Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame

Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame was established in 1980 by the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society. It is based at the Aerospace Education Center in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Honoring individuals who played a great role in the history of aviation on the national or state scene, new members of the Hall of Fame are inducted each year.


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. Crenshaw, 
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.