Soaring Hall of Fame
The Soaring Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who have made the highest achievements in, or contributions to, the sport of soaring in the United States of America. It has been located at the National Soaring Museum in Elmira, New York, since 1975. The Hall has inducted the following people, arranged in alphabetical order, with their year of induction in parentheses.[1]
- George Applebay (1999)
- (1983)
- (1955)
- (1955)
- (1977)
- Paul F. Bikle (1960)
- (1989)
- William Hawley Bowlus (1954)
- (1958)
- (1985)
- (2001)
- (1987)
- Richard W. Butler (2007)
- (1956)
- (1992)
- (2004)
- Bruce Carmichael (2002)
- (1986)
- (1961)
- Octave Chanute (1999)
- (1960)
- (1969)
- (1988)
- (1972)
- (1978)
- (1967)
- (1978)
- (1968)
- Richard C. duPont (1954)
- (1987)
- (1954)
- (1971)
- Einar K. Enevoldson (2010)
- (2002)
- (1957)
- (1986)
- (2011)
- (2014)
- (2000)
- John F. Good (2011)
- (1970)
- (1995)
- Doris F. Grove (1988)
- (1974)
- (2003)
- (1996)
- (2003)
- (1973)
- Carl Herold (1996)
- Barron Hilton (1991)
- (1974)
- (1956)
- (1962)
- (1990)
- (1981)
- Wolfgang Klemperer (1954)
- Thomas L. Knauff (1997)
- Joachim P. Kuettner (1981)
- (1994)
- (1969)
- (1992)
- (1992)
- Hal M. Lattimore (1989)
- (2001)
- (1982)
- (1973)
- (1982)
- Joseph C. Lincoln (1961)
- (1998)
- Paul B. MacCready, Jr. (1954)
- (2002)
- (1990)
- George B. Moffat, Jr. (1963)
- John J. Montgomery (2001)
- Robert Lee Moore (2000)
- Ted Nelson (1985)
- (2004)
- (1956)
- Rudolf Opitz (1993)
- Thomas Page (1975)
- (1965)
- (1964)
- (2008)
- (1964)
- August Raspet (1956)
- (1970)
- John Robinson (1954)
- (1959)
- (1972)
- John D. Ryan (1966)
- (1979)
- (1980)
- (1975)
- Richard E. Schreder (1962)
- (2006)
- (1957)
- Ernest Schweizer (1955)
- Paul A. Schweizer (1955)
- (1971)
- William Schweizer (1984)
- Wally Scott (1965)
- (1998)
- (1976)
- (2003)
- (1995)
- (1983)
- (1968)
- (1984)
- (1957)
- Earl R. Southee (1982)
- (1993)
- (1997)
- Robert M. Stanley (1976)
- (1979)
- (1994)
- Harvey Stephens (1966)
- Karl H. Striedieck II (1980)
- (1963)
- (1958)
- (1955)
- (2004)
- (1977)
- Elizabeth Woodward (1967)
- Orville Wright (1955)
- Wilbur Wright (1955)
- (1991)
See also[]
- List of notable glider pilots
- National Aviation Hall of Fame
- National Soaring Museum
- North American aviation halls of fame
References[]
- ^ Soaring museum's Hall of fame Page Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- Soaring Hall of Fame website
Categories:
- Glider pilots
- Gliding in the United States
- Aviation halls of fame
- Halls of fame in New York (state)
- 1975 establishments in New York (state)