Utah Aviation Hall of Fame

The Utah Aviation Hall of Fame was established in 1996 to honor and recognize individuals in the State of Utah who have contributed significantly to Utah aviation. These people have distinguished themselves through major contributions in advancing aviation or heroic accomplishments as civil or military aviators in and for the State of Utah.

It is the greater goal of this program is to foster public appreciation for the contributions of these individuals to the education of air power. Specifically, the continuing education and development of civil or general, commercial, and military aviation throughout the State.

The official recognition of the Utah Aviation Hall of Fame was proclaimed by the Governor in 1996. It Governor proclaimed the 32nd Flight (Pioneer), Order of Daedalians, the National Fraternity of Military Pilots, as the sponsor and custodial agency for the program.

Laurates of the Hall

In 1996, the original eleven inductees for the Hall of Fame were so honored when the Hall was established at the Hill Aerospace Museum. The current Administrator is Charles P. Gilmore, Major, USAFR (Retired)

Current inductees

1. Major General Orville A. Anderson, USAF
2. Lieutenant Colonel Paul A. Bloomquist, AUS
3. General John Kenneth Cannon, USAF
4. Brigadier General Darrell Stuart Cramer, USAF
5. Major General William E. Creer, USAF
6. Colonel Glenn Todd Eagleston, USAF
7. Captain Richard Taylor Eastmond, USN
8. Colonel Bernard F. Fisher, USAF
9. Jacob Edwin Garn, Utah Aeronautic Commission
10. Senator Jake Garn, BGEN Utah Air National Guard
11. Colonel Gail Halvorsen, USAF
12. Robert H. Hinckley, Civil Aviation
13. Colonel Lorin Lavar Johnson, USAF
14. Lieutenant Colonel Clifford D. Jolley, USAF
15. Colonel Willard R. Macfarlane, USAF
16. Colonel Russell L. Maughan, USAF
17. Ardeth "Art" Mortensen, Civil Aviation
18. Alberta Hunt Nicholson, WASP^[1]
19. Lieutenant Colonel Chase J. Nielsen, USAF
20. Major General Chesley Gordon Peterson, USAF
21. Major Alden P. Rigby, USAF
22. Brigadier General Richard Condie Sanders, USAF
23. Colonel Walter T. Stewart, USAF
24. Harold A. Sweet, China National Airways Corportaion
25. Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets, USAF
26. Lieutenant Wendell Van Twelves, USNR

See also

• Early Birds of Aviation
• Hall of fame
• Timeline of aviation
• Wright brothers
• Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame
• Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey
• Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame

Source

• Utah Aviation Hall of Fame (U.S. Air Force website)

1. ^ Oregon Genealogy: A.H. Nicholson

External links

• American Combat Airman Hall of Fame webpage (on CAF Airpower Museum website)
• American Combat Airman Hall of Fame inductees webpage (on American Airpower Heritage Museum website)