Gary Buettner head and shoulders image Marie Schuette and her husband Lyle Grimm Archie Towle December 1939 Arthur Pratt Warner Dick Wixom 2015 Leonard Larson Hoyt Vandenberg USAF hedeen_hs Giles Meisenheimer Steve Wittman October 1986 brennand_pitts_special_1951 Clyde Lee with chart at front of Stinson ca unknown (Wittman Regional Airport) Carl Guell 1992 Nathan F. Twining Robert Clarke 2015 Wendell McEldowney higgins_headandshoulders Swancutt1 Jerome LeBarron Headshot Darryl Gibson 2 2015 Walter E Lees cockpit Dick and Bobbie Wagner Deke Slayton 1988 brabazon_hs_1950s Rodney Williams Alfred M. Gorham Harry Orlady Jimmy L Szajkovics 2015 Jeff N. Williams head and shoulders image Tom Thomas 2015 esse_airventure_2005 Charles M. Wood John Hatz Duffy Gaier 2015 Richard Schmidt brotz_chair
This Joker was an Ace!
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This Joker was an Ace!

From the heart of Wisconsin came a young man born of a Swedish emigrant to become one of America’s “Greatest Generation” and Wisconsin’s first jet Ace.

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40th Annual Investiture Dinner and Ceremony
Inductee group, Dave Cabelka for Lyle Grimm, Norman Florence for Alfred Gorham, Richard Schmidt, and Jeff Skiles

40th Annual Investiture Dinner and Ceremony

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Summer 2026 Forward in Flight
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Summer 2026 Forward in Flight

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Collecting and Preserving Wisconsin's Aviation History

Welcome to the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame, a membership organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing Wisconsin aviation news and history. Learn about the men and women who are making aviation history in Wisconsin and beyond.

Become a member/supporter today so that together we can continue to honor those who advance and enhance aviation in our state. Because Wisconsin aviators need heroes, too.

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Leo J. Kohn Photography Collection

Digitization and Preservation Project

Leo J. Kohn Photography Collection

Digitization and Preservation Project