www.PSFmagazine.com | December 2018 - January 2019 | 7 6 | December 2018 - January 2019 | Powered Sport Flying • EAA Ultralights Hall of Fame: Eugene Smith (posthumous) • Vintage Aircraft Association Hall of Fame: Ron Alexander (posthumous) 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. Those inducted into the halls of fame are selected by their peers for myriad contributions made to their respective areas of aviation. Eugene Smith (pictured above), the Ultralight Hall of Fame inductee, was a Missouri native, earned a mechanical engineering degree and eventually started a flight training and crop-dusting operation while also owning a farm in Missouri. His gift and passion for mechanical design and innovation led him in 1998 to start Valley Engineering with his son, Larry. That company designed the popular Back Yard Flyer ultralight. Smith also created more than 20 other aircraft. In 2001, he acquired Culver Props, and his two businesses have long supplied the ultralight and light sport aircraft communities with complete aircraft, as well as components such as reduction drive systems, engines, and propellers. He died in December 2016. Press Pass EAA Honors Five Aviators With Halls of Fame Induction The Experimental Aircraft Association recognized the contributions made to the world of flight by five people as they were inducted into the EAA Sport Aviation Halls of Fame on November 8 during a ceremony at the EAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The five inductees represent a spectrum of aviation within the EAA community and have achieved notable successes within their particular realm of flight: • EAA Homebuilders Hall of Fame: Darryl Murphy of Chilliwack, British Columbia • International Aerobatic Club Hall of Fame: Thomas Adams Jr. of Brenham, Texas • Warbirds of America Hall of Fame: Jack Roush of Livonia, Michigan All-Time List of Inductees EAA Hall of Fame Ultralights 1999: Homer Kolb, John Moody, Chuck Slusarczyk 2000: Boris Popov, Wayne Ison 2001: Mike Sacrey 2002: John Chotia, Tom Peghiny 2003: Mike Jacober 2004: Klaus Hill, Bert Howland 2005: Larry Mauro 2006: Bob Lovejoy, Volmer Jensen 2007: Mike Markowski 2008: Mike Loehle 2009: Roy Pinner 2010: John Ballantyne 2011: Jack McCornack 2012: Taras Kiceniuk Jr. 2013: Frank Beagle 2014: Lowell Farrand 2015: Leonard Milholland 2016: Tracy Knauss 2017: Mary Jones 2018: Eugene Smith
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