THE FLIGHT OF THE GOSSAMER CONDOR
Academy Award Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject of 1978 Jacqueline Phillips Shedd and Ben Shedd, Producers
Excerpt of THE FLIGHT OF THE GOSSAMER CONDOR runs continuously as part of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air & Space Museum’s exhibit of the Gossamer Condor airplane.
Blue Ribbon Award, American Film Festival, 1979
Cine Golden Eagle, 1979
Selected Film for Young Adults – 1980, American Library Association
Certificate of Participation, Moscow Film Festival, U.S.S.R.
Diploma of Honor, 1st Place, International Science Film Assoc. Film Festival, Cologne, Germany
Silver Boomerang, Melbourne Film Festival, Australia
Certificate of Commendation, tied for Best Science Film in the World, Australian & New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science Film Festival
Lawrence Science Award, National Educational Film Festival
Certificate of Participation, Bilbao Film Festival, Spain
Los Angeles International Film Exposition Screening
Seattle Film Festival Screening
Gold Cindy, Information Film Producers Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science Film Festival Screening
Gold Plaque, Documentaries, Chicago Film Festival Best of Elementary, Birmingham Film Festival
Bronze Medal, International Film & Television Festival, New York
Distinguished Achievement Award, San Francisco State University
Alumni Award of Merit, University of Southern California Cinema Circulus
Screenings, Museum of Modern Art Screening, New York & Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Washington DC, Premiere.
Screenings: Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Maryland, San Francisco State University, University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
PROJECT LEAD THE WAY National Curriculum 2007-2017 for the Introduction to Design Engineering Course
Oscar Documentary Series screening 2007, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Los Angeles, Newly remastered 16mm Preservation Print by the Academy Film Archives. With Guests Producers Oscar Winners Jacqueline Phillips Shedd and Ben Shedd, Gossamer Condor Pilots Bryan Allen and Tyler MacCready, Narrator Roger Steffens, Gossamer Condor crew member Sam Duran, Sound FX Recording Lars Nelson & Production crew Nara Shedd
Port Townsend Film Festival 2019 – Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Film Festival and the 40th Anniversary of THE FLIGHT OF THE GOSSAMER CONDOR receiving the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.
Streaming screenings for the 50th Anniversary of AeroVironment 2020