The annual induction ceremony is held at the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA's) AirVenture Museum located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The event includes the organization's Annual Membership Meeting, a no-host reception, a sit-down dinner and the ceremony itself. A silent auction was added to the reception as a scholarship fund raiser in 2003. The museum is open to event participants prior to the evening's festivities.
The museum's Eagle Hangar provides a fitting backdrop as the lives of the year's inductees are relived through a multimedia presentation. Surrounded by family, friends, coworkers and fellow aviators, the inductees are welcomed into the hall by previous inductees.
The first induction ceremony was conducted in 1986. Three Wisconsin aviators were inducted annually until 2000 when a Pioneer category was added. This group of inductees made their respective marks in aviation prior to the Lindbergh flight in May 1927. Currently, there may be as many as six individuals inducted into the Hall of Fame each year.
The links below will take you to a celebration of each year's event through images and other event data.
Scott Crossfield, 1986 featured speaker (WAHF photo by David Weiman)
Robert Goebel, 2003 WAHF inductee (WAHF photo)
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