The Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation, recognized by the State of Minnesota as a means of honoring aviation pioneers.

Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

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, Inc. collects and maintains a biographical file on each significant Minnesota aviation personality. These files include interview tapes, photos and other memorabilia.

Replica

Replica

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s of the award plaques given to the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame inductees are on display in the passenger waiting area of the Duluth International Airport

Duluth International Airport

Duluth International Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located five nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Duluth, a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It serves the Duluth-Superior area including Superior, Wisconsin...

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See also

• Early Birds of Aviation
  Early Birds of Aviation
  The Early Birds of Aviation is an organization devoted to the history of early pilots. The organization was started in 1928 and ultimately accepted a membership of 598. Membership was limited to those who piloted a glider, gas balloon, or airplane, prior to December 17, 1916. The cutoff date was...
  
  
• Timeline of aviation
  Timeline of aviation
  This article does not contain direct references or citations but it builds upon other articles in Wikipedia which you can find in the links and in the year by year articles to the left. Those articles have references and citations...
  
  
• Wright brothers
  Wright brothers
  The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur , were two Americans credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903...
  
  
• military aviation
  Military aviation
  Military aviation is the use of aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling warfare, including national airlift capacity to provide logistical supply to forces stationed in a theater or along a front. Air power includes the national means of conducting such...
  
  
• civil aviation
  Civil aviation
  Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military aviation, both private and commercial. Most of the countries in the world are members of the International Civil Aviation Organization and work together to establish common standards and recommended practices...
  
  
• commercial aviation
  Commercial aviation
  Commercial aviation is the part of civil aviation that involves operating aircraft for hire to transport passengers or cargo...
  
  
• general aviation
  General aviation
  General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
  
  
• National Aviation Hall of Fame
  National Aviation Hall of Fame
  The American National Aviation Hall of Fame is located at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, east Dayton, Ohio...
  
  
• American Combat Airman Hall of Fame
• Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame
  Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame
  Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame is located in the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona which recognises Arizona's "Excellence in Aviation". The Aviation Hall of Fame exhibit is located in the honored Dorothy Finley Space Gallery on the Museum grounds...
  
  
• Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame
  Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame
  The Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame was established by the Colorado Aviation Historical Society in Denver, Colorado, USA, on November 11, 1969 for the State of Colorado. The original and first ten Colorado aviation pioneers were inducted into the Hall on that date. Guest speaker for the event was...
  
  
• Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame
• Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey
  Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey
  The Aviation Hall Of Fame & Museum of New Jersey was founded in 1972 and preserves New Jersey's aviation and space heritage. The museum displays historic aircraft, space equipment, artifacts, photographs, art and a model collection, many of which were donations from private sources. It is the first...
  
  
• Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame
• Texas Aviation Hall of Fame
• Utah Aviation Hall of Fame
  Utah Aviation Hall of Fame
  The Utah Aviation Hall of Fame was established in 1996 to honor and recognize individuals in the State of Utah who have contributed significantly to Utah aviation...
  
  
• Western Canada Aviation Museum
  Western Canada Aviation Museum
  The Western Canada Aviation Museum is a museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the second largest aviation museum in Canada. The collection is housed in an original Trans-Canada Air Lines hangar dating from the 1930s....