{"id":36952,"date":"2026-10-26T23:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=36952"},"modified":"2026-10-26T23:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:27:03","slug":"hall-of-fame-class-of-2026-inducted-at-indiana-aviation-honors-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/indiana\/hall-of-fame-class-of-2026-inducted-at-indiana-aviation-honors-banquet\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Hall of Fame Class of 2026 Inducted at Indiana Aviation Honors Banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo – 2026 Hall of Fame Board (L-R : Jason Napier, Chris Gray, Sean White, Rick Norris, Jenny Mullett, Bob Duncan (’23 Inductee), Bruce Montigney, Jordan Bullard, J.C. Buehler, Tom Carney PhD (’24 Inductee), and Dave Newill. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indiana Aviation Honors Banquet was held Saturday, September 19th in Carmel, Indiana with over 300 guests in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Stanley Adkins MD, AME<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The event marked the induction of the Hall of Fame Class of 2026:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Stanley Adkins, MD, Air Force veteran, FAA Medical Examiner<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Michael Doades, decorated Army veteran, ATA Airlines L-1011 Fleet Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • William Eyster, Angola Airport manager, aviation entrepreneur, FAA Examiner<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Edward B. Newill, Executive and engineer, Allison Engines<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • James Paulsen, CAPT. USN (ret), decorated naval aviator, FAA Examiner<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Orin Moore Welch, aviation pioneer, test pilot, aircraft designer and inventor, airport manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jeff Wood, Air Force veteran, Thunderbird Flight Team pilot, aviation entrepreneur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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    Jeff Wood, USAF and Thunderbird (ret).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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    James Paulsen, USN (ret).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    The Inductees received a personalized INAHOF medallion and crystal desk award. A permanent plaque recognizing each Inductee will be placed in the Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame exhibit at the Indianapolis International Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Photo – 2026 Hall of Fame Board (L-R : Jason Napier, Chris Gray, Sean White, Rick Norris, Jenny Mullett, Bob Duncan (’23 Inductee), Bruce Montigney, Jordan Bullard, J.C. Buehler, Tom Carney PhD (’24 Inductee), and Dave Newill. The Indiana Aviation Honors Banquet was held Saturday, September 19th in Carmel, Indiana with over 300 guests in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indiana"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-BOARD-INAHOF-edit.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36958,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36952\/revisions\/36958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}