Inducted in 1999 First Women To Fly American Military Aircraft; Women Air Service Pilots Anne Baumgartner Carl 1918 – 2008 Jean Hixson 1922 – 1984 During the early months of […]
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John P. Stapp, M.D.
Inducted in 1998 Pioneer In Aerospace Medicine 1910 – 1999 John Stapp began his career as a medical officer in the United States Air Force where he organized and founded […]
Colonel Joe Kittinger
Inducted in 1998 First To Fly Solo Across The Atlantic Ocean In A Helium Balloon, 1984 1928 – 2022 Joe Kittinger, a native of Orlando, Florida, and eventually a Colonel […]
Tom Davis
Inducted in 1997 Pioneer In Commercial Aviation 1918 – 1999 Tom Davis was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He fell in love with aviation at an early age when his […]
General Henry H. Arnold
Inducted in 1997 Father Of The United States Air Force; First Five-Star General 1886 – 1950 For 40 years, General Henry H. Arnold worked to advance the cause of American […]
Lawrence B. Sperry
Inducted in 1996 Inventor of the Autopilot, Turn and Bank Indicator, and Parachute Pack 1892 – 1923 Known to his fellow aviators as “Gyro,” Lawrence Sperry was to many a […]
Paul Poberezny and Tom Poberezny
Inducted in 1996 Founder and President, Experimental Aircraft Association Paul Poberezny, 1921-2013 Tom Poberezny, 1946 – Paul H. Poberezny is one of the most decorated men in the international aviation […]
Francis and Gertrude Rogallo
Inducted in 1995 Developed The First Successful Flexible Wing Francis Rogallo 1912 – 2009 Gertrude Rogallo 1914 – 2008 Francis Rogallo began his career as an engineer with the National […]
Eugene B. Ely
Inducted in 1994 First Aviator To Take Off From A Ship, 1910, And First Aviator To Land On A Ship, 1911 1886 – 1911 Eugene Burton Ely, a civilian pilot […]
President George Herbert Walker Bush
Inducted in 1994 First Military Flyer To Become President Of The United States, 1988 1924 – 2018 George Bush was the first rated military combat pilot to be elected President […]