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Klapmeier Brothers Named to Aviation Hall of Fame

** Alan and Dale Klapmeier**
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Key Takeaways:

  • Six individuals, including Cirrus Design co-founders Alan and Dale Klapmeier, will be inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame next year.
  • The other honorees include pioneering pilot Emily Warner, aircraft designer Steve Wittman, early test pilot Bert Acosta, and Apollo astronaut Brig. Gen. James McDivitt.
  • The list was revealed in Dayton, Ohio, during a celebration of the Wright brothers' first flight, with the formal induction ceremony scheduled for next October.
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Alan and Dale Klapmeier, the brothers who co-founded Cirrus Design in the mid-1980s, are among six people who will be inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio, next year.

The other individuals honored by the Hall of Fame include Emily Warner, who flew for Frontier Airlines in the 1970s; the late Steve Wittman, an air racer and aircraft designer for which the airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is named; Bert Acosta, an early test pilot; and USAF Brig. Gen. James McDivitt, whose career spanned the Korean War and the Apollo space program.

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