Model Aviation Hall of Fame
Established in 1969, the Model Aviation Hall of Fame honors those men and women who have made significant contributions to the sport of aeromodeling. The list of members is long and distinguished. Contributions may be in volunteer or administrative activities, product development, competition performance, or a variety or combination of activities.
The selection committee is composed of past and present AMA presidents and one individual selected from each of the 11 districts by its respective vice presidents. Each year, a new class is inducted into the Model Aviation Hall of Fame, and the winners are announced in Model Aviation magazine.
Any AMA member can submit a Hall of Fame nomination. For a nomination form or further information, contact the , tel:, (765) 287-1256, ext. 511.
The AMA History Program is an effort by the National Model Aviation Museum to preserve the history of model aviation. Many of these Hall of Fame members have biographies on file and links to the individual biographies have been provided. For more information about the History Program, please contact the Assistant Historian at or (756) 287-1256 ext. 511.
| Note: In 1971 and 1994, no Hall of Fame Awards were given. |
| Last Name |
First Name |
Year |
State of Residence (if living) |
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| Aberle |
Robert F. (Bob) |
1998 |
NY |
|
| Adamisin |
Arthur (Art) |
1999 |
MI |
|
| Alaback |
James E. (Jim) |
2001 |
(deceased) |
|
| Albrecht |
Jack |
1998 |
CA |
|
| Alden |
Lieut. Harold W. (John) |
1975 |
(deceased) |
|
| Aldrich |
George M. |
1984 |
(deceased) |
|
| Anderson |
Mel |
1981 |
(deceased) |
|
| Andrae |
Ralph |
2008 |
(deceased) |
|
| Andrews |
Louis J. (Lou) |
1981 |
(deceased) |
|
| Andrews |
Merrick S. (Pete) |
1993 |
(deceased) |
|
| Angus |
Everet |
1998 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 05 |
| Arden |
Ray |
2004 |
(deceased) |
|
| Armstrong |
Neil |
1997 |
OH |
|
| Atkinson |
Verlin "Bud" |
2007 |
(deceased) |
|
| Atwood |
William E. |
1982 |
(deceased) |
|
| Axelrod |
Sidney |
1980 |
(deceased) |
|
| Bassett |
Maxwell B. (Max) |
1983 |
CT |
|
| Bauer |
Charlie |
2002 |
IL |
|
| Beatty |
Frank W. |
2006 |
IL |
|
| Benjamin |
Robert A. (Bob) |
2006 |
WA |
|
| Bennett |
William G. |
2006 |
(deceased) |
|
| Beshar |
Edward |
1999 |
(deceased) |
|
| Beshar |
Joseph J. (Joe) |
1990 |
NJ |
|
| Bienenstein |
Robert |
2000 |
MI |
|
| Bilgri |
Joseph |
1989 |
(deceased) |
|
| Billett |
Walter |
1969 |
(deceased) |
|
| Bishop |
William (Bill) |
1991 |
(deceased) |
|
| Blanchard |
Willard S. (Woody) Jr. |
1989 |
VA |
|
| Bonner |
Howard |
1991 |
(deceased) |
|
| Boucher |
Robert |
1995 |
CA |
|
| Boucher |
Rolland |
2000 |
CA |
|
| Bowers |
Hurst G. |
1992 |
(deceased) |
|
| Boyer |
Paul |
1990 |
(deceased) |
|
| Bridi |
Joseph |
1996 |
CA |
|
| Brodbeck |
John W. |
1977 |
(deceased) |
|
| Brodersen |
Hardy |
2006 |
MI |
|
| Brooke |
Dr. Ralph C. |
1995 |
(deceased) |
|
| Brown |
Bob |
2006 |
PA |
|
| Brown |
Dave |
2008 |
Ohio |
|
| Brown |
George W. Jr. |
2001 |
NY |
|
| Brown |
William L. |
1974 |
(deceased) |
|
| Brown |
Willis C. |
1969 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 01 |
| Bunch |
Joel Danner(Dan) |
2001 |
CA |
|
| Bushey |
Frank |
1998 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 08 |
| Buso |
George |
1998 |
NY |
|
| Caddell |
Walt |
1985 |
(deceased) |
|
| Cahill |
James (Jim) |
1990 |
(deceased) |
|
| Calkin |
Edward Daniel |
2000 |
(deceased) |
|
| Cannon |
William M. (Bill) Jr. |
1996 |
|
|
| Champine |
Robert A. |
1993 |
VA |
|
| Christensen |
Scott |
2008 |
IA |
|
| Clark |
Donald |
1988 |
(deceased) |
|
| Clemens |
John E. |
1979 |
(deceased) |
|
| Clough |
Roy L. Jr. |
1999 |
(deceased) |
|
| Cox |
Leroy M. |
1981 |
(deceased) |
|
| Cummings |
Frank L. Jr. |
1987 |
ID |
|
| Cunnyngham |
Vic Sr. |
1995 |
(deceased) |
|
| Davidson |
Larry |
2006 |
VA |
|
| Davis |
Robert (Bob) |
2008 |
CT |
|
| DeBolt |
Harold |
1976 |
(deceased) |
|
| Denny |
Reginald |
2005 |
(deceased) |
|
| Dunham |
Robert |
1999 |
(deceased) |
|
| Effinger |
William (Bill) |
1986 |
(deceased) |
|
| Ehling |
Frank |
1976 |
(deceased) |
|
| Elgin |
Joseph (Joe) |
2000 |
(deceased) |
|
| Enyart |
William R. |
1974 |
(deceased) |
|
| Evans |
Bill |
2006 |
CA |
|
| Everett |
Dick |
1986 |
(deceased) |
|
| Fiorenze |
Bob |
2008 |
FL |
|
| Foreman |
Charles (Chuck) |
2006 |
NC |
|
| Foster |
Joseph W. |
1991 |
CA |
|
| Fox |
Duke |
1978 |
(deceased) |
|
| Fries |
Carl |
1990 |
(deceased) |
|
| Frisoli |
John |
1999 |
(deceased) |
|
| Garcher |
Frank |
1989 |
(deceased) |
|
| Gialdini |
Robert (Bob) |
2000 |
WI |
|
| Gierke |
Dave (Charles David) |
2002 |
NY |
|
| Godfrey |
Donald |
2003 |
NY |
|
| Goldberg |
Carl |
1969 |
(deceased) |
|
| Good |
Dr. Walter A. |
1969 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 11 |
| Gough |
Bill |
1988 |
(deceased) |
|
| Grant |
Charles Hampson |
1969 |
(deceased) |
|
| Gray |
David |
2008 |
IL |
|
| Gretz |
Mike |
2007 |
IA |
|
| Grigg |
John |
1998 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 20 |
| Guillow |
Paul |
1986 |
(deceased) |
|
| Hamburg |
Merrill C. |
1976 |
(deceased) |
|
| Hannan |
William C. (Bill) |
1987 |
CA |
|
| Hard |
C. Leslie (Les) |
1999 |
(deceased) |
|
| Hatschek |
Robert (Bob) |
1987 |
NY |
|
| Held |
Kenneth G. |
1980 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 07 |
| Hempel |
Gene |
2003 |
(deceased) |
|
| Henry |
Edward (Ed) |
2000 |
MO |
|
| Hester |
Maxey |
1998 |
(deceased) |
|
| Hill |
Maynard L. |
1977 |
VA |
AMA President 14 |
| Holland |
Robert L. |
1987 |
(deceased) |
|
| Hollinger |
Charles (Chuck) |
2006 |
(deceased) |
|
| Hoover |
Frank |
1995 |
(deceased) |
|
| Huguelet |
Milton |
1990 |
(deceased) |
|
| Hunt |
Robin (Bob) |
2000 |
PA |
|
| Hunt |
Tom |
2003 |
NY |
|
| Hunton |
John |
2002 |
VA |
|
| Hux |
Luther |
2003 |
VA |
|
| Italiano |
Anthony (A.J.) |
2003 |
WI |
|
| Izzo |
Ed |
1995 |
(deceased) |
|
| Johnson |
Col. Arthur H. |
2003 |
(deceased) |
|
| Johnson |
Howard |
1998 |
(deceased) AMA President 15 |
|
| Johnson |
Howard E. (Hi) |
2002 |
(deceased) |
|
| Kading |
Ludwig |
2004 |
CA |
|
| Kampen |
Owen |
1985 |
(deceased) |
|
| Kania |
Mathew |
2007 |
(deceased) |
|
| Keck |
Edward |
2004 |
(deceased) |
|
| Kirkland |
James E. (Jim) |
1975 |
(deceased) |
|
| Kirn |
James Dale |
1982 |
CA |
|
| Korda |
Richard (Dick) |
1970 |
(deceased) |
|
| Kothe |
Herb |
2001 |
CO |
|
| Kovel |
Joe |
1998 |
|
|
| Kraft |
Phill |
1978 |
(deceased) |
|
| Krehbiel |
Vernon |
1998 |
(deceased) |
|
| Laneau |
Arthur E. (Art) |
1996 |
FL |
|
| Lanzo |
Chester |
1976 |
(deceased) |
|
| Lee |
Glen |
2003 |
IL |
|
| Lee |
Clarence F. |
1983 |
CA |
|
| Leftwich |
Austin |
1998 |
VA |
|
| Lewis |
Albert L. (Al) |
1970 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 02 |
| Lidgard |
Edward J. |
1981 |
(deceased) |
|
| Light |
Gordon S. |
1986 |
CT |
|
| Lorenz |
Edward J. (Ed) |
1980 |
(deceased) |
|
| Lowe |
Donald (Don) |
1991 |
FL |
AMA President 21 |
| Lucas |
Joseph John |
1983 |
|
|
| Mackey |
Charles |
2006 |
CA |
|
| MacNabb |
Vernon |
2003 |
(deceased) |
|
| Marks |
Fred M. |
2001 |
MD |
|
| Mather |
Clarence |
2004 |
CA |
|
| Mayes |
Roy |
1997 |
CA |
|
| McCoy |
Dick |
1983 |
(deceased) |
|
| McCoy |
Tom |
2004 |
FL |
|
| McCullough |
Claude |
1979 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 10 |
| McElwee |
Francis |
1997 |
(deceased) |
|
| McEntee |
Howard |
1972 |
(deceased) |
|
| McGovern |
Donald J. |
2008 |
(deceased) |
|
| Megow |
Fred W. |
1980 |
(deceased) |
|
| Messer |
James H. |
2008 |
FL |
|
| Morgan |
Ronald |
1999 |
PA |
|
| Musciano |
Walter A. |
1987 |
NJ |
|
| Naccarato |
Addie Mae |
2003 |
(deceased) |
|
| Nekimken |
Frank |
1985 |
(deceased) |
|
| Nelson |
Gerald (Jerry) |
1998 |
OR |
|
| Netzeband |
William |
1998 |
CA |
|
| Noll |
Robert (Bob) |
2007 |
NY |
|
| Northrop |
William (Bill) |
1987 |
CA |
|
| Obarski |
Richard W. |
2005 |
(deceased) |
|
| Ohlsson |
Irwin G. |
1975 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 04 |
| Ott |
Joseph S. |
1982 |
(deceased) |
|
| Packard |
E.T. |
1978 |
(deceased) |
|
| Palmer |
Robert L. |
1981 |
(deceased) |
|
| Parenti |
Harold |
1999 |
IL |
|
| Parmenter |
Frank |
1998 |
(deceased) |
|
| Patton |
John Edward |
1997 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 17 |
| Perryman |
George |
1984 |
(deceased) |
|
| Phillips |
William Hewitt (Dick) |
1987 |
VA |
|
| Platt |
Dave |
1996 |
FL |
|
| Polk |
Irwin S. |
1974 |
(deceased) |
|
| Polk |
Nathan J. |
1974 |
(deceased) |
|
| Pond |
Bertram (Bert) |
1977 |
(deceased) |
|
| Pond |
John |
1987 |
(deceased) |
|
| Proctor |
Louis |
1987 |
(deceased) |
|
| Pruss |
Dan |
1986 |
(deceased) |
|
| Purdy |
Len |
1998 |
(deceased) |
|
| Rabe |
Al |
2006 |
TX |
|
| Randall |
Ocie |
1973 |
(deceased) |
|
| Randolph |
L.F. (Randy) |
2002 |
(deceased) |
|
| Raspante |
Joseph |
1987 |
(deceased) |
|
| Reese |
Fred |
2001 |
(deceased) |
|
| Reich |
George A. |
2000 |
OH |
|
| Renaud |
Lee |
1983 |
(deceased) |
|
| Reynolds |
Francis |
2001 |
WA |
|
| Rich |
Robert W. (Bob) |
2000 |
(deceased) |
|
| Richmond |
James (Jim) |
1988 |
FL |
|
| Richmond |
Stuart |
2001 |
FL |
|
| Robbers-Coad |
Myrtle |
1984 |
CA |
|
| Roberts |
Edward |
1998 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 03 |
| Rockwood |
Edward L. |
1982 |
(deceased) |
|
| Romak |
Bud |
1993 |
CA |
|
| Root |
Dale |
1988 |
|
|
| Rosenstock |
Norman |
1993 |
FL |
|
| Rutan |
Burt |
2005 |
CA |
|
| Sarpolus |
Dick |
1985 |
NJ |
|
| Scarinzi |
Larry |
2008 |
NJ |
|
| Schroder |
Walt |
1975 |
(deceased) |
|
| Schroeder |
Art |
1998 |
(deceased) |
|
| Shaw |
Keith |
2002 |
MI |
|
| Sheeks |
Jack R. |
2002 |
IN |
|
| Shereshaw |
Ben |
1980 |
(deceased) |
|
| Sherman |
Richard J. |
2000 |
NH |
|
| Shulman |
Leon |
1978 |
FL |
|
| Sifleet |
Robert |
1999 |
PA |
|
| Sigafoose |
L. Glen |
1979 |
(deceased) |
|
| Sig-Hester |
Hazel |
1988 |
IA |
|
| Simmers |
Wally |
1982 |
(deceased) |
|
| Smith |
Jerrold (Jerry) |
2006 |
GA |
|
| Smith |
Stephen Calhoun (Cal) |
1982 |
(deceased) |
|
| Smurthwaite |
James |
2004 |
(deceased) |
|
| Sotich |
Peter J. |
1977 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 12 |
| Spreng |
Douglas |
2003 |
AZ |
|
| Srull |
Donald |
2005 |
VA |
|
| St. Clair |
Oba |
2001 |
(deceased) |
|
| Stahl |
Earl F. |
1989 |
VA |
|
| Stalick |
Bob |
2002 |
OR |
|
| Stanzel |
Joe |
1985 |
(deceased) |
|
| Stanzel |
Victor |
1985 |
(deceased) |
|
| Steiner |
George P. |
1998 |
CA |
|
| Stillman |
Tony |
2003 |
FL |
|
| Stoloff |
Jerry |
2007 |
FL |
|
| Storey |
Keith |
1998 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 09 |
| Struck |
Henry |
1976 |
(deceased) |
|
| Sullivan |
Matthew A. (Matty) |
1979 |
(deceased) |
|
| Taibi |
R. Sal |
1974 |
CA |
|
| Tatone |
John |
1991 |
|
|
| Thomas |
Henry A. |
1988 |
AR |
|
| Thompson |
Bryant |
2002 |
CA |
|
| Tlush |
Charles |
1988 |
(deceased) |
|
| Tlush |
Frank |
1988 |
(deceased) |
|
| Tracy |
Charles L. |
1992 |
OH |
|
| Underwood |
Robert (Bob) |
1997 |
MO |
|
| Urtnowski |
Winfred (Windy) |
2003 |
NJ |
|
| Van Dover |
Abram |
2002 |
VA |
|
| Van Loo |
Vincent (Jim) |
2008 |
MO |
|
| Violett |
Bob |
1996 |
FL |
|
| Wagner |
Joe |
2000 |
AL |
|
| Walker |
Mickey |
2002 |
GA |
|
| Walker |
Nevilles E. (Jim) |
1969 |
(deceased) |
|
| Waters |
Peter |
2001 |
MI |
|
| Weathers |
Elbert J. (Joe) |
1988 |
(deceased) |
|
| Weber |
LeRoy, Jr. |
2000 |
CA |
|
| Weirick |
Cliff |
1989 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 16 |
| Werwage |
Bill |
2007 |
OH |
|
| White |
Robert Preston (Bob) |
2006 |
(deceased) |
|
| Willard |
Ken |
1977 |
(deceased) |
|
| Williams |
Granger |
1984 |
(deceased) |
|
| Williams |
Lawrence |
1984 |
(deceased) |
|
| Williams |
Warren |
2006 |
CA |
|
| Winter |
William (Bill) |
1970 |
(deceased) |
|
| Wischer |
Dolly |
1988 |
WI |
|
| Wischer |
Robert |
1997 |
(deceased) |
|
| Wisniewski |
Bill |
1979 |
(deceased) |
|
| Witt |
Earl |
1992 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 19 |
| Wooten |
Riley |
2002 |
TX |
|
| Worth |
John |
1978 |
VA |
AMA President 13 |
| Wright |
C.O. |
1975 |
(deceased) |
AMA President 06 |
| Wylam |
William Austin |
1993 |
CA |
|
| Yates |
J.C. |
2001 |
(deceased) |
|
| Yeager |
Wayne |
1999 |
MI |
|
| Zaic |
Frank |
1969 |
(deceased) |
|
| Zaic |
John |
2000 |
(deceased) |
|
| Ziroli |
Nick, Sr. |
1999 |
NY |
|