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List of U.S. Ballooning Hall of Fame inductees

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The U.S. Ballooning Hall of Fame is located at the National Balloon Museum in Indianola, Iowa.

The Hall of Fame "recognizes persons who have contributed in significant ways to the sport and or development of Ballooning."

The following persons have been inducted into the Hall of Fame:[1]

  • 2004: Paul E. (Ed) Yost
  • 2005: Don N. Kersten, Sidney D. Cutter
  • 2006: Bruce Comstock, Peter Pellegrino
  • 2007: Deke Sonnichsen, Malcolm Stevenson Forbes
  • 2008: Tracy Barnes, Eddie Allen
  • 2009: Jim Winker, Lucy Luck Stefan, Karl H. Stefan
  • 2010: Anthony M. Fairbanks, Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Thomas A.F. Sheppard
  • 2011: Ben L. Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, Dewey Reinhard
  • 2012: Carol Rymer Davis, Dr. William Grabb, Matt Wiederkehr
  • 2013: Dennis E. Floden, William Murtorff, Dr. Clayton Lay Thomas
  • 2014: Nikki Caplan, Chauncey Dunn, Don Piccard
  • 2015: Robert Dodds Meddock, Jr., Constance C. Wolf
  • 2016: Troy Bradley, Bill Bussey, Bob Sparks
  • 2017: David Levin, Steve Fossett, Thaddeus Lowe
  • 2018: Debbra Spaeth, Alan Blount, Ward Van Orman
  • 2019: Eleanor Vadala, Jim Birk—McAllen, Nick Saum[2]
  • 2020: Coy Foster, Mark Sullivan [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". Balloon Federation of America. Balloon Federation of America. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Hall Of Fame Induction". Ballooning Hall of Fame. July 28, 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Hall Of Fame 2020". nationalballoonmuseum.com. BFA. Retrieved 27 November 2020.