KANSANS HONORED AT WRIGHT BROTHERS’ CELEBRATION
For twenty years, the Annual Wright Brothers’ Celebration has honored Kansans who have made significant contributions to aviation in Kansas. The Inductees are recognized under the following award categories:
- Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame Awards
- Kansas Governor’s Aviation Honor Awards
- Kansas Aerospace Educator of the Year Awards
All Inductees are permanently recognized at the Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita, Kansas, in its Hall Of Fame display.
Historical documentation compiled by Robert "Bob" Armstrong, courtesy of the department of Aviation, State of Kansas.
KANSAS AVIATION HALL OF FAME AWARDS
- Olive Ann Beech – November 14, 1986
- Walter H. Beech – November 13, 1987
- William H. Wells – November 13, 1987
- Amelia Earhart Putnam – November 11, 1988
- Frank E. Hedrick – November 11, 1988
- Clyde Vernon Cessna – November 3, 1989
- Dwane L. Wallace – November 16, 1990
- Charles H. Blosser – November 16, 1990
- Ronald E. Evans – November 16, 1990
- William Powell Lear, Sr. – November 16, 1990
- Julius Earl Schaefer – November 15, 1991
- Theodore (Ted) Arthur Wells – November 15, 1991
- Lloyd C. Stearman – November 15, 1991
- Joe H. Engle – November 15, 1991
- Max E. Bleck – November 13, 1992
- Harold G. (Hal) Dick – November 3, 1995
- Russell W. Meyer, Jr. – November 1, 1996
- Albin Kasper Longren – November 21, 1997
- Steven A. Hawley, Ph.D. – November 21, 1997
- Lionel D. Alford – November 13, 1998
- Emil Matthew Laird – November 12, 1999
KANSAS GOVERNORS AVIATION HONOR AWARDS
- Marilyn Copeland – November 13, 1987
- Orville E. Dickerhoof – November 13, 1987
- Tony Le Vier – November 13, 1987
- Mary L. Aikins – November 11, 1988
- Eldon W. Cessna – November 3, 1989
- Moya Olsen Lear – November 16, 1990
- William Helton – November 16, 1990
- Elton H. Rowley – November 15, 1991
- Peter T. (Pete) Reynolds – November 13, 1992
- Charles E. Carpenter – November 13, 1992
- Jan Roskam – November 12, 1993
- David D. Blanton, Sr. – November 12, 1993
- U. L. “Rip” Gooch – November 12, 1993
- Max L. Ary – November 4, 1994
- George Mills Boyd – November 4, 1994
- Linda Hall Daschle – November 4, 1994
- Kenneth W. Barnard – November 3, 1995
- Charles William Seitz – November 3, 1995
- Frank Joseph Rowe & Craig Miner – November 3, 1995
- Daniel L. Meisinger – November 1, 1996
- Ronald G. H. Smith – November 1, 1996
- Ronald D. Ryan – November 21, 1997
- Harold E. Neuman – November 21, 1997
- Joe Conrad Funk & Howard Clark Funk – Nov. 13, 1998
- Dr. A. Porter Davis – November 12, 1999
- Robert S. Hagan – November 12, 1999
- Cletus Pottebaum – November 12, 1999
- William H. Wentz – November 12, 1999
KANSAS AEROSPACE EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS
- Bill Judd – November, 1984
- Barbara Baldwin – November, 1985
- Karen Tucker – November, 1986
- Phillip Headings – November, 1987
- Sue Lyon – November, 1988
- Beverly Hoskins – November, 1989
- Kiki Papke – November, 1990
- Ann Collinsworth – November, 1991
- Steve French – November, 1992
- Shelia Hiser – November, 1993
- Elizabeth E. Dicken – November, 1994
- Harold G. (Hal) Dick – November, 1995
- Bonnie L. Johnson – November, 1996
- Dodge-Edison Partnership School – November, 1997
- Barbara Moscript – November, 1998
- Richard E. Kirkland – November, 1999