Sun, Jul 11, 2010
Four To Be Inducted Into The National Aviation Hall Of
Fame
Four American visionaries of flight are to be honored for
their contributions to aviation on July 17 at the 49th annual
Enshrinement Dinner & Ceremony at the National Aviation Hall of
Fame (NAHF) in Dayton, Ohio.
The 2010 inductees will join the roster of 203 men and women of
aviation who have been honored by the NAHF.
- Capt. Alan Bean, USN (Ret.) - Bean served as a lunar module
pilot for Apollo 12 and commander of the Skylab 3 mission. He is
now a noted artist.
- Warren G. Grimes - Grimes is noted as the "father of aircraft
lighting" and the inventor of aircraft navigation instruments.
- Clay Lacy - Lacy is an over 50,000-hour pilot, business
aviation entrepreneur and cinematographer for many Hollywood
pictures, including Top Gun and The Right Stuff.
- Noel Wien - Wien was an Arctic flight expert who founded Wien
Alaska Airlines, one of the oldest airlines in the United States.
He is listed as one of the 10 greatest pilots of all time.
Clay Lacy
The 2010 Milton Caniff "Spirit of Flight" Award recipient will
be the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), an
organization representing the interests of business aviation. The
award is bestowed annually upon an organization in recognition of
its achievement in advancing aviation.
"As home to 24 astronauts and two internationally recognized
flight innovation centers, Ohio has always been at the forefront of
aerospace development," said Ron Kaplan, NAHF enshrinement
director. "It is a privilege every year to honor the nation's
leaders in aviation, and welcome them to the birthplace of
flight."
There are two dedicated federal aerospace laboratories -
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton and NASA Glenn in
Cleveland - in the state of Ohio, as well as ten aerospace related
doctoral programs at Ohio universities. Graduates of these
institutions provide a cluster of highly skilled and educated
workers. Ohio's aerospace industry is supported by the state's Ohio
Third Frontier, a $1.6 billion initiative to help catalyze
connections between companies and academia.
"Ohio is home to some of the best and brightest talent in the
aerospace industry, and continues to provide the necessary
resources to allow both businesses to succeed and for individuals
to pursue their professional and personal aspirations without
having to sacrifice one for the other," said Ed Burghard, executive
director of the Ohio Business Development Coalition.
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