Vote for your aviation heroes in the Flightglobal Achievement Awards

We are delighted to announce the shortlist in the fifth annual Flightglobal Achievement Awards, our search for the most admired and inspiring individuals in the aviation and aerospace industry.

The awards recognise the contribution of a person - or small group of individuals - to industry breakthroughs or great moments in aviation, and the search has begun for 2013's winners.

Here's the shortlist in full:

Leader of the Year:

• Domingo Ureña-Raso, Airbus Military

• Elon Musk, SpaceX

• Clifton Pemble, Garmin

• Temel Kotil, Turkish Airlines

To find out more and to vote, visit Flightglobal Achievement Awards

Aviator of the Year

• Felix Baumgartner

• North Sea helicopter ditching crews

• NATS Olympics team

• Matevža Lenarčiča

To find out more and to vote, visit Flightglobal Achievement Awards

Innovator of the Year:

• Kaman's K-Max team

• NASA's Mars Curiosity mission

• Diamond's DA42 fly-by-wire team

• Bob Liebeck

To find out more and to vote, visit Flightglobal Achievement Awards

The Lifetime Achievement Award will be announced by Flightglobal on the night of the awards.

The Flightglobal Achievement Awards will be presented at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace on Tuesday 18 June during the Paris air show. Voting closes on 24 May.

Once again, as part of the awards we will also name the Boeing Engineering Student of the Year. Students can nominate themselves or be nominated by their professors. To view the criteria and enter before 3 May, visit Boeing Engineering Student of the Year

Source: Flight International