IDEA 2009 Transportation Winners

Winners in the transportation category of the IDEA design excellence awards ran the gamut from a public bike system to an amphibious sport aircraft. The latter, the ICON A5, was given a gold award. Judge John Barratt, president and CEO of Teague, a design firm with a long history of working with aircraft manufacturer Boeing (BA), was impressed. "Nearly flawless execution from initial vision to final marketing. This sport plane has elicited high praise from pilots and the aviation industry as a whole," he said of the A5 design. "This is a powerful vision that could bring flying to a broader audience."