Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame

Pima Air & Space Museum exhibit

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

Kenneth H. Dahlberg^[2]
Major General Carl G. Schneider (Ret)^[2]
Ruby Wine Sheldon^[2]

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

Major Frederick E. Ferguson, US Army (Ret)
Gordon B. Hamilton
Robert McCall^[7]
Raymond Victor Schwanbeck

2000

LTC David Althoff, USMC (Ret)
Janet Harman Bragg
John H. "Jack" Connelly & Leland Hayward
Jack Womack

1999

Roy Spangler Davis
Ronald R. Fogleman
Ruth Dailey Helm & Dawn R. B. Seymour
Joan Fay Shankle & Clarence E. Shankle

1998

David M. Jones
Charles A. "Buck" Rowe
Francis R. "Dick" Scobee
Richard G. Snyder

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

Harry B. Combs
John Clifford "Cliff" Garrett
Lowell H. Smith
Louise Timken

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

Col. Frank Borman
Walter Douglas, Jr.
Sen. Barry M. Goldwater
Frank Luke, Jr.

References

^ ^a ^b PIMAair.org: Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame
^ ^a ^b ^c Super Sabre Society Archived 2011-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Schultz Arvin". PimaAir.org. Pima Air and Space Museum. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ "CherylStearns.com: Biography". Archived from the original on 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
^ RoadrunnersInternationale.com: Douglas T. Nelson - Biography
^ Totter.org: Gladys Mae Morrison - Biography
^ "Career Highlights". 30 September 2011.