2006 Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/achievement/year-of-induction/2006 Honoring Rhode Island's Rich Aviation History Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:56:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://riahof.org/wp-content/uploads/riahof-512x512-1-150x150.png 2006 Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/achievement/year-of-induction/2006 32 32 Senior Chief Malcolm L. Craig, USN https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-navy/senior-chief-malcolm-l-craig-usn Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:31:48 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1373 Senior Chief Malcolm L. Craig, US Navy (1927-2006) was a Combat Air Crewman, World War II, Korea and Vietnam Veteran. Malcolm Craig was born in Charlotte, Maine and enlisted in the Navy in 1943 at age 16. After receiving navigation training he became a LORAN (Long Range Navigation) specialist. By the time he retired as […]

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]]> Captain Frederick E. Dick https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-army/captain-frederick-dick-us-army-air-corps-1920-2005 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:26:33 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=785 Captain Frederick E. Dick, US Army Air Corps (1920-2005) was a WWII fighter ace was a long-time Barrington resident.

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]]> Jack Everling https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-navy/jack-everling Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:28:52 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=1470 Jack Everling enlisted in the Navy V-5 program in 1945, but did not get to flight school until 1947–and thanks to severe cutbacks in Navy flying did not get his wings until 1949. He flew Skyraiders in combat in Korea–102 missions off the USS Princeton; then in 1955 became the first Air Department officer aboard […]

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]]> Colonel Patrick D. Fleming https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-navy/colonel-patrick-d-fleming-usaf-usn-1917-1955 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:26:33 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=782 Colonel Patrick D. Fleming, USAF (USN) (1917-1955) – this former Jamestown resident and 1941 Annapolis graduate was a World War II Hellcat ace and a Navy test pilot who went to flight school in 1943. He received night fighter training at Quonset, where he met his wife-to-be Neville, daughter of  retired Navy Commander Owen Bartlett […]

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]]> Gerald T. Hanley, Sr. https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/ri-national-guard/gerald-t-hanley-sr-1884-1950 https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/ri-national-guard/gerald-t-hanley-sr-1884-1950#comments Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:26:33 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=776 Gerald T. Hanley, Sr. (1884-1950) is considered the founder of the Rhode Island Air National Guard. Then-1st Lt. Hanley of Battery A, Coast Artillery, in the RI state militia used his own Curtiss hydro-aeroplane to provide basic aeronautics instruction to members of his battery well before the US entry into World War I. Early flier […]

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]]> https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/ri-national-guard/gerald-t-hanley-sr-1884-1950/feed 1 LT Norman Prince https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/other-military/lt-norman-prince-1887-1916 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:26:33 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=772 LT Norman Prince (1887-1916) was the 55th American to earn a pilot’s license (1911). He is best known as one of the founders of the famed Lafayette Escadrille, the group of American volunteer pilots who flew for France before the US entered World War I.

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