The Utah Aviation Hall of Fame was established in 1996 to honor and recognize individuals in the

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who have contributed significantly to Utah

aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot air ...

. These people have distinguished themselves through major contributions in advancing aviation or heroic accomplishments as civil or military aviators in and for the State of Utah. It is the greater goal of this program is to foster public appreciation for the contributions of these individuals to the education of

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. Specifically, the continuing education and development of

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, and

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throughout the State. The official recognition of the Utah Aviation

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was proclaimed by the Governor in 1996. It Governor proclaimed the 32nd Flight (Pioneer),

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, the National Fraternity of Military Pilots, as the sponsor and custodial agency for the program. Honorees are inducted each year around Memorial Day. The Utah Aviation Hall of Fame is located within the

Hill Aerospace Museum Hill Aerospace Museum is a military aviation museum located at Hill Air Force Base in Roy, Utah. It is dedicated to the history of the base and aviation in Utah. History Preparations for a museum began in 1984, when ground was broken on an "Ae ...

, Hill AFB, UT (Interstate 15 Exit #338 / 5600 South Exit). Hours of operation are the same as those of the museum: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday (closed Sundays and Mondays), closed December 24–25 for the Christmas Holiday and closed January 1 for New Years Day. Admission does not require entry onto Hill AFB and is free to the public.

Laurates of the Hall

In 1996, the original eleven inductees for the Hall of Fame were so honored when the Hall was established at the

. The current Administrator is Charles P. "Pat" Gilmore, Major, USAFR (Retired)

Current inductees

#Major General Orvil A. Anderson, USAF #Lieutenant Colonel Paul A. Bloomquist, AUS #General John Kenneth Cannon, USAF #Verenus "Vern" and Jessie Carter, Utah Aviation Pioneers #Brigadier General Darrell Stuart Cramer, USAF #Major General William E. Creer, USAF #Colonel Emmett Smith "Cyclone" Davis, USAF (2016) #Colonel Glenn Todd Eagleston, USAF #Captain Richard Taylor Eastmond, USN #Colonel

Bernard F. Fisher Bernard Francis "Bernie" Fisher (pronounced ''Bernerd'') (January 11, 1927 – August 16, 2014) was a United States Air Force officer and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. He was the first Air Force member ...

, USAF #Jacob Edwin Garn, Utah Aeronautic Commission #Senator

Jake Garn Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a United States senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of Congress to fly in s ...

, BGEN Utah Air National Guard #Lieutenant Commander

William Edward Hall William Edward Hall (22 August 183530 November 1894) was an English lawyer and mountaineer who published some influential works on international law. Early life Hall was the only child of William Hall, a doctor and descendant of a junior bran ...

, USNR #Colonel

Gail Halvorsen Colonel Gail Seymour "The Candy Bomber" Halvorsen (October 10, 1920 – February 16, 2022) was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings" and gained f ...

, USAF # Robert H. Hinckley, Civil Aviation #Colonel Lorin Lavar Johnson, USAF #Lieutenant Colonel Clifford D. Jolley, USAF #Colonel Willard R. Macfarlane, USAF #Colonel Russell L. Maughan, USAF #Ardeth "Art" Mortensen, Civil Aviation #Alberta Hunt Nicholson, WASPOregon Genealogy: A.H. Nicholson
/ref> #Lieutenant Colonel Chase J. Nielsen, USAF #Major General Chesley Gordon Peterson, USAF #Major Alden P. Rigby, USAF #Brigadier General

Richard Condie Sanders Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...

, USAF #Colonel Walter T. Stewart, USAF #Harold A. Sweet, China National Aviation Corporation #Brigadier General

Paul W. Tibbets Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (23 February 1915 – 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the aircraft captain who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the '' Enola Gay'' (named after his mot ...

, USAF #Lieutenant Wendell Van Twelves, USNR

Sources

Utah Aviation Hall of Fame
(Aerospace Heritage Foundation of Utah website)

External links

American Combat Airman Hall of Fame
webpage (on CAF Airpower Museum website)

webpage (on American Airpower Heritage Museum website)
World War II Memories of Wendall Van Twelves
MSS 7606; 20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. {{authority control Aviation history of the United States Aviation pioneers Aviation halls of fame Halls of fame in Utah State halls of fame in the United States Aerospace museums in Utah History organizations based in the United States Museums in Weber County, Utah 1996 establishments in Utah Buildings and structures in Weber County, Utah Awards established in 1996

Laurates of the Hall

Current inductees

See also

Sources

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