2003
  BIOGRAPHY     ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH
New Inductee      
George Carruthers 56k | Hi Speed   56k | Hi Speed
Lunar Surface Ultraviolet Camera      
         
New Inductee      
Frank Cepollina 56k | Hi Speed   56k | Hi Speed
Satellite Servicing Techniques      
         
New Inductee      
Glenn Curtis 56k | Hi Speed  
Hydroaeroplane      
         
New Inductee      
Maxime Faget 56k | Hi Speed   56k | Hi Speed
Space Capsule Design      
         
New Inductee      
Leroy Grumman 56k | Hi Speed  
Retractable Landing Gear; Folding Wing      
         
New Inductee      
Charles Kaman 56k | Hi Speed  
Rotor Control Mechanism for Helicopter      
         
New Inductee      
Paul Kollsman 56k | Hi Speed  
Altimeter      
         
New Inductee      
Edwin Link 56k | Hi Speed  
Link Trainer/Simulator      
         
New Inductee      
Thomas Midgley 56k | Hi Speed  
Ethyl Gasoline      
         
New Inductee      
John Northrop 56k | Hi Speed  
Flying Wing Plane
All-Metal High-Wing Monocoque Airplane
     
         
New Inductee      
John Pierce 56k | Hi Speed  
Communications Satellite      
         
New Inductee      
Harold Rosen 56k | Hi Speed   56k | Hi Speed
Spin Stabilized Synchronous
Communications Satellite
     
         
New Inductee      
Theodore Von Karman 56k | Hi Speed  
Turbojet      
         
New Inductee      
Hans J.P. Von Ohain 56k | Hi Speed  
Jet Engine      
         
New Inductee      
Richard Whitcomb 56k | Hi Speed   56k | Hi Speed
Supercritical Wing      
         
New Inductee      
Sir Frank Whittle 56k | Hi Speed  
Jet Engine      
         
New Inductee      
Sam Williams 56k | Hi Speed   56k | Hi Speed
Small Fan-Jet Engine      
         

Lifetime Achievement Award    
John Glenn   56k | Hi Speed
Contributions to American Invention      

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