Nominations are now being accepted for the 2017 Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. Those selected will be announced in September and will be inducted during the Lone Star Flight Museum’s annual gala in May 2017.
The selection advisory committee, created by the Lone Star Flight Museum Board of Directors, is composed of 11 distinguished industry experts from across the country. Members include a former Johnson Space Center Director, a member of the Texas Historical Commission, authors of aviation-related books and editors of aviation magazines, a former aviation museum director and a current professor of History. The committee will research the candidates and make recommendations to the Lone Star Flight Museum Board of Directors, who will ultimately finalize the choices.
To be selected as an inductee into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame (TAHOF), one must be either a Texan who has made extraordinary contributions to aviation, or a Texas aviator who has made an extraordinary contribution to the United States or the world in another field.
To view a complete list of current members, please visit www.lonestarflight.org.
Those honored at the Lone Star Flight Museum’s 2017 gala will join the already impressive list of past inductees including World War II aviator and Honorary Chairman of the Capital Campaign President George H. W. Bush, airline great Howard Hughes, US Air Force pilot and NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz and astronauts Gene Cernan, Alan Bean and John Young.
To nominate someone for the TAHOF, please send his or her name (or group name) along with an outline of the Texas aspects of the life and work of the suggested honoree as well as a statement as to why you believe that person or persons is deserving, to [email protected] by Aug. 1.
*“Aviation” is defined expansively to include designing, building, piloting, instructing, and maintaining aircraft; the airline industry; ballooning; soaring and gliders; historical research and preservation; the space program; and both civilian and military roles.
*“Texan” is also defined expansively to include natives as well as people who moved to Texas from elsewhere and completed some significant portion of their recognized accomplishments while in Texas.
