EAA Unveils 2024 Sport Aviation Halls of Fame Inductees

The 2024 class of inductees include Sebastien Heintz of Zenith Aircraft and vintage aircraft restorers Dave and Jeanne Allen.

EAA Hall of Fame award [Courtesy: EAA]

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has announced its 2024 class of inductees for the Sport Aviation Halls of Fame.

"The EAA Sport Aviation Halls of Fame were established to honor the outstanding achievements of men and women in aviation who share the spirit of EAA and its community," the organization said. "Those inducted into the halls of fame are selected by their peers for myriad contributions made to their respective areas of aviation."

The 2024 class will honor six inductees, representing the Vintage Aircraft Association, the International Aerobatic Club, ultralights, EAA Warbirds and homebuilders. 

The 2024 inductees include:

  • EAA Homebuilders Hall of Fame: Sebastien Heintz, owner and president of Zenith Aircraft Company;
  • International Aerobatic Club Hall of Fame: Linda Meyers Morrissey, a multi-time medalist at the World Aerobatic Championship, and long-time member of the U.S. Unlimited Aerobatic Team;
  • Warbirds of America Hall of Fame: Frank Stickler, a former U.S. Air Force and American Airlines pilot, and founder of Fox 51, a maintenance business focused on antique and warbird airplanes;
  • Vintage Aircraft Association Hall of Fame: Dave and Jeanne Allen (posthumous), the husband-wife restoration team known throughout the fly-in circuit for multiple projects including a 1930 Waco ASO and a 1947 Piper PA-11 Cub Special.
  • EAA Ultralights Hall of Fame: Dave Goulet (posthumous), co-founder of Quad City Ultralight Corporation, known for manufacturing the Quad City Challenger.

The inductees will be honored by EAA at a dinner ceremony on October 16, in the Eagle Hangar of the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh Wisconsin.

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

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