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| Honoree: | Inducted: | Description: |
| Buzz Aldrin | 1971 | Astronaut, Apollo XI Moon landing flight |
| William M. Allen | 1975 | Industrialist - Boeing Aircraft Company |
| William A. Anders | 1990 | Astronaut, Apollo 8, first to leave Earth's orbit and orbit Moon |
| Neil A. Armstrong | 1971 | Astronaut, Apollo XI, first man on Moon |
| Henry H. Arnold | 1972 | General U.S. Army - Air power proponent |
| John L. Atwood | 1984 | Aerospace industry executive |
| Bernt Balchen | 1976 | Arctic explorer |
| Olive Ann Beech | 1995 | Aviation industrialist; co-founder Beech Aircraft Company |
| Walter Herschel Beech | 1982 | Aircraft designer - industrialist |
| William A. Bishop | 1967 | Air Marshal RCAF - WW I fighter ace |
| Louis Bleriot | 1967 | French aero pioneer |
| William E. Boeing | 1984 | Aircraft manufacturer - founder Boeing Aircraft Company |
| Frank Borman | 1990 | Astronaut, Apollo 8, first to leave Earth's orbit and orbit Moon |
| Karel J. Bossart | 1965 | Rocket engineer |
| Wernher von Braun | 1965 | Rocket scientist |
| Louis C. Breguet | 1980 | French aero pioneer - engineer - industrialist |
| Richard E. Byrd | 1968 | Polar explorer |
| Sir Sydney Camm | 1984 | British designer - Hurricane designer |
| Gianni Caproni | 1983 | Italian pioneer aircraft designer |
| Sir George Cayley | 1974 | Science of flight pioneer - inventor |
| Clyde V. Cessna | 1983 | American aircraft manufacturer - industrialist |
| Octave Chanute | 1974 | First aviation historian - aero engineer |
| Juan de la Cierva | 1966 | Pioneer of rotary flight |
| Sir Alan J. Cobham | 1997 | Visionary proponent of long distance flight and mid-air refueling |
| Jacqueline Cochran | 1965 | Aviation record holder |
| Michael Collins | 1971 | Astronaut - pilot of Apollo XI Moon landing flight |
| A. Scott Crossfield | 1965 | NASA test pilot |
| Glenn H. Curtiss | 1965 | Early U.S. aeroplane designer and pilot |
| Marcel Dassault | 1973 | Premier French aircraft designer |
| Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. | 1996 | American airman and statesman |
| James H. Doolittle | 1966 | General USAF - aviation record holder - WW II commander |
| Claude Dornier | 1987 | German designer of early all-metal aircraft |
| Donald W. Douglas | 1967 | Aero designer - builder of transport aircraft |
| Lord Hugh Dowding | 1985 | Aero Chief Marshall RAF - Battle of Britain commander |
| Hugh L. Dryden | 1974 | Aerodynamicist - scientist |
| Ira C. Eaker | 1981 | General USAF - WW II commander |
| Amelia Earhart | 1967 | Pioneer aviatrix and record holder |
| Sir George Edwards | 1989 | English aerospace industrialist |
| Kraftt A. Ehricke | 1966 | Rocket and space scientist |
| Jacob Christian Hansen Ellehammer | 1986 | First powered flight in Europe |
| Henri Farman | 1988 | French pioneer, designer |
| Frank W. Fink | 1968 | Aeronautical engineer - industrialist |
| Rueben H. Fleet | 1965 | Aircraft pioneer - industrialist |
| Henrik Focke | 1993 | Pioneer helicopter designer |
| Anthony Fokker | 1970 | Early Dutch aircraft designer - builder |
| Yuri A. Gagarin | 1970 | Russian cosmonaut - first man to orbit Earth |
| Robert R. Gilruth | 1992 | Aerospace scientist and engineer |
| John H. Glenn, Jr. | 1968 | First U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth |
| George W. Goddard | 1976 | Pioneer of aerial photography |
| Robert H. Goddard | 1966 | Rocket pioneer |
| Leroy R. Grumman | 1973 | U.S. aircraft designer |
| Sir Frederick Handley Page | 1987 | British designer, manufacturer, and industry leader |
| Geoffrey de Havilland | 1972 | Pioneer British aircraft designer |
| Edward Henry Heinemann | 1982 | Aero engineer - designer |
| Ernst Heinkel | 1981 | German aeronautical engineer - industrialist |
| Howard Hughes | 1987 | American designer, air racer, and airline president |
| Capt. Elrey B. Jeppesen | 1995 | Creator of Jeppesen Airway Manual |
| Clarence L. Johnson | 1965 | Aeronautical engineer designer |
| Hugo Junkers | 1976 | Pioneer German aircraft designer |
| Theodore von Karman | 1968 | Aerospace scientist |
| James H. Kindelberger | 1977 | Aero designer |
| Sir Charles Kingsford- Smith | 1986 | Austalian long-distance pioneer |
| Sergei Pavolovich Korolev | 1990 | Rocket scientist - directed launch of Sputnik in 1957 |
| Isaac M. Laddon | 1975 | Pioneer aero engineer - inventor |
| William P. Lear | 1981 | Engineer - inventor - aircraft manufacturer |
| Curtiss E. LeMay | 1979 | U.S. Air Commander and air power advocate |
| A.W. "Tony" LeVier | 1993 | Premier test pilot |
| Otto Lilienthal | 1972 | Early German glider pilot |
| Charles A. Lindbergh | 1965 | First man to fly the Atlantic nonstop and solo |
| Edwin A. Link, Jr. | 1992 | Pioneer flight simulator designer |
| Alexander Martin Lippisch | 1985 | Pioneer German aerodynamicist |
| Grover Loening | 1965 | U.S. aero engineer - seaplane designer |
| James A. Lovell, Jr. | 1990 | Astronaut, Apollo 8, first to leave Earth's orbit and orbit the Moon |
| John A. Macready | 1976 | Early test pilot |
| Glenn L. Martin | 1977 | Pioneer U.S. aero engineer |
| James S. McDonnell | 1981 | Aeronautical engineer - aerospace industrialist |
| Willi E. Messerschmitt | 1979 | German aircraft designer - industrialist |
| Artyom Mikoyan | 1996 | Soviet aircraft designer and engineer |
| Reginald Mitchell | 1986 | British designer - Spitfire designer |
| William E. Mitchell | 1970 | Pioneer air power advocate |
| Marc A. Mitscher | 1989 | American naval airpower proponent |
| Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier | 1983 | French balloon pioneers - first manned flight |
| John K. Northrop | 1972 | Aeronautical engineer - designer - industrialist |
| Hermann Oberth | 1980 | Pioneer German rocket engineer |
| Hans J.P. von Ohain | 1982 | German inventor of jet engine |
| Auguste and Jean Piccard | 1991 | Pioneer aeronauts |
| William H. Pickering | 1979 | U.S. space scientist |
| William T. Piper | 1993 | Renowned light aircraft manufacturer |
| Paul Poberezney | 1997 | Founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association |
| Wiley H. Post | 1997 | American pioneer aviator |
| Ludwig Prandtl | 1992 | Father aerodynamic theory |
| Robert C. Reeve | 1980 | Pioneer Alaska pilot - airline executive |
| Baron Manfred von Richtofen | 1968 | Leading German ace WW I |
| Edward V. Rickenbacker | 1966 | Leading U.S. ace WW I |
| Frederick H. Rohr | 1966 | Aircraft designer - industrialist |
| Elbert L. "Burt" Rutan | 1988 | Designer of first non-stop, unrefueled around the world plane |
| T. Claude Ryan | 1965 | Aircraft designer - industrialist |
| Alberto Santos-Dumont | 1967 | Pioneer Brazilian aviator |
| Walter M. Schirra, Jr. | 1970 | U.S. astronaut - flew in Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs |
| Edgar Schmued | 1991 | Aeroplane designer |
| Alan B. Shepard, Jr. | 1971 | First U.S. astronaut - Flew in Mercury and Apollo Programs |
| Igor I. Sikorsky | 1966 | Engineer - helicopter inventor |
| C.R. Smith | 1996 | Founding president of American Airlines |
| Sir Thomas Sopwith | 1979 | Pioneer British aero engineer - industrialist |
| Carl A. Spaatz | 1977 | First Chief of Staff USAF - WW II commander |
| Lawrence B. Sperry | 1979 | Inventor of automatic flight equipment |
| John H. Towers | 1973 | Early U.S. naval air power advocate |
| Hugh M. Trenchard | 1977 | Founder of the Royal Air Force |
| Juan Terry Trippe | 1982 | Founder of Pan American World Airways |
| Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky | 1989 | Soviet space scientist |
| Andrei Tupolev | 1988 | Soviet designer, engineer |
| Sir Alliot Verdon-Roe | 1980 | Pioneer British designer |
| Waldo D. Waterman | 1968 | Pioneer aviator and aero engineer |
| Sir Frank Whittle | 1967 | British inventor of the jet engine |
| Orville and Wilbur Wright | 1965 | First powered human flight |
| John W. Young | 1995 | Astronaut, test pilot, first Space Shuttle commander |
| Charles E. Yeager | 1966 | First man to exceed the speed of sound |
| Ferdinand von Zeppelin | 1975 | Pioneer German airship designer - builder |
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