The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on Sept. 28 posthumously recognized David Ronald de Mey Warren, inventor of the black box, with the 41st Edward Warner Award — the highest honor in international civil aviation. The award was presented by Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, president of the ICAO Council during a ceremony in Montreal on the opening day of ICAO’s 39th triennial Assembly.
Warren was recognized by the ICAO Council for outstanding contributions to aviation safety made possible by his invention and refinement of the first-ever aircraft flight recorder, ICAO said. According to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), the first flight recorder was invented in 1956.
“Flight recorders are one of our most relied-upon resources for the improvement of aviation safety, and I wish to acknowledge here the tremendous debt of gratitude owed to Dr. Warren’s vision, commitment and tenacity, and for his far reaching contributions to international civil aviation,” A…
