The Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame (Also WAI Pioneer Hall of Fame) was established in 1992 by Women in Aviation International to honor and recognize women who have made significant contributions in aviation. Its purpose is to honor women who have made significant contributions as record setters, pioneers, or innovators in the aviation and aerospace industries. WAI solicits nominations from throughout the aviation industry each year for the WAI Pioneer Hall of Fame.[1] Inductees are chosen from the nominations by a committee, "with special consideration given to individuals who have helped other women become successful in aviation or opened doors of opportunity for other women."[2] Women are inducted to the hall of fame at the conclusion of the WAI annual conference.[3]
| Name | Image | Birth–Death | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandra L. Anderson | 2005 | ||
| Anne Bridge Baddour | 2005 | ||
| Mary Barr | 
|
(1925-2010) | 2001 |
| Colleen Barrett | 
|
(1944- | 2005 |
| Trish Beckman | 2010 | ||
| Olive Ann Beech | 
|
(1903-1993) | 1994 |
| Fran Bera | (1924-2018) | 2006 | |
| Nancy Bird | 
|
(1915–2009) | 2023 |
| Rosella Bjornson | (1947- | 2004 | |
| Priscilla Blum | 2015 | ||
| Karen Fuller Brannen | 2013 | ||
| Deanna Brasseur | (1953- | 2007 | |
| Bonnie Tiburzi Caputo | (1948- | 2018[5] | |
| Ann Baumgartner Carl | (1918-2008) | 2001 | |
| Leanne Caret | (1966- | 2019[6] | |
| Peggy Chabrian | 2011 | ||
| Katherine Cheung | (1904-2003) | 2000 | |
| Julie E. Clark | 
|
(1948- | 2002 |
| Jerrie Cobb | 
|
(1931- | 2000 |
| Jacqueline Cochran | 
|
(1906-1980) | 2009 |
| Bessie Coleman | .jpg)
|
(1892-1926) | 1995 |
| Eileen Collins | .jpg)
|
(1956- | 1995 |
| Ann Lewis Cooper | 2004 | ||
| Vivien Crea | 
|
(1952- | 2010 |
| Iris Cummings Critchell | 
|
(1920- | 2007 |
| Nancy J. Currie | 
|
(1958- | 2014 |
| Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann | 2010 | ||
| Fiorenza De Bernardi | 2002 | ||
| Lorna deBlicquy | 1996 | ||
| Tammy Duckworth | .jpg)
|
2011 | |
| Amelia Earhart | 
|
(1897-1937) | 1997 |
| Arlene Elliott | 1999 | ||
| Mary Feik | 
|
(1924-2016) | 1994 |
| Arlene B. Feldman | 2004 | ||
| First Women of U.S. Coast Guard Aviation | 2019[6] | ||
| First Class of Women Naval Aviators | 2017[7] | ||
| First Women's National Air Derby Pilots[8] | 2012 | ||
| Cornelia Clark Fort | 2022 | ||
| Kathleen Fox | 
|
(1951- | 2018[5] |
| Wally Funk | 
|
1995 | |
| Elizabeth "Betty" Everts Greene | 2017[7] | ||
| Stayce Harris | 
|
2017[7] | |
| Bernice Falk Haydu | 
|
2012 | |
| Gloria Heath | (1922-2017) | 1999 | |
| Susan J. Helms | 
|
(1958- | 2011 |
| Jeanne Holm | 
|
(1921-2010) | 2006 |
| Nancy Hopkins | (1909-1997) | 1993 | |
| Jean Ross Howard | 1995 | ||
| Marion P. Jayne | 2000 | ||
| Nadine Jeppesen | (1914-1996) | 1995 | |
| Amy Johnson | 
|
(1903-1941) | 2016 |
| Evelyn Bryan Johnson | (1909-2012) | 1994 | |
| Loretta Jones | 1998 | ||
| Martha King | 2023 | ||
| Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova | (1935-2004) | 2006 | |
| Moya Lear | (1915-2001) | 1992 | |
| Jeannie Leavitt | 2020 | ||
| Hazel Ying Lee | 
|
(1912-1944) | 2011 |
| Nelda Lee | 2004 | ||
| Dorothy Swain Lewis | (1915-2013) | 2004 | |
| Anne Morrow Lindbergh | 
|
(1905-2001) | 1999 |
| Doris Lockness | (1910-2017) | 2002 | |
| Barbara Erickson London | .jpg)
|
(1920-2013) | 2005 |
| Nancy Harkness Love | 
|
(1914-1976) | 2008 |
| Elizabeth MacGill | 
|
(1905-1980) | 2012 |
| Mary Magdalene Maga | 2012 | ||
| Nicole Malachowski | 
|
(1974- | 2008 |
| Patricia Malone | 2009 | ||
| Rosemary Bryant Mariner | 2022 | ||
| Beryl Markham | .jpg)
|
(1902-1986) | 2014 |
| Marie Marvingt | 
|
(1875-1963) | 2007 |
| June D. Maule | 1999 | ||
| Linda K. McTague | 2018[5] | ||
| Mercury 13 'The Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainees' (FLATS) | 
|
1996 | |
| Alice du Pont Mills | (1912-2002) | 2010 | |
| Jerrie Mock | 
|
(1925-2014) | 2008 |
| Betty Mullis | 
|
2006 | |
| Navy Women Navigators of WWII (WAVES)[9] | 1997 | ||
| Ruth Nichols | 
|
(1901-1960) | 2009 |
| Phoebe Omlie | (1902-1975) | 2015 | |
| Deanie Parrish | 
|
2015 | |
| Nancy Parrish | 2015 | ||
| Elizabeth Pfister | 2001 | ||
| Peggy A. Phillips | 2022 | ||
| Audrey Poberezny | 1996 | ||
| Harriet Quimby | 
|
(1875-1912) | 1998 |
| Sally Ride | 
|
(1951-2012) | 2014 |
| Margaret Ringenberg | 
|
(1921-2008) | 2008 |
| Brenda E. Robinson | 2016 | ||
| Joan Robinson-Berry | 2021 | ||
| Mary Golda Ross | 2019[6] | ||
| Blanche Stuart Scott | 
|
(1885-1970) | 2002 |
| Sheila Scott | 
|
(1922-1988) | 2014 |
| Dawn Seymour | 
|
(1917-2017) | 2009 |
| Mary Frances Silitch | 2013 | ||
| Betty Skelton Frankman | .jpg)
|
(1926-2011) | 1997 |
| Elinor Smith | (1911-2010) | 2001 | |
| Jacqueline L. Smith | 1998 | ||
| Kathryn D. Sullivan | 
|
(1951- | 2010 |
| Merryl Tengesdal | 
|
(1971– | 2023 |
| Louise McPhetridge Thaden | 
|
(1905-1979) | 2000 |
| Carol Timmons | 2021 | ||
| Anna Timofeyeva-Yegorova[10] | (1916-2009) | 2009 | |
| Bobbi Trout | 
|
(1906-2003) | 1993 |
| UPT Class 77-08 | 
|
2016 | |
| U.S. Army's First Women Rotary Wing Aviators | 2020 | ||
| U.S. Marine Corps' First Class of Women Aviators | 2021 | ||
| WAI Founding Board of Directors | 2013 | ||
| Patty Jean Wagner | 2020 | ||
| Patty Wagstaff | 
|
(1951- | 1997 |
| Emily Howell Warner | (1939- | 1992 | |
| Florene Miller Watson | 
|
(1920-2014) | 2005 |
| Fay Gillis Wells | 
|
(1908-2012) | 1992 |
| Whirly-Girls, International Women Helicopter Pilots | 1998 | ||
| Edna Gardner Whyte | (1902-1992) | 1992 | |
| Sheila Widnall | 
|
(1938- | 1996 |
| Betty Jane Williams | 2006 | ||
| Janet C. Wolfenbarger | 
|
(1958- | 2016 |
| Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) | 
|
1993 | |
| Women's Section of the Air Transport Auxiliary | 
|
2008 | |
| Jessie E. Woods | (1909-2001) | 1994 | |
| Mary Anna Martin Wyall | 2011 | ||
| Jeana Yeager | 
|
(1952- | 1992 |