Enshrinement Past Nominees

Nominees for enshrinement

For as many has been nominated, few have been enshrined. Induction into the National Aviation Hall of Fame is exclusive and elusive.

At the NAHF, we begin the “honor” part of our mission through our thorough Board of Nominations process. Every year a group of Enshrinees, industry leaders, historians and aviation authorities study the lives of the over 300 men and woman who have been nominated by our members for enshrinement. Through several rounds of voting and then a final round of vetting by their peers, a small select group of American’s who have excelled in one of the many facets of aviation are chosen to become Inductees of the NAHF.

Below is the complete list of the people who are nominated for enshrinement. Once you are nominated, you stay on the ballot forever.
If your favorite aviation legend in not already inducted or not on the list below, navigate to the nomination page and submit their name today.

• Abbey, George W. S. 2003
• Abrahamson, James 2020
• Adams, Michael J. 1999
• Adams, William E. 2019
• Aderholt, Harry C. 2006
• Airey, Paul W. 2000
• Aldrin, Edwin 2019
• Allen, Edmund T. 1978
• Allen, Jr., Arthur H. 2024
• Anderson, Neil R. 2008
• Anderson, Orvil A. 1964
• Andrews, Frank 2021
• Angel, James Crawford 2020
• Arnstein, Karl 1994
• Asbury-Oliver, Suzanne 2007
• Ascani, Fred J. 2005
• Avis, Warren 2000
• Baer, Paul F. 2005
• Bailey, Austin J. 2004
• Balchen, Bernt 2023
• Bane, Thurman 2021
• Banning, James H. 2012
• Barnes, Florence L. 1998
• Barrett, Colleen 2022
• Beall, Wellwood E. 2008
• Beauvais, Ed 2019
• Beck, Clark E. 2000
• Beerbower, Don 2021
• Behrat, William 2020
• Bellinger, Patrick 2002
• Benn, Velta S. 2005
• Berlin, Donovan R. 2004
• Berry, Charles A. 2018
• Berta, Richard 2017
• Best, Richard Halsey 2020
• Binzer, Robert Dean 2021
• Blair, Charles F. 1999
• Blair, William R. 1977
• Blakeslee, Donald J. M. 2000
• Bolen, Edward Michael 2021
• Bowers, Peter 2016
• Brady, Tim 2015
• Braniff, Thomas E. 1973
• Brereton, Lewis H. 2003
• Brill, Jay 2020
• Bristow, Alan E. 2009
• Brizendine, John C. 2009
• Brookins, Walter R. 2002
• Brookley, Wendell H. 2009
• Brown, Morton W. 2010
• Bruno, Harry A. 1978
• Buehl, Ernest Herman 2014
• Bullock, Walter R. 1984
• Bunce, Pete 2024
• Burgess, W. Starling 1983
• Cabana, Robert D. 2012
• Caldwell, Frank W. 1998
• Caniff, Milton A. P. 2012
• Canteberry, Henry D. 2018
• Carlson, Floyd 2020
• Carroll, Franklin O. 2006
• Chambers, Washington I.
• Chandler, Charles D. 1998
• Charles, Ralph L. 2004
• Chevalier, Godfrey
• Chin, Arthur 2008
• Clark, Julie E. 2010
• Cleary, Charles 2017
• Cody, Richard 2014
• Coffey, Cornelius 2019
• Cole, Richard 2015
• Colgan, William B. 2004
• Collins, Harold E. 2006
• Collins, Sr., Kenneth S. 2008
• Collins, Richard 2021
• Conroy, Jack 2014
• Cook, Orval R. 1996
• Cooper, David F. 2019
• Copsey, Robert 2004
• Crandell, Bruce P. 2019
• Crane, Carl J. 2019
• Crawford, Oliver 2006
• Crew, Carl 2019
• Cronkite, Walter 2014
• Crosson, Joseph E. 1992
• Currie-Gregg, Nancy 2016
• Dahlberg, Kenneth H. 2005
• Dalton, Philip 2001
• Darcy-Hennemann, Suzanna 2009
• Dau, Frederick J. 1973
• Davidson, Burdon L. 1999
• Davidson, Ross 2000
• Davis, Douglas H. 1999
• Davis, Emmett S. 2007
• Davis, Thomas H. 2000
• Deeds, Edward A. 1982
• Desjardins, Stanley P. 2001
• Dietz, William C. 1997
• Dixon, Cromwell Pratt 2021
• Dixon, Robert J. 2004
• Doyle, Charles P. 2008
• Dunlap, David E. 1997
• Dunlop, Dawn 2023
• Durand, William F.
• Eastman Jr., William D. 2003
• Echols, Oliver P. 1971
• Egtvedt, Clairmont L. 1997
• Eichhorn, Adrian A. 2024
• Elder, Ruth
• Elsner, William J. 2002
• Epps, Ben T. 2017
• Eustace, Alan 2022
• Evans, Thomas G. 2013
• Evenson, Mervin 2016
• Fairbanks, David 2020
• Farr, Jack G. 2005
• Fisher, Herbert O. 1976
• Fiske, Billy 2021
• Fletcher, Charles J. 2001
• Flower, Scott 2000
• Fowler, Harlan D. 1982
• Fowler, Robert
• Frazier, John W. 2009
• Freeman, Ed W. 2019
• Fulkerson, Grover J. 2004
• Gable, Clark 2022
• Garratt, Carol Ann 2020
• Garvey, Jane 2021
• Gates Jr., Charlie C. 2006
• Gates, Artemus L. 1988
• Gay Jr., George H. 1989
• Gaylord, Harvey 1998
• Gentry, Jerauld R. 2001
• George, Harold L. 1977
• Gillespie, Edward Alan 2021
• Gittens, Angela 2021
• Goglia, John J. 2017
• Gold, Dave 1999
• Goodlin, Chalmers H. 2002
• Goulian, Michael 2019
• Greene, Leonard Michael 2017
• Gregory, Hollingsworth F. 1997
• Greve, Louis W. 2001
• Hackney, Duane 2010
• Haddaway, George E. 1989
• Hails, Robert E. 2006
• Haise, Fred W. 2013
• Hall, Earnest 2015
• Hall, Robert L. 2003
• Halvorsen, Gail S. 2011
• Handleman, Phillip 2016
• Harris, Harold R. 1983
• Hartranft, Jr., Joseph B. 2000
• Hawks, Francis M. 2005
• Hedrick, Frank 1999
• Heim, Henry 2009
• Henderson, Clifford W. 2005
• Hinton, Steve 2007
• Hinton, Walter 1980
• Hitchcock, Fred 1977
• Holland, Rob 2024
• Holloway, Bruce K. 2011
• Holzapple, Joseph R. 2000
• Horne, Lena 2019
• Horner, Mansfield H. 1983
• Howe, David W. 1996
• Huff, Zumpt 2017
• Hulsizer, Theodore 2023
• Hunsaker, Jerome C. 1977
• Hunt, Jack R. 2009
• Hyland, Lawrence A. 1986
• Iannarelli, Janine 2016
• Ice, Clyde W. 1984
• Ingalls, Laura 1980
• Irvine Clarence S. 1975
• Jayne, Barbara K. 2000
• Jayne, Marion P. 1996
• Jeffries, John 2019
• Jemison, Mae 2024
• Jerdone, Frank H. 2007
• Jessen, Gene N. 2018
• Johnson, Edward A. 1997
• Johnson, Howard 2007
• Johnson, Leon W. 1998
• Johnson, Robert s. 2008
• Johnston, Ivan 2023
• Jones, Bradley 1973
• Jones, John D. 2009
• Jones, John M. 1984
• Just, Timothy 2024
• Kahn, Roger 2022
• Kaman, Charles H. 1985
• Kartveli, Alexander 1974
• Kasler, James 2007
• Kelly, Oakley G. 2001
• Kennedy, John F. 2021
• Kepner, William E. 2006
• Kershner, William K. 2004
• Kettles, Charles S. 2019
• Kilcline, Thomas 2017
• King, Claude F. 2008
• Knacke, Theodore W. 2003
• Knerr, Hugh J. 1982
• Kohn, Edwin R. 2005
• Kotcher Ezra 1975
• Kurtz, Frank 2005
• Kushner, Hal 2019
• Laird, Emil M. 1978
• Landis, James 2014
• Lansdowne, Zachary 1994
• Lay, Bernie 2014
• Layton, Ronald 2008
• Lederer, Jerome 1975
• Leonard, Royal
• Lincoln, John W. 2017
• Loudenslager, Leonard E. 2005
• Loving, Neal Vernon 2022
• Lowe, Thaddeus S. C. 1976
• Lucid, Shannon W. 1997
• Lyon, William 2017
• Lyster, Theodore C.
• MacDonald, Charles H. 2001
• Mace, Joan R. 2008
• Maddux, John Luther 2023
• Magee, John Gillespie 2015
• Mahurin, Walker 2011
• Maitland, Lester 1998
• Malachowski, Nicole 2009
• Mantz, Albert 2014
• Markowski, Michael A. 2008
• Marshall, Marion Anthony 2023
• Marshall, Wyman F. 1989
• Martin, William K. 1981
• Mathis, Jack W. 1993
• Mattern, James J. 2005
• Maule, Belford D. 2001
• McCall, Robert T. 2014
• McClenaghan, Raymond 2007
• McCorkle, Fred 2024
• McCormick, Bryce 2019
• McCoy, Howard M. 2006
• McCulloch, Robert 1981
• McLean, William 2014
• McNeely, William 2024
• McPeak, Merrill 2022
• Melvill, Michael W. 2018
• Merrill, Henry T. 1982
• Meyer, Corwin H. 2005
• Myers, Mary 2022
• Miller, James E. 2018
• Miller, John M. 1996
• Miller, Max U. 2019
• Miller, Thomas H. 1996
• Milling, Thomas D. 2003
• Mills, Jr., Hugh L. 2013
• Morgan, Robert K. 1995
• Murphy, Michael 2001
• Murray, Francis J. 2008
• Musick, Edwin C. 1985
• Musk, Elon 2022
• Mustin, Henry C. 2017
• McNeely, William 2024
• Myers, Henry T. 2009
• Myers, Mary 2022
• Nelson, Erik H. 2000
• Newton, Lloyd W. 2023
• Nichols, Nichelle 2017
• Norwood, William 2017
• Novosel, Michael J. 1994
• Noyes, Blanche
• Nutter, Zoe Dell 2016
• Odegard, John D. 2006
• O’Donnell, Jr., Emmett 1974
• Olds, Robert 1973
• Oliver, Ruth Law 1997
• Omlie, Phoebe 2022
• Oswald, Steven 2017
• Parker, Will D. 1975
• Parks, Oliver 2007
• Parmelee, Phillip 2019
• Parr, Ralph S. 2003
• Parrish, Noel 2019
• Pavlecka, Vladimir H. 2013
• Pearson, Alexander 2005
• Pellegreno, Ann D. H. 2011
• Pelton, Jack 2021
• Perish, Ken 2023
• Perot, Jr., Ross 2016
• Peterson, Chesley G. 1993
• Peterson, Frank 2017
• Phillips, Samuel C. 2007
• Pisanos, Steve 2006
• Pobanz, Otto C. 2011
• Poorman, Roy 2024
• Porter, Hank 2023
• Potts, Jr., Ramsay D. 1993
• Precourt, Charles J. 2004
• Preddy, Jr., George E. 2003
• Prescott, Robert W. 1987
• Pride, Alfred M. 1977
• Pryor, Paul 2020
• Quick, William L.
• Race, John 2016
• Radford, Arthur W. 1970
• Rahn, Robert O. 1997
• Rall, Frederick T. 2010
• Randolph, Jennings 1999
• Rawlings, Edwin W. 1997
• Reder, Robert 2017
• Reightler, Kenneth 2017
• Resnick, Judy 2019
• Richter, Paul E. 2003
• Riddle, John P. 2024
• Rihn-Harvey, Deborah J. 2016
• Ringenbert, Margaret 2024
• Robinson, Curtis C. 2013
• Robinson, Frank D. 1998
• Robinson, John C. 2019
• Rodgers, John
• Roosa, Stuart A. 2002
• Rosanvallon, John 2020
• Rosendahl, Charles E. 1977
• Rowe, Brian H. 1994
• Royce, Ralph 1996
• Schiff, Barry 2018
• Schilling, David C. 1984
• Schimmoler, Lauretta M. 2004
• Schneider, Eddie A. 2008
• Schweizer, Earnest, Paul A., William, Leslie, Paul H., and W. Stuart 2024
• Seals, Larry D. 2006
• Sensenich, Harry & Martin 2012
• Sharp, Evelyn G. 2019
• Smith, Arthur R. 2005
• Smith, Elinor 1982
• Smith, Lowell H. 1968
• Snook, Neta 2021
• Snow, Crocker 2003
• Snow, Leland 2008
• Sohn, Clement 2024
• Soplata, Walter 2024
• Soucek, Apollo 1975
• Spencer, Chauncey E. 2006
• Spencer, Percival 2019
• Squires, George O. 2019
• Stevens, Michael C. 2012
• Stimpson, Edward 2021
• Stout, William B. 2005
• Stratton, William 1999
• Sullenberger, Chelsey B. 2013
• Sullivan, Dennis B. 2008
• Suter, Richard “Moody” 2017
• Sweeny, Charles 2020
• Switlik, Sr., Richard 1992
• Taylor, C. Gilbert 1987
• Taylor, III, James B. 1997
• Taylor, Jr., James B. 1987
• Taylor, Robert L. 2011
• Terry, Ronald W. 2007
• Theodorsen, Theodore 2006
• Thomas, Richard G. 2017
• Thompson, Stephen W. 1999
• Thornbury, Paul C. 2005
• Tier, Nancy H. 1992
• Timm, Otto W. 1996
• Tinsley, Jean K. 2005
• Titus, Robert F. 2014
• Tobias, Connie J. 2009
• Towle, Tom 1997
• Townsend, Harry 2016
• Tracey, Edward 2014
• Travolta, John 2015
• Tunner, William H. 1984
• Turnbow, James W. 2001
• Turpen, Louis A. 2011
• Udvar-Hazy, Steven 2016
• Vaucher, Thomas R. 2017
• Verville, Alfred J. 2000
• Vincent, Clinton D. 1983
• Vincent, Jesse G. 1984
• Vojvodich, Mele 2008
• Warden, Henry E. 2004
• Warner, James W. 2001
• Waterman, Waldo D. 1975
• Watson, Florene 2006
• Watson, Harold Earnest 2014
• Weeks, Jack W. 2008
• Weeks, Kermit 2020
• Welsh, Arthur L. 2011
• Wetherbee, James 2020
• White, Alvin S. 2003
• Whitehead, Ennis C. 1973
• Whitman, Ray P. 1973
• Willard, Robert 2017
• Williams, Alford J. 1992
• Wilson, Gill R. 1997
• Wilson, Raymond M. 2010
• Wilson, Winston P. 1991
• Windecker, Leo J. 2004
• Wolf, Fritz E. 1997
• Wolfe, Kenneth B. 1974
• Woolsey 2022
• Worden, Alfred 2016
• Wright, Katharine 1976
• Wright, Theodore P.
• Young, David L. 2013
• Zable, Walter 2017
• Zeamer, Jay 2019