A Pikeville native, trained in the U.S. Air Service in 1920 and 1921 and thereafter “barnstormed” and operated a flight training and charter service in eastern Kentucky. Later, in Cincinnati, he co-founded Embry-Riddle, which continued as a very successful training and aircraft sales company. During World War II, his companies trained thousands of World War II pilots, and developed a major air cargo airline.
John Paul Riddle
- was enshrined in 1996, Featured
