New members to the Hall of Fame were inducted annually from 1980 to 2010, and again in 2015. Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame inductees for 2015 were Jim Gaston, John Knight and James R. Risner. The hall of fame was based at the new Aerospace Education Center, 3301 East Roosevelt Road, Little Rock, Arkansas, near Little Rock National Airport, in 1995. When the Aerospace Education Center closed its doors on January 1, 2011, records were moved to the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Arkansas Studies Institute, which still hosts the records. In 2015, the society awarded its first two , while expressing the need for aviators to support the dreams of potential young pilots. Two students at Arkansas' collegiate aviation school, Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, received scholarships of $2,000 each.
Hall of Fame Inductees
1980 J. Caroll Cone, Nathan Gordon, Louise McPhetridge Thaden, James S. McDonnell Jr., Charles M. Taylor 1981 , Case Hough, Robert Snowden Jr., Admiral John S. Thach 1982 Raymond J. Ellis, Capt. Field Kindley, Claude Holbert 1983 Maj. Gen. Earl T. Ricks Jr., Lynn Helms, Albert A. Vollmecke 1984 Brig. Gen. John D. Howe, Maj. Gen. Winston P. Wilson, Eddie Holland 1985 Brig. Gen. William T. Seawell, Gen. John Paul McConnell, Maj. Pierce W. McKennon 1986 Maj. Gen. Frank A. Bailey, M.T. “Cy” Bond, Earl Rowland 1987 Maj. John H. White, Lucien M. Tallac 1988 , 1989 Capt. E. Scott McCuskey, Sanford N. McDonnell 1990 Rear AdmiralGeorge M. “Skip” Furlong Jr., John Paul Hammerschmidt 1991 Rear Admiral F. Taylor Brown, Frederick Smith 1992 Adm. William Newell Small, Lt. Col. Woodrow W. Crockett 1993 Emma W. Hall, Seth Ward 1994 Lt. Col. Hugh Mills, James Rodgers, Jack Stephens 1995 Col. Richard O. Covey USAF, Floyd Fulkerson, Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller 1996 Maj. Gen. Lewis E. Lyle, Lt. Roy Rushing, Issac T. Gilliam IV 1997 Houston J. Burford, Richard C. Butler, Harvey C. Couch Jr., Wheat Goss, Bart Gray, Dr. Lafayette Harris, Harry W. Pfeifer Jr., Arthur Phillips, Jack Pickens, John Potts, Raymond Rebsamen, J. V. Satterfield, Howard Stebbins III, Everett Tucker Jr., and Kenneth Pat Wilson 1998 Milton P. Crenchaw, J. Scott Hamilton, Col. Charles P. O’Sullivan 1999 Frank G. Tinker Jr., Fred K. Darragh Jr., Gen. Horace M. Wade 2000 Jim Burnett, Anthony DeSalvo, Lt. Gen. Charles R. Hamm 2001 Alice Walton, Jim Younkin 2002 Rodney Slater, H.A. Thomas 2003 Thomas N. Smith Jr., Brig. Gen. William H. Webster, Capt. Wilbur West 2004 Lt. Col. Robert Hite, James Stamps, Robert M. Wilson 2005 Marlon D. Green, Virginia "Mary" Proctor, Daryl Riddell 2006 Richard N. Holbert, Donald L. Holbert, Robert A. Younkin 2007 Adolphus H. "Pat" Bledsoe Jr., Zemery Melvern "Jack" Stell, Dennis R. Gardisser Ph.D., P.E. 2008 Paul Irving "Pappy" Gunn, Scott E. Parazynski M.D. 2009 Greg Arnold, Col. Billy G. Edens 2010 Brig. Gen. Paul Page Douglas Jr., James C. "Bud" Mars, Mary F. Silitch 2015 , and James R. Risner 2016 , , 2017 , , 2018 , , , 2019 , , , , ,
