Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame

Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame was created in 1980 by the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society. From 1995 to January 1, 2011, it was based at the Aerospace Education Center, 3301 East Roosevelt Road, Little Rock, Arkansas, near Little Rock National Airport. When Aerospace Education Center closed, records were donated to the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Little Rock.

Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame honors Arkansans who played a great role in aviation history on the national or state scene. New members of the Hall of Fame were inducted annually from 1980 to 2010, and again in 2015.

Inductees

1980

J. Caroll Cone, The Honorable Nathan Gordon, Louise McPhetridge Thaden, James S. McDonnell Jr. , Charles M. Taylor

1981

Leighton Collins, Case Hough, Robert Snowden Jr., Admiral John S. Thach

1982

Raymond J. Ellis, Capt. Field Kindley, Claude Holbert

1983

Maj. Gen. Earl T. Ricks Jr., Lynn Helms, Albert A. Vollmecke

1984

Brig. Gen. John D. Howe, Maj. Gen. Winston P. Wilson, Eddie Holland

1985

Brig. Gen. William T. Seawell, Gen. John Paul McConnell, Maj. Pierce W. McKennon

1986

Maj. Gen. Frank A. Bailey, M.T. “Cy” Bond, Earl Rowland

1987

Maj. John H. White, Lucien M. Tallac

1988

Richard Collins, Lt. Wendel A. Robertson

1989

Capt. E. Scott McCuskey, Sanford N. McDonnell

1990

Rear Adm. George M. “Skip” Furlong Jr. , The Honorable John Paul Hammerschmidt

1991

Rear Adm. F. Taylor Brown, Frederick Smith

1992

Adm. William Newell Small, Lt. Col. Woodrow W. Crockett

1993

Emma W. Hall, Seth Ward

1994

Lt. Col. Hugh Mills, James Rodgers, Jack Stephens

1995

Col. Richard O. Covey USAF, Floyd Fulkerson, Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller

1996

Maj. Gen. Lewis E. Lyle, Lt. Roy Rushing, Issac T. Gilliam IV

1997

Houston J. Burford, Richard C. Butler, Harvey C. Couch Jr., Wheat Goss, Bart Gray, Dr. Lafayette Harris, Harry W. Pfeifer Jr., Arthur Phillips, Jack Pickens, John Potts, Raymond Rebsamen, J. V. Satterfield, Howard Stebbins III, Everett Tucker Jr., and Kenneth Pat Wilson

1998

Milton P. Crenchaw, J. Scott Hamilton, Col. Charles P. O’Sullivan

1999

Frank G. Tinker Jr., Fred K. Darragh Jr., Gen. Horace M. Wade

2000

The Honorable Jim Burnett, Anthony DeSalvo, Lt. Gen. Charles R. Hamm

2001

Alice Walton, Jim Younkin

2002

The Honorable Rodney Slater, H.A. Thomas

2003

Thomas N. Smith Jr., Brig. Gen. William H. Webster, Capt. Wilbur West

2004

Lt. Col. Robert Hite, James Stamps, Robert M. Wilson

2005

Marlon D. Green, Virginia "Mary" Proctor, Daryl Riddell

2006

Richard N. Holbert, Donald L. Holbert, Robert A. Younkin

2007

Adolphus H (Pat) Bledsoe Jr. , Zemery Malvern "Jack" Stell, Dennis R. Gardisser Ph.D., P.E.

2008

Paul Irving "Pappy" Gunn, Scott E. Parazynski M.D.

2009

Greg Arnold, Col. Billy G. Edens

2010

Brig. Gen. Paul Page Douglas Jr., James C. "Bud" Mars, Mary F. Silitch

2015

Jim Gaston, John Knight and James R. Risner

References

Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame http://aerospaced.org/?page_id=173