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List of U.S. Ballooning Hall of Fame Inductees facts for kids

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The U.S. Ballooning Hall of Fame is located at the National Balloon Museum in Indianola, Iowa.

The Hall of Fame "recognizes persons who have contributed in significant ways to the sport and or development of Ballooning."

The following persons have been inducted into the Hall of Fame:

  • 2004: Paul E. (Ed) Yost
  • 2005: Don N. Kersten, Sidney D. Cutter
  • 2006: Bruce Comstock, Peter Pellegrino
  • 2007: Deke Sonnichsen, Malcolm Stevenson Forbes
  • 2008: Tracy Barnes, Eddie Allen
  • 2009: Jim Winker, Lucy Luck Stefan, Karl H. Stefan
  • 2010: Anthony M. Fairbanks, Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Thomas A.F. Sheppard
  • 2011: Ben L. Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, Dewey Reinhard
  • 2012: Carol Rymer Davis, Dr. William Grabb, Matt Wiederkehr
  • 2013: Dennis E. Floden, William Murtorff, Dr. Clayton Lay Thomas
  • 2014: Nikki Caplan, Chauncey Dunn, Don Piccard
  • 2015: Robert Dodds Meddock, Jr., Constance C. Wolf
  • 2016: Troy Bradley, Bill Bussey, Bob Sparks
  • 2017: David Levin, Steve Fossett, Thaddeus Lowe
  • 2018: Debbra Spaeth, Alan Blount, Ward Van Orman
  • 2019: Eleanor Vadala, Jim Birk—McAllen, Nick Saum
  • 2020: Coy Foster, Mark Sullivan
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