the Future – Overhaul & Maintenance
Ian Goold – The Big Fix – MRO Management
Carole Shifrin – The Changing Structure of MRO – Overhaul & Maintenance
Lee Ann Tegtmeier – Green Equation – Overhaul & Maintenance

The Award for Best Propulsion Submission
James Canan – Breathing New Life into Hypersonics – Aerospace America
David Esler – Alternative Fuels for Jet Engines – Business and Commercial Aviation
Paul Copping – The Engines That Are Winding Down – Engine Yearbook
Tim Robinson – Transforming Unmanned Power – Aerospace International
Barry Rosenberg – Going Green – Aerospace Engineering

The Embraer Award for the Best Regional Aircraft Submission
Sandra Arnoult – Where Have All The Pilots Gone? – Air Transport World
Bernie Baldwin – French Connection – Low-Fare and Regional Airlines
Al Ditter – Bespoke Porter: Beyond Pret-a-Porter – Low-Fare and Regional Airlines
Max Kingsley-Jones – E-Jet Verdict – Flight International
Bill Read – Special Operator – Aerospace International

The Award for Best Safety Submission
Tom Ballantyne – Falling Short – Orient Aviation
Kaleyesus Bekele – How safe are African airlines? – Airline Fleet & Network Management
Bill Read – The Fatigue Factor – Aerospace International
Doron Solomons, Keren Kirsh & Sharon Karni – Bulldozer: Fear of Flight – Channel 2 Israel
John Wiley – Lightning: Ungrounded Fears, and Real Menace – Business and Commercial Aviation

The ITT Award for the Best Space Submission
Leonard David – Mars Exploration: Digging Deeper - Aerospace America
Bruce Dorminey – Physics Up Above - Physics World Magazine
Tony Skinner – Universal Shift - Jane's Defence Weekly
Parviz Tarikhi – Destruction in Delta - Position Magazine (The Australian Magazine)
Mark Williamson – Deep Impact – Launch Magazine

The Honeywell Award for the Best Systems & Technology Submission
David Baker – Blacksuit, A Quantum Leap – Aviation News
Roy Braybrook – Flying Saucers-Are They Just Pie in the Sky? – Air international
Bernard Fitzsimons – This is your asset speaking – Aircraft Technology Engineering & Management
Matt Thurber – DayJet Goes From Virtual World to the Real One – Aviation International News
Brian Walters – Aviation, An Environment Hazard? – Air International

The Gulfstream Award for the Aerospace Journalist of the Year

The most outstanding winner from each of the specialist categories

The Decade of Excellence Award
Charles Alcock
David Learmount
John Morris
Perry Flint
Wilson Leach