From Deseret News archives:
Utah Aviation Hall of Fame
Maj. Gen. Orvil A. Anderson, U.S. Air Force. A native of Springville, known for strategic planning and services during World War II; first commandant of the Air War College.
Gen. John Kenneth Cannon, U.S. Air Force. Born in Salt Lake City, his career spanned World War I, World War II and the Korean War.
Col. Glenn Todd Eagleston, U.S. Air Force, leading ace in the World War II Ninth Air Force in Europe, known as the "fighter pilot's fighter pilot."
Capt. Richard Taylor Eastmond, U.S. Navy, highly decorated World War II Navy ace, born in Provo.
Col. Bernard F. Fisher, U.S. Air Force, born in California and raised in Utah, awarded the Medal of Honor for action in Vietnam.
Jacob Edwin Garn, Utah Aeronautics Commission, earned the first pilot's license issued in Utah, served as a pilot in World War I and as first director of the Utah Division of Aeronautics.
Col. Gail S. Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force, known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" for dropping candy and gum during the Berlin Airlift in 1948-49.
Robert H. Hinckley, born in Fillmore, started Pacific Airways in Ogden in 1927, served on the Civil Aeronautics Authority under Franklin D. Roosevelt and developed a Civilian Pilot Training Program.
Col. Lorin Lavar Johnson, U.S. Air Force, native of Payson, earned numerous decorations for service in the Pacific during World War II.
Col. Willard R. Macfarlane, U.S. Air Force, born in Ogden, set eight world time-to-climb records, served extensively in Southeast Asia.
Col. Russell Lowell Maughan, U.S. Air Force, served in World Wars I and II, first pilot to fly dawn-to-dusk and coast-to-coast on June 23, 1924, native of Logan.
Alberta Hunt Nicholson, Women Air Force Service Pilot, born in Oregon, learned to fly in Salt Lake City, served in World War II, from 1955-1976 flew in eight Powder Puff Derbies (transcontinental races for women).
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