-Editorial- For decades our
aviation heroes have been honored and enshrined in the Alabama Aviation Hall of
Fame, permanently housed in the Birmingham Southern Museum of Flight. Their stories tell a personal history of extraordinary
aviators and Alabama aviation. Established as a public agency of the state, seven
politically appointed board of directors are entrusted to promote and encourage
the growth and public support of aviation, especially general aviation within
the state. It provides official and public recognition and honor to
individuals, living or dead, who by extraordinary achievement and service have
made outstanding and substantial contributions to aviation in Alabama.
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-Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame Induction Gala 2007-
Every other year board members solicit nominations, select four worthy individuals, hold an induction ceremony, and unveil their sculptured likeness and biography for placement in the Hall of Fame -except this year. What was once a well-attended gala has dwindled to, nothing. This should have been the year; October should have been the month that would add four additional meritorious aviators to the nearly eighty enshrined since the 1980s. Yet there has only been silence, as if no one would notice the board declined and broke the trust without notice.
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-Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame at the Southern Museum of Flight-
Our Hall of Fame inductees are the inspiration, the character and fabric to which we aviators and citizens aspire. They are our history our legends and we give them recognition so richly deserved. Being silent, and therefore, consequently inactive, the board disrespects those enshrined and denies those who should be. Further development of the Hall of Fame Foundation operation is in jeopardy while Alabama is launching a new Aerospace era.
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-Hall of Fame inductee plaque-
The 2013 induction ceremony has failed; the opportunity for sustaining fundraising delayed, and new inductees deferred four years. A leadership change to operate and restore prestige, trust and financial stability of Aviation Hall of Fame should begin immediately.
Alabama will not forget the Aviation Hall of Fame and legacy of those men and women inducted. At this writing the Hall of Fame website is down. For more information see: ALAv Related Story - B Meyer
-Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame Induction Gala 2007-
Every other year board members solicit nominations, select four worthy individuals, hold an induction ceremony, and unveil their sculptured likeness and biography for placement in the Hall of Fame -except this year. What was once a well-attended gala has dwindled to, nothing. This should have been the year; October should have been the month that would add four additional meritorious aviators to the nearly eighty enshrined since the 1980s. Yet there has only been silence, as if no one would notice the board declined and broke the trust without notice.
-Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame at the Southern Museum of Flight-
Our Hall of Fame inductees are the inspiration, the character and fabric to which we aviators and citizens aspire. They are our history our legends and we give them recognition so richly deserved. Being silent, and therefore, consequently inactive, the board disrespects those enshrined and denies those who should be. Further development of the Hall of Fame Foundation operation is in jeopardy while Alabama is launching a new Aerospace era.
-Hall of Fame inductee plaque-
The 2013 induction ceremony has failed; the opportunity for sustaining fundraising delayed, and new inductees deferred four years. A leadership change to operate and restore prestige, trust and financial stability of Aviation Hall of Fame should begin immediately.
Alabama will not forget the Aviation Hall of Fame and legacy of those men and women inducted. At this writing the Hall of Fame website is down. For more information see: ALAv Related Story - B Meyer