ARKANSAS AVIATION HALL OF FAME

Established in 1980 by the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society, the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame is based in Little Rock, Ark. 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
J. 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.