Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame

Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame (AAHOF) is located in the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona which recognises Arizona's "Excellence in Aviation". The Aviation Hall of Fame exhibit is located in the honored Dorothy Finley Space Gallery on the Museum grounds. AAHOF provides to its visitors a presentation that share an opportunity to educate one with noteworthy Arizona aviators.[1]

History

AAHOF was established by a joint proclamation by the Governor of Arizona in 1985 that creates a process to induct its states notable and famous aviators into the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame; thus paying a tribute to Arizona’s long and proud aviation history.

Arizona AHOF recognizes its aviation industry leaders, pioneers in hot air ballooning of the 19th century, high-tech aerospace engineers and entrepreneurs, where these people of today who are a vital role in advanced aircraft and missile technology.[1]

Hall of Fame Inductees

2013
  • Barbara McConnell Barrett
  • Edward Raymond Beauvais
  • Charles Eugene Mann
2012
  • Lt. Col. Mark Berent, USAF (Ret)
  • Ralph A. O'Neill
  • Arthur Van Haren, Jr.
2011
  • Edwin Jones Montgomery, Sr.
  • Peter Hollingsworth Smith
  • William Dillard "Billy" Walker
2010
  • Barbara Lee Harper
  • Maj. Gen. Donald L. Owens, AANG (Ret)
  • Clifford M. Sterrenberg
2009
2008
  • Graham A. 'Lum' Edwards
  • Laurence E. Gesell
  • Arvin C. Schultz[3]
  • Hewitt T. Wheless
2007
  • Col. Fred Cone, USMC (Ret)
  • Col. Roger Parrish, USAF (Ret)
  • Elgin Newell
  • Cheryl A. Stearns[4]
2006
  • Harold "Bud" Abrams
  • Donald C. Downie
  • Ralph S. Johnson
  • James Vercellino
2005
  • Joseph La Placa
  • Roy O. McCaldin
  • Hugh Stewart
  • James Turnbow
2004
  • Roy M. Coulliette
  • Irene Leverton
  • John Richard Gasho Sr.
  • Douglas T. Nelson, USAF Major General, Ret[5]
2003
  • Ralph D. "Hoot" Gibson, USAF Col., Ret.
  • Robert W. Waltz, USAF BGen., Ret. (1920–1995)
  • Darrell Artwade Sawyer
  • William S. Underwood, USAF Col., Ret.
2002
  • Brig. Gen. Joseph (Joe) Foss, USMC (Ret.)
  • Raymond L. (Ray) Haupt
  • Martha Ann Wilkins Mitchell & Michael (Mike) Mitchell
  • Gladys Mae Morrison[6]
2001

2000
1999
  • Roy Spangler Davis
  • Ronald R. Fogleman
  • Ruth Dailey Helm & Dawn R. B. Seymour
  • Joan Fay Shankle & Clarence E. Shankle
1998
1997
  • Frank K. "Pete" Everest
  • Sen. John S. McCain
  • A. Lee Moore
  • Patty Wagstaff
1996
  • James R. Greenwood
  • Anthony V. "Snag" Grossetta
  • Samuel Harry Robertson
  • William R. Sears
1995
  • Gerald Brown
  • William P. Cutter & William R. Cutter
  • Joseph A. Moller
  • R. Dixon Speas
1994
1993
  • Col. Leon W. Gray
  • Col. Vernon V. Haywood
  • Alfred A. Hudgin
  • Charles O. Miller
1992
  • A. Howard Hasbrook
  • Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Charles W.
  • George Varga, Jr.
1991
  • Ruth R. Reinhold
  • George I. Steinke
  • Ralph G. Vaughan
  • Robert Woodhouse & Woodrow P. Jongeward
1990

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