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 in
Elmira, New York
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, 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 (1955)
* Stephen J. Bennis (1977)
* Paul F. Bikle (1960)
* Howard C. Blossom (1989)
* William Hawley Bowlus (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
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People
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* Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alex Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alex Forsyth (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ale ...
(1967)
*Chester Decker
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(1978)
* Helen R. Dick (1968)
* Richard C. duPont (1954)
*Stephen duPont
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(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
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(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
Dr. Wolfgang Benjamin Klemperer (January 18, 1893 – March 25, 1965) was born in Dresden, Germany, the son of the Austrian nationals Leon and Charlotte Klemperer. He was in his time a prominent aviation and aerospace scientist and engineer, who ...
(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 (2001)
* Robert Lee Moore (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 (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 (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
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first succes ...
(1955)
*Wilbur Wright
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation List of aviation pioneers, pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flyin ...
(1955)
* Eugart W. Yerian (1991)
See also
* List of notable glider pilots
*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 ...
* National Soaring Museum
* North American aviation halls of fame
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)