The Joe Bill Dryden Semper Viper Award is an award given by Lockheed Martin to a pilot because of its exceptional capabilities.

Joe Bill Dryden was a famous pilot at the United States Air Force and test pilot at General Dynamics. He was killing a F-16 Fighting Falcon during a test flight.

The Belgian Frank De Winne was the first non-American to receive this award in 1997. He succeeded in getting his F-16 safe, despite motor failures and the failure of boarding instruments. He did not opt ​​to use his chair where there was a great chance that the device would crash into the densely populated area of ​​Leeuwarden. Externe link

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