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Octave Chanute
Samuel P. Langley
Frank P. Lahm
Benjamin D. Foulois
Thomas Scott Baldwin
Alexander Graham Bell
Eugene Burton Ely
Alfred Austell Cunningham
A. Roy Knabenshue
Albert Cushing Reed

Landmarks of our Aviation Heritage
In special tribute to aviation, the National Aviation Hall of Fame was organized three years ago...

Daytonians are proud of their rich aviation heritage. We continually recognize the important contributions to aerospace science which had their beginning and continued fulfillment here.

In honor of these, the NAtional Aviation Hall of Fame was established in Dayton on October 6, 1962 with the chartering of a non-profit Ohio corporation as the result of actions started by the aviation committee, Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce.

Aviation's Hall of Fame was established to give recognition to those who have made or are making significant contributions to aviation in its various phases of development and progress, historically and presently.

In the first selection year there were two awards. In 1963 four awards were made, two for the period of achievement "up to 1910" and two for the prior period of achievement "up to 1905." In each subsequent selection year, two additional awards may be made for any prior period of achievement.

The procedure:
[[Four Columned Table]]
| Selection Year | Period of Achievements | Selection Year | Period of Achievements |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

| 1962 | Up to 1905 | 1969 | Up to 1940 |
| 1963 | Up to 1910 | 1970 | Up to 1945 |
| 1964 | Up to 1915 | 1971 | Up to 1950 |
| 1965 | Up to 1920 | 1972 | Up to 1955 |
| 1966 | Up to 1925 | 1973 | Up to 1960 |
| 1967 | Up to 1930 | 1974 | Up to 1965 |
| 1968 | Up to 1935 | 1975 | Up to 1970 |

A statement of the recipient's accomplishments is inscribed on a plaque which is presents to the National Aviation Hall of Fame-a replica plaque is given to the family. The plaques belonging to the Hall of Fame now hang in the Air Force Museum but plans are being made for a National Aviation Hall of Fame facility. This facility will give honor to all of the men who gave us wings.

The first two recipients of the National Aviation Hall of Fame Award were Orville and Wilbur Wright. Their award was for the co-invention of the first successful man-carrying powered airplane.

The second year-1963-recognized four more.

Octave Chanute, for successful man-carrying glider flights and for experiments and compilation of information which helped many others in flight research.

Samuel P. Langley, for studies of air and space, demonstrations of the practicability of mechanical flight and guidance to others.

Frank P. Lahm, first Army airplane and dirigible pilot, for realizing the potential of the airplane for military purposes and for organizing military air training.

Benjamin D. Foulois, first Army Air Corps pilot for advancement of military aviation and for leadership of the Army Air Corps for many years.

Those entered in 1964 numbered six.

Thomas Scott Baldwin, for early pioneering in balloons, by basically improving parachutes and developing and demonstrating successful dirigibles.

Glenn Hammond Curtis, for developing lightweight engines, by improving airplanes and control systems and by creating basic new forms of airplanes.

Theodore Gordon Ellyson, for pioneering and advancement of naval aviation and by eminence as the first naval aviator.

John Joseph Montgomery, for research into the nature of laws of flight, by building and testing a series of early gliders with flight control systems, and by bringing widespread attention to aeronautics by public demonstration of gliders.

Calbraith Perry Rodgers, for demonstrating the feasibility of transcontinental flight from Long Island to Pasadena, California.

Henry W. Walen, for conceiving, building and demonstrating manned flight in the first successful monoplane in the United States.

Those outstanding men in aviation receiving awards in 1965 include:

Alexander Graham Bell, for research into principles of lift, propulsion, and control and advancement of adequate scientific test facilities.