The Soaring Hall of Fame
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Year Inducted

Hall of Fame Members

1954 William Hawley Bowlus
Richard C. duPont
Warren E. Eaton
Wolfgang Klemperer
Paul B. MacCready, Jr.
John Robinson
1955 Ralph S. Barnaby
Lewin B. Barringer
Ernest Schweizer
Paul A. Schweizer
Paul E. Tuntland
Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
1956 Jay Buxton
Richard Johnson II
John K. O'Meara
August Raspet
1957 R.E. Franklin
Arthur B. Schultz
Stanley W. Smith
1958 William G. Briegleb
Robert E. Symons
1959 Harland C. Ross
1960 Paul F. Bikle
J. Shelley Charles
1961 Jon D. Carsey
Joseph C. Lincoln
1962 William S. Ivans
Richard E. Schreder
1963 George B. Moffat, Jr.
Floyd J. Sweet
1964 Ramon H. Parker
Irving O. Prue
1965 Alvin H. Parker
Wallace A. Scott
1966 John D. Ryan
Harvey Stephens
1967 Alex Dawydoff
Elizabeth Woodward
1968 Helen R. Dick
A. J. Smith
1969 H. M. Claybourn
John W. Laister
1970 Ben W. Greene
E. J. Reeves
1971 Lawrence E. Edgar
Virginia B. Schweizer
1972 Francis B. Compton
Bertha M. Ryan
1973 Albert E. Hastings
Parker Leonard
1974 Stanley A. Hall
William C. Holbrook
1975 Thomas Page
Gustav Scheurer
1976 Harner Selvidge
Robert M. Stanley
1977 Stephen J. Bennis
Bernard L. Wiggin
1978 William H. Coverdale, Jr.
Chester Decker
1979 Alcide Santilli
Sterling V. Starr
1980 Victor M. Saudek
Karl H. Striedieck II
1981 William Frank Kelsey
Joachim P. Kuettner
1982 Emil A. Lehecka
Lloyd M. Licher
Earl R. Southee
1983 Leslie R. Arnold
Theodore E. Sharp
1984 William Schweizer
Bernald S. Smith
1985 John M. Brittingham
Ted Nelson
1986 Bernard S. Carris
Lanier Frantz
1987 Howard E. Burr
Stephen duPont
1988 Henry G. Combs
Doris F. Grove
1989 Howard C. Blossom
Hal M. Lattimore
1990 Douglas L. Jacobs
Donald S. Mitchell
1991 Barron Hilton
Eugart W. Yerian
1992 Edward F. Byars
Doug Lamont
Lianna Lamont
1993 Rudolf Opitz
Charles Spratt
1994 Johann G. Kuhn
Joseph P. Steinhauser
1995 Frank R. Gross
Edgar D. Seymour
1996 E. Gene Hammond
Carl Herold
1997 Thomas L. Knauff
William C. Sproull
1998 Hannes M. Linke
Grenville L. Seibels II
1999 George Applebay
Octave Chanute
2000 H. Ray Gimmey
Robert Lee Moore
2001 Francis P. Bundy
Allen L. Leffler
John J. Montgomery
2002 Bruce Carmichael
Edward G. Evans
Lyle Maxey
2003 Patricia Hange
Harriet Hamilton
Bob Semans
2004 John Byrd
Gunter Voltz
Leonard A. Niemi
2005 No inductees
2006 Wilfred C. Schuemann
2007 Richard Butler

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