Construction of the National Aviation Hall of Fame Building, Dayton, Ohio, 1998 Photo: Ron Kaplan |
National Aviation Hall of Fame
Established in 1963, the National Aviation
Hall of Fame was incorporated in 1964 as a national entity by
an act of Congress. Since that time, NAHF has honored 170
aviation and space leaders spanning an entire century of
achievement in aeronautics -- pilots, teachers, scientists,
engineers, inventors and others -- by inducting them into the
Hall of Fame. Inductees include Orville and Wilbur Wright,
William Boeing, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, James
Doolittle, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Chuck Yeager, Neil
Armstrong, and Frank Borman.
The principal mission of the NAHF is:
to honor and perpetuate the memory of individuals and
organizations that contributed to the establishment, development,
and advancement of aerospace in the United States
to foster, promote, and encourage a better sense of appreciation
of the origins and growth of aviation, especially in the United
States, and the part aviation played in changing the economic,
social, and scientific aspects of our nation
to establish and maintain a library and museum for collecting
and preserving for posterity the history of those honored by the
organization, together with documentation of their accomplishments
and contributions to aviation
Originally submitted by: George V. Voinovich, Senator.
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