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
The National Soaring Museum (NSM) is an aviation museum whose stated aim is to preserve the history of motorless flight. It is located on top of Harris Hill near Elmira, New York, United States.
The NSM is the Soaring Society of America's officia ...
in
Elmira, New York, since 1975. The Hall has inducted the following people, arranged in alphabetical order, with their year of induction in parentheses.
Soaring museum's Hall of fame Page
* George Applebay (1999)
* Leslie R. Arnold (1983)
* Ralph S. Barnaby (1955)
*Lewin B. Barringer
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* Albert Lewin (1894–1968), American film director, producer, and sc ...
(1955)
* Stephen J. Bennis (1977)
* Paul F. Bikle (1960)
* Howard C. Blossom (1989)
*William Hawley Bowlus William Hawley Bowlus (May 8, 1896 – August 27, 1967) was an American designer, engineer and builder of aircraft (especially gliders) and recreational vehicles in the 1930s and 1940s. Today he is most widely known for his creation of the worl ...
(1954)
* William G. Briegleb (1958)
* John M. Brittingham (1985)
* Francis P. Bundy (2001)
* Howard E. Burr (1987)
* Richard W. Butler (2007)
* Jay Buxton (1956)
* Edward F. Byars (1992)
* John Byrd (2004)
* Bruce Carmichael (2002)
* Bernard S. Carris (1986)
* Jon D. Carsey (1961)
*Octave Chanute
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(1999)
* J. Shelley Charles (1960)
* H. M. Claybourn (1969)
* Henry G. Combs (1988)
* Francis B. Compton (1972)
* William H. Coverdale, Jr. (1978)
* Alex Dawydoff (1967)
* Chester Decker (1978)
* Helen R. Dick (1968)
* Richard C. duPont (1954)
* Stephen duPont (1987)
* Warren E. Eaton (1954)
* Lawrence E. Edgar (1971)
* Einar K. Enevoldson (2010)
* Edward S. Evans (2002)
* R.E. Franklin (1957)
* Lanier Frantz (1986)
* Robert E. Gaines (2011)
* John W. "Dr.Jack" Glendening (2014)
* H. Ray Gimmey (2000)
* John F. Good (2011)
* Ben W. Greene (1970)
* Frank R. Gross (1995)
* Doris F. Grove (1988)
* Stanley A. Hall (1974)
* Harriet Hamilton (2003)
* E. Gene Hammond (1996)
* Patricia Hange (2003)
* Albert E. Hastings (1973)
* Carl Herold (1996)
* Barron Hilton (1991)
* William C. Holbrook (1974)
* Richard Johnson II (1956)
* William S. Ivans (1962)
* Douglas L. Jacobs (1990)
* William Frank Kelsey (1981)
*Wolfgang Klemperer
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(1954)
* Thomas L. Knauff (1997)
* Joachim P. Kuettner (1981)
* Johann G. Kuhn (1994)
* John W. Laister (1969)
* Doug Lamont (1992)
* Lianna Lamont (1992)
* Hal M. Lattimore (1989)
* Allen L. Leffler (2001)
* Emil A. Lehecka (1982)
* Parker Leonard (1973)
* Lloyd M. Licher (1982)
* Joseph C. Lincoln (1961)
* Hannes M. Linke (1998)
* Paul B. MacCready, Jr. (1954)
* Lyle Maxey (2002)
* Donald S. Mitchell (1990)
* George B. Moffat, Jr. (1963)
*John J. Montgomery
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(2001)
*Robert Lee Moore
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(2000)
*Ted Nelson
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(1985)
* Leonard A. Niemi (2004)
* John K. O'Meara (1956)
*Rudolf Opitz (1993)
*Thomas Page (1975)
* Alvin H. Parker (1965)
* Ramon H. Parker (1964)
* James M. Payne (2008)
* Irving O. Prue (1964)
*August Raspet
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(1956)
* E. J. Reeves (1970)
*John Robinson (1954)
* Harland C. Ross (1959)
* Bertha M. Ryan (1972)
*John D. Ryan (1966)
* Alcide Santilli (1979)
* Victor M. Saudek (1980)
* Gustav Scheurer (1975)
* Richard E. Schreder (1962)
* Wilfred C. Schuemann (2006)
* Arthur B. Schultz (1957)
* Ernest Schweizer (1955)
* Paul A. Schweizer (1955)
* Virginia B. Schweizer (1971)
* William Schweizer (1984)
* Wally Scott (1965)
* Grenville L. Seibels II (1998)
* Harner Selvidge (1976)
* Bob Semans (2003)
* Edgar D. Seymour (1995)
* Theodore E. Sharp (1983)
* A. J. Smith (1968)
* Bernald S. Smith (1984)
* Stanley W. Smith (1957)
* Earl R. Southee (1982)
* Charles Spratt (1993)
* William C. Sproull (1997)
* Robert M. Stanley (1976)
* Sterling V. Starr (1979)
* Joseph P. Steinhauser (1994)
*Harvey Stephens
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(1966)
* Karl H. Striedieck II (1980)
* Floyd J. Sweet (1963)
* Robert F. Symons (1958)
* Paul E. Tuntland (1955)
* Gunter Voltz (2004)
* Bernard L. Wiggin (1977)
* Elizabeth Woodward (1967)
* Orville Wright (1955)
* Wilbur Wright (1955)
* Eugart W. Yerian (1991)
See also
*List of notable glider pilots
This list of notable glider pilots contains the names of those who have achieved fame in gliding and in other fields:
Notable in gliding
* Ruth Alexander - female altitude record breaker, first woman glider instructor in the U.S.
* Sergei Anokhin ...
*National Aviation Hall of Fame
The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) is a museum, annual awards ceremony and learning and research center that was founded in 1962 as an Ohio non-profit corporation in Dayton, Ohio, United States, known as the "Birthplace of Aviation" with it ...
*National Soaring Museum
The National Soaring Museum (NSM) is an aviation museum whose stated aim is to preserve the history of motorless flight. It is located on top of Harris Hill near Elmira, New York, United States.
The NSM is the Soaring Society of America's officia ...
* North American aviation halls of fame
This list of aviation awards is an index to articles about notable awards given in the field of aviation. It includes a list of awards for winners of competitions or records, a list of awards by the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, various oth ...
References
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External links
Soaring Hall of Fame
website
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Gliding in the United States
Aviation halls of fame
Halls of fame in New York (state)
1975 establishments in New York (state)