Th e N ati onal Avi at ion Hall o f Fame
(NAHF ) rep ort ed last month th at th e
move of the ir a nnual Enshrineme nt
Di nne r & Cer em ony t o Fort Worth , Tex as
wa s a sm ashi ng success. Add itio nal ly, th e
or ga niza tio n i s alr eady seei ng in terest in
it s ne wl y launched Come With Us Cap ital
Camp aign.
Th e NAHF, whi ch be gan operations in
Da yton , Oh io i n 1 962, has held its
Ens hr in em en t Din ner & Ceremony in
Day ton for the l as t 54 yea rs. In December
2 016 the NAHF Board of Trust ees took a
hi sto ri c vot e to hol d the 2017 Ens hrinement
outs ide t he Day ton region. The
Con gr ession ally -char ter ed nonprofit took
thi s lea p of fa it h to increas e national visibil -
ity, all owi ng it to be tt er fulfill its mis sion. As
a res ult, the B oa rd saw an unprecedented
incr ease in sp ons orship and a surge in social
medi a eng age ment , indicating a growing
int er est in the brand and the event itself.
NAH F Pr esi de nt- ele ct Dav id Brix ey
expla ins, “O ur For t Wort h E ns hrin ement
even t w as successful on all acco un ts and
fulfil le d our go al of expandi ng th e NAHF
br an d to a larger dem ographic. This ev en t
mu st be subst an ti al so t hat our In ductees
are ho nor ed and our gu est s are insp ired.
Ou r cont inui ng mi ssi on is to create an
even t wo rt hy of na tio nal acclaim while
acc ep tin g o ur respo nsib ili ty to ens ure th e
pe rma ne nce of thi s organization we are
colle cti ve ly ent ruste d to s ust ai n. ”
On th e Fri da y ni ght prece ding th e
Enshri nem ent, th e NAHF lau nch ed it s
Co me Wi th UsCa pi ta l Cam paig n a t a VIP
Recep ti on in F ort Wo rth. New ly -e lected
NAHF Bo ard Ch ai rma n M icha el Quiello
shar es , “ Th e N AHF ha s a tw o-fold visio n
that w ill exe cu te s im ultane ously. F irst, th e
Bo ard seek s to c rea te an e ndo wme nt tha t
perma ne nt ly su stain s th e N AHF op era -
tion ally, exp and s th e NAHF b rand a nd
mi ssio n an d improv es th e o rg aniz ation’s
exi st ing pro gra ms. Co ncu rren tly, the
Learnin g Cent er, co -loca ted w ithin the
Nat ion al M us eu m of th e U nited S ta te s Air
For ce, will be ma de into a cutting edg e
dest inati on w here t he sto ries o f NAHF
En sh rin ee s a re to ld i n an inn ov ative, inter -
act ive sta te -o f-th e-a rt fac ility .”
Sixt een l ivi ng Ens hri nees , i nclu di ng
Eile en Col lins, B uzz Al dri n, Dick R ut an ,
Jo e Engl e, Bob Crippen, Tom Pob erezn y,
Ho ot Gi bson and Sean Tucker, came out
in f orc e t o support t he En sh rin em en t
even t. They also stan d read y to h elp s up -
po rt t he Com e W ith UsCampaign an d
su bse qu en t i mpr ove ment s to the Dayton -
ba sed f ac ili ty. N AHF Executive Director
Am y Spowart r epor ts, “Our Enshrin ees
are rol e m odel s, American hero es each
and eve ry on e. T he ir li ves are capt ured
and s ha red b y th e N AHF a ccordin g to
our mis sio n: To mo ti vate, t o insp ire and
to e nc our age n ot o nly fut ure gene ra tions ,
but a ll A me ric ans of al l ag es.”
Amid r epo rts th at NAHF le ade rshi p
has co ns id er ed mo vi ng t he L earn ing
Cente r o ut of Da yton, Cha irma n Q uiel loas sure s, “ That conc ept has nev er be en
co nside red by the T rus tee s and w e are
uns ur e of the mo tive s be hind th e er ro-
ne ous inf orma tion .”
The NAHF was fo und ed in Day to n in
196 2 an d ch art er ed by an Act o f t he U.S.
Co ngres s in 1 964. It s mis sio n i s to h onor
Ameri ca’ s aer os pace legen ds to ins pi refutu re le ad ers, whic h it does t hrough a
17,0 00 sq uar e-fo ot pub lic Learni ng Ce nter
feat ur in g i nte ra ct ive e xh ibit s, a yo ut h e du-
ca ti on progra m, ot he r pu bli c ou trea ch p ro -
grams , it s an nua l en shr in emen t ce re mony
an d co llab or ation w it h li ke-m inde d org an -
iz atio ns. F or m ore info rm at io n, v isit
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