Awards & Winners

C. Donald Bateman

Date of Birth 08-March-1932
Place of Birth Saskatchewan
(Canada)
Nationality
Charles Donald Bateman, known as Don Bateman or C. Don Bateman, is the inventor of the Ground Proximity Warning System, a device that is responsible for a marked decline in controlled flight into terrain accidents. It's accepted within the industry that Don Bateman has probably saved more lives than any single person in the history of aviation. — Bill Vos of the Flight Safety Foundation

Awards by C. Donald Bateman

Check all the awards nominated and won by C. Donald Bateman.

2010


National Medal of Technology and Innovation
(For developing and championing critical flight-safety sensors now used by aircraft worldwide, including ground proximity warning systems and wind-shear detection systems.)