PRESS RELEASE
THE STAGE IS SET FOR TENNESSEE’S 2004
AVIATION HALL OF FAME GALA AND INDUCTION CEREMONY
Sevierville, TN – April 12, 2004
The Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame
will hold its third annual gala and induction ceremony at the new
Tennessee Museum of Aviation on November 13, 2004.
Honorees for 2004 are:
John T. Baugh, Jr., was enshrined in EAA’s Sport Aviation Hall of Fame in 1995. A prominent Nashville businessman, Mr.
Baugh has served on the Tennessee Aeronautics Commission since first being appointed by Governor Ned McWherter in 1989
and is a former Chairman of the Commission. He is Founder and Past President of Tennessee First Squadron-Warbirds of
America. Baugh has served on the Board of Directors of EAA for 24 years, on the Board of EAA’s Warbirds of America for
22 years and is also a five-term Past President and CO of Warbirds of America. He is a past President of the Nashville QB
Chapter. John Baugh holds a Commercial Pilot Certificate with Instrument, single & multi-engine flight instructor ratings, land
and sea , helicopter and an FAA ground level aerobatics waiver. He is type rated in the B-17, B-25, P-51 and P-47, having
flown 135 different types of aircraft.
Cosby P. Harrison (1900-1984), the founder of Trade-A-Plane in 1937 in Crossville, Tennessee where it continues to be
published today. Its first issue was mailed to 9,000 pilots on October 5, 1937. Over the past 67 years, Trade-A-Plane has
become a world-renowned icon among aviation publications with more than 1.7 million copies distributed annually. An original
first issue is on display at the National Air and Space Museum in our nations capital.
Harry C. Stonecipher, President & CEO of The Boeing Company, the world’s largest aerospace company. A native of Scott
County, Tennessee, Harry Stonecipher earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Tennessee Technological University. His
extraordinary aerospace career spans more than 47 years from his start at General Motors’ Allison
Division as a lab technician to being elected vice chairman of The Boeing Company in 2001. Stonecipher joined McDonnell
Douglas in 1994 as president and CEO.
He was elected vice-chairman of Boeing in May 2001 and retired June 1, 2002. He has served on the Boeing Board of
Directors since 1997. He returned to Boeing after being named president and chief executive officer in December 2003. Among
his numerous honors, Mr. Stonecipher received the Wings Club Distinguished Achievement Award in 2001.
Lt. Governor John S. Wilder, a 12,000-hour pilot who has flown for 40 years. At 82 Wilder continues to fly his Piper Twin
Comanche from his farm in West Tennessee to the state capitol to preside as Speaker of the Senate. Mr. Wilder is being
honored for his tireless advocacy for Tennessee’s statewide system of airports. His record of public service and leadership in
Tennessee is legendary. Wilder holds a unique and distinguished place in the history of our nation having served as Speaker of
the Senate and Lieutenant Governor in Tennessee for 34 years, longer than anyone has held that office in any state in the history
of the United States.
A formal ceremony will honor and enshrine Mr. Baugh, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Stonecipher and Lt. Governor Wilder. Last year,
more than 530 attended the Aviation Hall of Fame Gala and Induction Ceremony held in the museum’s huge aircraft hangar at
Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport in the Great Smoky Mountains region of East Tennessee. The black-tie affair is the state’s
largest aviation event. The evening will include a reception, dinner, the ceremony, entertainment and a silent auction fundraiser.  
The public is invited to attend. Reservations can be made by calling toll-free: (866) AVMUSEUM or by email to
info@tnairmuseum.com .
In 2001 Tennessee’s 102nd General Assembly made the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame official. In 2003, the 103rd General
Assembly also designated the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame and Tennessee Museum of Aviation as the state’s Official
Repository and Archive for Aviation History. The new Tennessee Museum of Aviation opened in 2001.
For additional information contact:
Bob Minter, President & Executive Director
TENNESSEE MUSEUM OF AVIATION
TENNESSEE AVIATION HALL OF FAME
P.O. Box 5587 (Mail)
135 Air Museum Way (Deliveries)
Sevierville, TN 37864-5587
Office: (865) 908-0171, Ext. 24   Fax: (865) 908-8421
TOLL-FREE: (866) AV MUSEUM (286-8738)
Website: www.tnairmuseum.com
Email: info@tnairmuseum.com
The Tennessee Museum of Aviation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) foundation dedicated to preserving aviation history, advancing aviation education, and to honoring those who have made extraordinary
contributions to aviation and aerospace.
The Tennessee Museum of Aviation and Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame have been designated by the General Assembly as Tennessee's Official Repository and Archive for Aviation History and
the Official state Aviation Hall of Fame. (TCA 4-1-326)