The First Flight Society announced today that William P Lear has been named the 2025 Honoree to be inducted into the Dr. Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine located in the Museum and Visitors […]
Category: Shrine
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
Inducted in 2022 Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. was the first black brigadier general in the USAF. December 18, 1912 – July 4, 2002 Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. was a United […]
Sally K Ride
Inducted in 2021 Sally Ride was the first American woman to fly in space. 1951-2012 Sally Ride was born May 26, 1951, in California. After high school, she went to […]
Frank W Caldwell
Inducted in 2020 Developed the Variable Pitch and Hydromatic Propellers 1889–1974 Frank Walker Caldwell was a leading American propeller engineer and designer. As the United States government’s chief propeller engineer, […]
Colonel Gail S “Hal” Halvorsen
Inducted in 2019 70th Anniversary of the end of the Berlin Airlift 1920-2022 Colonel Gail Seymour “Hal” Halvorsen, best known as the “Berlin Candy Bomber” or “Uncle Wiggly Wings”, gained […]
Commander Stewart Ross Graham
Inducted in 2016 Pioneered helicopter rescue techniques 1917-2016 Inducted into the Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine at Wright Brothers National Memorial on December 17, 2016, celebrating the 113th Wright […]
Captain Frank A. Erickson
Inducted in 2016 Pioneered helicopter rescue techniques 1907-1978 Inducted into the Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine at Wright Brothers National Memorial on December 17, 2016, celebrating the 113th Wright […]
Elrey Borge Jeppesen
Inducted in 2017 Creator of the “little Black Book”-Founder of Jeppesen Company 1907-1996 Inducted into the Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine, December 17, 2017. While flying across the country […]
Katherine G. Johnson
Inducted in 2018 NASA research mathematician 1918-2020 A NASA mathematician for 33 years, Mrs. Johnson was the first female to author a NASA research report and is most known for […]
Jerrie Mock
Inducted in 2015 First woman to complete a solo flight around the world 1925-2014 Jerrie Mock, the first woman to complete a solo flight around the world, will be the […]