Aerospace Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/achievement/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/aerospace Honoring Rhode Island's Rich Aviation History Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:48:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://riahof.org/wp-content/uploads/riahof-512x512-1-150x150.png Aerospace Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/achievement/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/aerospace 32 32 MG Bill Anders, USAF (Ret) https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-air-force/mg-bill-anders-usaf-ret Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:52:07 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1309 Retired Air Force Major General, Apollo 8 Astronaut and former Textron executive Bill Anders is one of the first three humans to view the dark side of the moon. Anders described his experiences and his famous photograph, “Earthrise,” which he took on Christmas Eve, 1968. Along with the first pictures taken of the earth from […]

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]]> George Chakoian https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-air-force/aerospace-engineer-george-chakoian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:26:32 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=778 Aerospace engineer George Chakoian flew 46 combat missions in the Pacific as a radio operator/gunner on a B-24. After graduating from RI School of Design in 1948, he began a technical career that spanned six decades. His specialty was airdrop systems, and he was Project Engineer for a number of projects relating to the airborne […]

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]]> MG Philip Conley, USAF (Ret) https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-air-force/retired-air-force-major-general-philip-conley Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:26:49 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=788 General Philip Conley is a LaSalle Academy alumnus and a 1950 Naval Academy graduate who grew up in West Warwick and flew combat missions in Korea and Vietnam. He earned a Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea, flying with the famous forward air controller unit known as the “Mosquitoes”. Conley eventually rose to head the Flight Test […]

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]]> Captain James R. Henderson USN (Ret) https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/administrators-educators/captain-james-r-henderson-usn-ret Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:26:33 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=822 Captain James R. Henderson USN (Ret) (1924 – 2010) retired from Quonset Point Naval Air Station in 1975 after a 32-year Navy career that started in 1942 and spanned three wars. He flew more than 10 different aircraft and served in torpedo and anti-submarine squadrons on 12 different aircraft carriers. He served as Landing Signal […]

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]]> COL Sherwood C. “Woody” Spring, USA (Ret.) https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/aerospace/col-sherwood-c-woody-spring-usa-ret Sat, 23 Oct 2004 19:27:41 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=1494 Colonel Sherwood "Woody" Spring, USA (Ret.) graduated from Ponaganset High School, Chepachet, RI in 1963. Woody was selected as a NASA Astronaut in May 1980. He has experience in 25 types of airplanes and helicopters logging over 4,000 hours flying time.

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