O. Wendell Murphy
was recognized with the Aviation Achievement Award in 2001 The Aviation Achievement Award honored the late O. Wendell Murphy, co-founder of the Kentucky Aviation History Roundtable, the Aviation Museum of […]
2001
Capt. Solomon Lee Van Meter
This Lexington native was a successful farmer, inventor and businessman. Between 1910 and 1916 he invented several parachute devices for saving aviators’ lives, receiving patents in 1916. Entering the US
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Brig Gen Noel F. Parrish
Gen Noel Parrish, a native of Lexington, had a dramatic impact on the U.S. Armed Forces and our entire nation. He was the white commanding officer of Tuskegee Army Air
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Wilbur Lee ‘Will’ Paris
Learned to fly at Old Shawnee Airport, barnstormed in his 40-hp Taylorcraft to help with finances. Graduate, Spartan School of Aerodynamics (Oklahoma) in the late 30s. Joined RAF via Canada
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Gen Jack Gregory USAF
Gen Gregory completed over 35 years of Air Force service before retiring in 1988. He held every level of command in the fighter business including a fighter squadron in the
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Herschel H. ‘Herky’ Green
One of the few American pilots to rank as Aces in two aircraft, Herschel Green was born in Mayfield, Ky. in July 1920. When he was five, a barnstorming team
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