Utah Aviation Hall of Fame

The Utah Aviation Hall of Fame was established in 1996 to honor and recognize individuals in the State of Utah who have contributed significantly to Utah aviation. These people have distinguished themselves through major contributions in advancing aviation or heroic accomplishments as civil or military aviators in and for the State of Utah.

It is the greater goal of this program is to foster public appreciation for the contributions of these individuals to the education of air power. Specifically, the continuing education and development of civil or general, commercial, and military aviation throughout the State.

The official recognition of the Utah Aviation Hall of Fame was proclaimed by the Governor in 1996. It Governor proclaimed the 32nd Flight (Pioneer), Order of Daedalians, the National Fraternity of Military Pilots, as the sponsor and custodial agency for the program.

Laurates of the Hall
In 1996, the original eleven inductees for the Hall of Fame were so honored when the Hall was established at the Hill Aerospace Museum. The current Administrator is Charles P. Gilmore, Major, USAFR (Retired)

Current inductees

 * 1) Major General Orvil A. Anderson, USAF
 * 2) Lieutenant Colonel Paul A. Bloomquist, AUS
 * 3) General John Kenneth Cannon, USAF
 * 4) Brigadier General Darrell Stuart Cramer, USAF
 * 5) Major General William E. Creer, USAF
 * 6) Colonel Glenn Todd Eagleston, USAF
 * 7) Captain Richard Taylor Eastmond, USN
 * 8) Colonel Bernard F. Fisher, USAF
 * 9) Jacob Edwin Garn, Utah Aeronautic Commission
 * 10) Senator Jake Garn, BGEN Utah Air National Guard
 * 11) Colonel Gail Halvorsen, USAF
 * 12) Robert H. Hinckley, Civil Aviation
 * 13) Colonel Lorin Lavar Johnson, USAF
 * 14) Lieutenant Colonel Clifford D. Jolley, USAF
 * 15) Colonel Willard R. Macfarlane, USAF
 * 16) Colonel Russell L. Maughan, USAF
 * 17) Ardeth "Art" Mortensen, Civil Aviation
 * 18) Alberta Hunt Nicholson, WASP
 * 19) Lieutenant Colonel Chase J. Nielsen, USAF
 * 20) Major General Chesley Gordon Peterson, USAF
 * 21) Major Alden P. Rigby, USAF
 * 22) Brigadier General Richard Condie Sanders, USAF
 * 23) Colonel Walter T. Stewart, USAF
 * 24) Harold A. Sweet, China National Aviation Corporation
 * 25) Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets, USAF
 * 26) Lieutenant Wendell Van Twelves, USNR

Source

 * Utah Aviation Hall of Fame (U.S. Air Force website)