The National Aviation Hall of Fame
Class of 2007 Enshrined July 21, 2007

Click HERE to see Evelyn Johnson's acceptance speech.

The Class of 2007 is: Walter J. Boyne, former Director of the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum, aviation historian and best-selling author; Steve Fossett, globetrotting adventurer who holds numerous world records in balloons, gliders and powered aircraft; Evelyn Bryan Johnson, a flight instructor who has logged more flight hours, trained more pilots, and given more FAA exams than any other pilot; Sally K. Ride, America’s first woman in space aboard NASA’s STS-7 Shuttle mission; and Frederick W. Smith, innovative founder of FedEx, a $32-billion global transportation, business services and logistics company.

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Evelyn Bryan Johnson Click HERE to see Evelyn Johnson's acceptance speech. This video was shot by Chapter 17's Mark Scheuer, and appears courtesy of his personal website. Email him if you want to know more about the Dayton ceremony.	Evelyn Bryan Johnson was looking for a respite from running a business when she decided to take up flying as a hobby in 1944. She began teaching others the same day she received her instructor rating in 1947. As a FAA-designated pilot examiner, she has administered over 9,000 check rides. Johnson is recognized for logging more hours, 60,000-plus, than any woman on earth, and was the 20^th woman in the U.S. to earn a helicopter pilot’s license. Since 1953 she has also served as the manager of Tennessee’s Moore-Murrell Field. An active member of the Ninety-Nines, Johnson flew in five Powder-Puff Derbys and took part in an international race from Washington, D.C. to Havana, Cuba. Johnson has received hundreds of honors including induction in the Flight Instructor’s Hall of Fame, Women in Aviation’s International Pioneer Hall of Fame, and both the Tennessee and Kentucky Aviation Hall’s of Fame.
The National Aviation Hall of Fame Class of 2007 Enshrined July 21, 2007 Click HERE to see Evelyn Johnson's acceptance speech. The Class of 2007 is: Walter J. Boyne, former Director of the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum, aviation historian and best-selling author; Steve Fossett, globetrotting adventurer who holds numerous world records in balloons, gliders and powered aircraft; Evelyn Bryan Johnson, a flight instructor who has logged more flight hours, trained more pilots, and given more FAA exams than any other pilot; Sally K. Ride, America’s first woman in space aboard NASA’s STS-7 Shuttle mission; and Frederick W. Smith, innovative founder of FedEx, a $32-billion global transportation, business services and logistics company.