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Gathering of Eagles

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For over 6,000 years the bald eagle has been a symbol of  power, courage, conquest, freedom, independence, truth, the soul or its bearer, and immortality. In mythology, this majestic bird was believed to have been the bearer of emperors to heaven on its wings.

 
When you consider the characteristics of an eagle: independent; keen vision; resilient; resourceful and protective of its nest, mate and young, what better icon for an aviator could there possibly be?

Gathered in this place are South Carolina's aviators who have been recognized by their peers and the South Carolina Aviation Association as deserving enshrinement in the South Carolina Aviation Hall of Fame. 

These are indeed Eagles, may their names forever blaze across the Carolina sky.

 

Hall of Fame Members

Listed by Name

and Year

Austin, Samuel  F.

1994

 

Ballard, Gerald  M.

2004

 

Barry, Jack

2004

 

Bedard, Frank  

2002

 

Bolden, Charles  F.

1996

 

Bryant, Robert  Edmiston

1993

 

Butters, Raymond

2006

Colgate, Darden  “Coke”

1996

 

Crouch, Horace  “Sally”

1998

 

Culbertson, Frank  L.

1997

 

Cureton, John

1991

 

Cusworth , Maynard 

1992

 

Dickerson, Nettie DuRant

1996

 

Duke, Charles Moss

1994

 

Faison, Haywood  “Woody”

1999

 

Farrow, William G. "Billy"

2006

Flatley, James H.

2000

 

Gannon  Roland “Rocky”

2001

 

Giltner, Joe 

1991

 

Hadwin, Thomas  Cecil

1994

 

Hamilton, Jimmie  L. "Jim"

1993

 

Hamilton, John  W.

1992

 

Hawkins, William  “Bill”

1995

 

Hembel, Caroline Etheridge

1994

 

Hembel, Lester F.

1994

 

Henderson, Ernest

1991

 

Hiers, Furtick

2001

 

Hitt, Richard  “Dick”

1999

 

Hollings, Ernest  "Fritz"

2003

 

Howard, Bevo

1991

 

Huggins, M.B.  “Dusty”

1996

 

Johnson, Benjamin Franklin

2005

 

Johnson, Hansford T.

2005

 

Jones, Howell, “Nick”

1998

 

Joye, Carroll

2003

 

Leventis, Phil

2006

Lynam, Elliott  Huger

1995

 

Martin, Dexter

1991

 

McEntire, Barnie  B.

1992

 

McNair, Roland  E.

1992

 

Miler, George  G.

2002

 

Miller, Frances

1991

 

Moss, Cyrus  “Buck”

1993

 

Motsinger, Xen  K.

1997

 

Newton, Lloyd  “Fig”

1998

 

Orr, Lee 

2001

 

Pilaar, Carolyn M.

1997

 

Povey, Len

1991

 

Pulliam, Robert "Bob"

2000

 

Roth, Sylvia

1993

 

Russell, Robert  “Bob”

2003

 

Shaffer, Edward  T.H.

2002

 

Shelton, John Nelson

2000

 

Springs, Elliot White

1992

 

Stewart, Jimmie

2006

Summer, Thomas S.

1999

 

Talbert, John T.

1995

 

Wilder, Joseph B.

1994

 

Williamson, John Henry

2005

 

 

Hall of Fame Members

Listed by Year of Induction


 

2009

Robert Sumwalt

2008

Robert Sleigher
General Jones E. Bolt
Major Rudolf Anderson

2007

Randolph Battle
Wendall Gibson
Robert Walker

2006

Leventis, Phil

Aviator of the Year

 

Farrow, William G. "Billy"

Butters, Raymond

Stewart, Jimmie 

2005
General Hansford T. Johnson
John "Henry" Luke Williamson
Benjamin Franklin Johnson

2004
Gerald M. Ballard
Jack Barry

 

2003
Robert “Bob” Russell
Aviator of the Year

Senator Ernest "Fritz" Hollings
Carroll Joye

2002
Captain Edward T.H. Shaffer, Jr.
Aviator of the Year

Frank Bedard
George G. Miler, Jr.

2001
Roland “Rocky” J. Gannon
Aviator of the Year

A. Lee Orr
Hiers Furtick

2000
Robert (Bob) C. Pulliam
Aviator of the Year

Rear Admiral (Ret.) James H. Flatley, III
John Nelson Shelton

1999
Richard “Dick” L. Hitt
Aviator of the Year

Haywood R. “Woody” Faison
Thomas S. Summer

1998
Howell C. “Nick” Jones
Aviator of the Year

Horace Ellis “Sally” Crouch
General Lloyd W. “Fig” Newton

1997
Frank L. Culbertson Jr.
Aviator of the Year

Carolyn Pilaar
Xen K. Motsinger

1996
General Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Aviator of the Year

Colgate “Coke” Darden III
Nettie DuRant Dickerson
M.B. “Dusty” Huggins

1995
Caroline Etheridge Hembel
Aviator of the Year

William W. “Bill” Hawkins
Elliott Huger Lynam Jr.
John T. Talbert Jr.

1994
Samuel F. Austin
Aviator of the Year

Charles Moss Duke Jr.
Thomas Cecil Hadwin
Lester F. Hembel
Joseph B. Wilder

1993
Jimmie L. "Jim" Hamilton
Aviator of the Year

Robert Edmiston Bryant
Cyrus Robert “Buck” Moss
Sylvia Roth

1992
Maynard Cusworth
Aviator of the Year

John W. Hamilton
Barnie B. McEntire Jr.
Ronald E. McNair
Elliott White Springs

1991
Ernest Henderson
Aviator of the Year

John Cureton
Joe Giltner
Bevo Howard
Dexter Martin
Frances Higham Miller
Len Povey