Piolet d'Or Piolet d'Or The Piolet d'Or (, French for "Golden Ice Axe") is an annual mountaineering award given by the French magazine "Montagnes" and The "Groupe de Haute Montagne" since 1991. Nominations are selected by GHM and "Montagnes", and the award is chosen by a jury consisting of Guy Chaumereuil (the chief editor of "Montagnes" when the award was inaugurated), (until 1998) Jean-Claude Marmier (president of GHM when the award was inaugurated), the current president of GHM, the current editor of "Montagnes", the previous year's winners and three members invited by GHM, one of whom becomes the president of the jury.
CFA D.7 Cricri Major was operational in 2005. CFA D.7 Cricri Major The CFA D.7 Cricri Major was a French-built light civil aircraft of the 1940s. The CFA D.7 Cricri Major was a postwar-built light high-wing monoplane with enclosed two-seat tandem glazed cabin and a fixed tail-wheel undercarriage, powered by a Salmson 5Aq-01 radial engine. An initial series of ten Cricri ("Cricket") Majors was completed and these were bought by aero clubs and private pilots. The design was rather outdated and no further examples were completed. Four D.7s remained in service in 1956 and one, "F-BFNG" remained airworthy in 1967. This aircraft has been