
Class of 2023
Induction Ceremony and Luncheon set for
Friday, April 21 – 11:30 a.m. at Lone Star Flight Museum
Lone Star Flight Museum is pleased to announce the selection of four new inductees into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame . The TAHOF selection committee has named Daniel Baker, Major General Joe H. Engle (ret), Rod Lewis, and Edna Gardner Whyte to the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
This esteemed group will be officially inducted on Friday, April 21 at the 2023 Texas Aviation Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and luncheon at the Lone Star Flight Museum located at Houston’s Ellington Airport.

Daniel Baker
Founder & former CEO of FlightAware

Major General Joe H. Engle (ret) USAF, ANG
X15 Test Pilot and former NASA Astronaut

Rod Lewis
Energy executive, pilot & owner of one of the largest WWII aircraft fleets in the world

Edna Gardner Whyte
Pioneering pilot, instructor and air racer
UNDERWRITERS
Award Sponsor
Anonymous
Collins Foundation
Patricia Jayne Keefer Foundation
Gold Sponsor
Michael Bertuccio
Robin & Marshall Cloyd
Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ph.D.
Ed & Pat Noel
Sarah & Ross Perot Foundation
Karen & Scott Rozzell
Bette & Ralph B. Thomas
Silver Sponsor
Anonymous
Order of Daedalians
Houston Event Planners
Lisa & Jerry Simon
Jane & Charles Szalkowski
Texas Southern University – Aviation
VIP Sponsor
Anonymous
360 AV Design
CC & Duke Ensell
FlightAware
Anthony W. Hall, Jr.
Linda & Barry Hunsaker, Jr.
Lush Flowers
Nancy & Pete Olson
Jerry Roth