International Aerospace Hall of Fame

Buzz Aldrin	1971	Astronaut, Apollo XI Moon landing flight
William M. Allen	1975	Industrialist - Boeing Aircraft Company
William A. Anders	1990	Astronaut, Apollo 8, first to leave Earth's orbit and orbit Moon
Neil A. Armstrong	1971	Astronaut, Apollo XI, first man on Moon
Henry H. Arnold	1972	General U.S. Army - Air power proponent
John L. Atwood	1984	Aerospace industry executive
Bernt Balchen	1976	Arctic explorer
Olive Ann Beech	1995	Aviation industrialist; co-founder Beech Aircraft Company
Walter Herschel Beech	1982	Aircraft designer - industrialist
William A. Bishop	1967	Air Marshal RCAF - WW I fighter ace
Louis Bleriot	1967	French aero pioneer
William E. Boeing	1984	Aircraft manufacturer - founder Boeing Aircraft Company
Frank Borman	1990	Astronaut, Apollo 8, first to leave Earth's orbit and orbit Moon
Karel J. Bossart	1965	Rocket engineer
Wernher von Braun	1965	Rocket scientist
Louis C. Breguet	1980	French aero pioneer - engineer - industrialist
Richard E. Byrd	1968	Polar explorer
Sir Sydney Camm	1984	British designer - Hurricane designer
Gianni Caproni	1983	Italian pioneer aircraft designer
Sir George Cayley	1974	Science of flight pioneer - inventor
Clyde V. Cessna	1983	American aircraft manufacturer - industrialist
Octave Chanute	1974	First aviation historian - aero engineer
Juan de la Cierva	1966	Pioneer of rotary flight
Sir Alan J. Cobham	1997	Visionary proponent of long distance flight and mid-air refueling
Jacqueline Cochran	1965	Aviation record holder
Michael Collins	1971	Astronaut - pilot of Apollo XI Moon landing flight
A. Scott Crossfield	1965	NASA test pilot
Glenn H. Curtiss	1965	Early U.S. aeroplane designer and pilot
Marcel Dassault	1973	Premier French aircraft designer
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.	1996	American airman and statesman
James H. Doolittle	1966	General USAF - aviation record holder - WW II commander
Claude Dornier	1987	German designer of early all-metal aircraft
Donald W. Douglas	1967	Aero designer - builder of transport aircraft
Lord Hugh Dowding	1985	Aero Chief Marshall RAF - Battle of Britain commander
Hugh L. Dryden	1974	Aerodynamicist - scientist
Ira C. Eaker	1981	General USAF - WW II commander
Amelia Earhart	1967	Pioneer aviatrix and record holder
Sir George Edwards	1989	English aerospace industrialist
Kraftt A. Ehricke	1966	Rocket and space scientist
Jacob Christian Hansen Ellehammer	1986	First powered flight in Europe
Henri Farman	1988	French pioneer, designer
Frank W. Fink	1968	Aeronautical engineer - industrialist
Rueben H. Fleet	1965	Aircraft pioneer - industrialist
Henrik Focke	1993	Pioneer helicopter designer
Anthony Fokker	1970	Early Dutch aircraft designer - builder
Yuri A. Gagarin	1970	Russian cosmonaut - first man to orbit Earth
Robert R. Gilruth	1992	Aerospace scientist and engineer
John H. Glenn, Jr.	1968	First U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth
George W. Goddard	1976	Pioneer of aerial photography
Robert H. Goddard	1966	Rocket pioneer
Leroy R. Grumman	1973	U.S. aircraft designer
Sir Frederick Handley Page	1987	British designer, manufacturer, and industry leader
Geoffrey de Havilland	1972	Pioneer British aircraft designer
Edward Henry Heinemann	1982	Aero engineer - designer
Ernst Heinkel	1981	German aeronautical engineer - industrialist
Howard Hughes	1987	American designer, air racer, and airline president
Capt. Elrey B. Jeppesen	1995	Creator of Jeppesen Airway Manual
Clarence L. Johnson	1965	Aeronautical engineer designer
Hugo Junkers	1976	Pioneer German aircraft designer
Theodore von Karman	1968	Aerospace scientist
James H. Kindelberger	1977	Aero designer
Sir Charles Kingsford- Smith	1986	Austalian long-distance pioneer
Sergei Pavolovich Korolev	1990	Rocket scientist - directed launch of Sputnik in 1957
Isaac M. Laddon	1975	Pioneer aero engineer - inventor
William P. Lear	1981	Engineer - inventor - aircraft manufacturer
Curtiss E. LeMay	1979	U.S. Air Commander and air power advocate
A.W. "Tony" LeVier	1993	Premier test pilot
Otto Lilienthal	1972	Early German glider pilot
Charles A. Lindbergh	1965	First man to fly the Atlantic nonstop and solo
Edwin A. Link, Jr.	1992	Pioneer flight simulator designer
Alexander Martin Lippisch	1985	Pioneer German aerodynamicist
Grover Loening	1965	U.S. aero engineer - seaplane designer
James A. Lovell, Jr.	1990	Astronaut, Apollo 8, first to leave Earth's orbit and orbit the Moon
John A. MacReady	1976	Early test pilot
Glenn L. Martin	1977	Pioneer U.S. aero engineer
James S. McDonnell	1981	Aeronautical engineer - aerospace industrialist
Willi E. Messerschmitt	1979	German aircraft designer - industrialist
Artyom Mikoyan	1996	Soviet aircraft designer and engineer
Reginald Mitchell	1986	British designer - Spitfire designer
William E. Mitchell	1970	Pioneer air power advocate
Marc A. Mitscher	1989	American naval airpower proponent
Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier	1983	French balloon pioneers - first manned flight
John K. Northrop	1972	Aeronautical engineer - designer - industrialist
Hermann Oberth	1980	Pioneer German rocket engineer
Hans J.P. von Ohain	1982	German inventor of jet engine
Auguste and Jean Piccard	1991	Pioneer aeronauts
William H. Pickering	1979	U.S. space scientist
William T. Piper	1993	Renowned light aircraft manufacturer
Paul Poberezney	1997	Founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association
Wiley H. Post	1997	American pioneer aviator
Ludwig Prandtl	1992	Father aerodynamic theory
Robert C. Reeve	1980	Pioneer Alaska pilot - airline executive
Baron Manfred von Richtofen	1968	Leading German ace WW I
Edward V. Rickenbacker	1966	Leading U.S. ace WW I
Frederick H. Rohr	1966	Aircraft designer - industrialist
Elbert L. "Burt" Rutan	1988	Designer of first non-stop, unrefueled around the world plane
T. Claude Ryan	1965	Aircraft designer - industrialist
Alberto Santos-Dumont	1967	Pioneer Brazilian aviator
Walter M. Schirra, Jr.	1970	U.S. astronaut - flew in Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs
Edgar Schmued	1991	Aeroplane designer
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.	1971	First U.S. astronaut - Flew in Mercury and Apollo Programs
Igor I. Sikorsky	1966	Engineer - helicopter inventor
C.R. Smith	1996	Founding president of American Airlines
Sir Thomas Sopwith	1979	Pioneer British aero engineer - industrialist
Carl A. Spaatz	1977	First Chief of Staff USAF - WW II commander
Lawrence B. Sperry	1979	Inventor of automatic flight equipment
John H. Towers	1973	Early U.S. naval air power advocate
Hugh M. Trenchard	1977	Founder of the Royal Air Force
Juan Terry Trippe	1982	Founder of Pan American World Airways
Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky	1989	Soviet space scientist
Andrei Tupolev	1988	Soviet designer, engineer
Sir Alliot Verdon-Roe	1980	Pioneer British designer
Waldo D. Waterman	1968	Pioneer aviator and aero engineer
Sir Frank Whittle	1967	British inventor of the jet engine
Orville and Wilbur Wright	1965	First powered human flight
John W. Young	1995	Astronaut, test pilot, first Space Shuttle commander
Charles E. Yeager	1966	First man to exceed the speed of sound
Ferdinand von Zeppelin	1975	Pioneer German airship designer - builder


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