First Wing

A planned gift to EAA Aviation Foundation is a great way to provide valuable and perpetual support to the association. Those who notify EAA Aviation Foundation of their intention of leaving a gift of at least $10,000 from their estate to the association become eligible for recognition in First Wing.

When you include a designation for EAA Aviation Foundation in your estate, you celebrate and honor your passion for flight and ensure that the next generation will have EAA Aviation Foundation to nurture their passion.

To recognize this level of committment to the association, First Wing members receive recognition in the EAA Aviation Museum and invitations to special events throughout the year.

First Wing Members

The EAA Aviation Foundation's First Wing recognizes those who have made an estate gift of at least $10,000. You can either designate a planned gift through your will, living trust, annuity or naming EAA as a beneficiary.

  • Mike Adams
  • Park Adikes
  • Ambrosic & Martinelli Family
  • Bill and Mary Ammentorp
  • Helmer S. Anderson
  • Ross K. and Susan E. Anderson
  • Michael and Annie Arcamuzi
  • Leon A. Atwood
  • Steve and Cindy Aughinbaugh
  • Edward W. Baar
  • Ted J. Bachhuber
  • Gary and Mary Baker
  • David McGrath Baldwin, Jr.
  • Norma Baldwin
  • Bruce Baty
  • Charleen S. Beam
  • Carl and Pat Beatrice
  • Rick Beebe and Jan Glover
  • Olive A. Beech
  • Charles R. Behnke
  • Stephen and Joyce Bellgraph
  • Robert H. Belter
  • J. Dennis Bender
  • John P. Bendik
  • Charles W. Benner
  • Frank Bennet
  • Dexter W. Bennett
  • Lyn and David Berelsman
  • David Beresford
  • Jonetta Beresford
  • Lewis "Chip" Berghoff
  • Tony and Morine Bingelis
  • Eileen Bjorkman
  • Frank and Susan Borman
  • Raymond B. Bottom, Jr.
  • Charles S. Boyer
  • Kevin and Janet Brady
  • Thomas and Lois Breister
  • Andrew J. Brennan
  • Donald R. Bride
  • Kenneth and Patricia Bro
  • Doc and Buddy Brokaw
  • James and Constance Brown
  • Vince Bruton
  • Robert A. Burbick
  • Samuel C. Burgess
  • Peter and Elinor Burgher
  • Jack Burhnam
  • Carl and Sharon Bury
  • Steven A. Busch
  • August A. Busch III
  • Jeffrey J. Cain
  • Richard and Marillyn Campbell
  • Fred and Constance Carlson
  • Bradley W. Carnegie
  • The Dean Carson Family
  • Joel K. Caulton
  • Tony Cavallari
  • Samuel A. Cavallari, Jr.
  • Gordon E. Cerrudo
  • Peggy Chabrian
  • Jim, Jodie and Michelle Chaudoin
  • Linda Chowdry
  • Charles B. Cianchette
  • Julie Clark
  • Ray and Emily Cleer
  • Dave Clinton
  • Douglas Conciatu
  • James and Beverly Cone
  • Kent M. Cooper
  • Elizabeth and Don Leckey
  • Philip L. Coulson
  • David J.N. and Alma L. Courtney
  • Herbert L. Cox
  • Jerry B. Cox
  • Peggy Cox
  • Ronald and Patricia Cox
  • Warren and Sue Cox, Forster-Cox
  • Bernice Crouse
  • John K. Crowell, Sr.
  • Graeme R. Cunningham
  • Eugene and Marie Cutlip
  • Michael and Mary Dale
  • The Bill Daniels Gift Trust
  • LaNette Wight Davis
  • Thomas H. Davis
  • Robert Delaurentis, Zen Pilot
  • The James and Nancy Derdick Family Trust
  • Ned Derhammer and Nola Gentry
  • Donald A. Derr
  • Norman and Kathryn DeWitt
  • Marsha Dickson
  • Kenneth G. Dietz
  • Don D. Dodge
  • Robert W. Doucette
  • Chuck and Eileen Drake
  • Jim Dricken
  • Bernard and Betty Drier
  • Franklin D. Dykstra
  • David L. Ebershoff
  • Allan S. Eckmann
  • Dean and Wendy Edmonds
  • Jack and Joan Eggspuehler
  • Col. Lee D. Eisenhart
  • Van and Betty J. Eller
  • Tully Ellsberg
  • Bob and Margaret Eskridge
  • James R. Eskridge
  • Cheryl Essex
  • Lawrence D. Faes
  • Noah and Amber Favaregh
  • Roy M. Feher
  • Chris Fenger
  • Peter Fenger
  • David and Brandi Fill
  • Richard and Gayle Finch
  • Cary Fischer
  • Cris Fischer
  • Lloyd F. Fisher
  • Kenyon and Mary Frances Follett
  • David and Patricia Forbes
  • James W. Forbes
  • Donald Forslund
  • William B. French
  • Marshall and Kathryn Friedman
  • David L. Gajafsky
  • Dodie Gann
  • Charles M. Garda
  • Janice Garda
  • CarolAnn Garratt
  • Alvin C. Geiger
  • Jeffrey and Ann Gentz
  • Mike George
  • Walter and Beverly Giffin
  • John H. Gilfoil
  • Jeff Goin
  • Neill and Rebecca Goltz
  • Stephen Good
  • Grant D. Gordon
  • Jim Gorman
  • Florence C. Gregory
  • Marion and Fay Gregory
  • Ben Griffin
  • James C. Guy
  • Stephen Haas
  • Michael J. Hackwith
  • Albert Halluin
  • Joesph F. Hamilton
  • Red & Marilyn Hamilton
  • Hamilton Family Trust
  • Mike W. Hance
  • Norm and Norma Hansen
  • Richard and Joanne Hansen
  • Stephanie Harmon
  • Jack and Ninfa Harrington
  • Scot Haskell
  • Sharon Haskell
  • William T. Haskell
  • Kermit Helmke
  • Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Hilbert
  • Norman C. Hillier
  • Barron Hilton
  • Lew A. Hollinger
  • Peter K. Homer
  • Lance and Janet Hooley
  • David R. and Beverly A. Hotchkiss
  • Kenneth R. Houseman
  • Randy Hudson
  • J.S. and Ramona Huebner
  • Kathy IIyin
  • Maurice Ingmire
  • Ira M. Inkelas
  • Jon and Linda Jacobs
  • Paul L. Jacobs
  • Peter N. Jansen, Jr.
  • Richard W. Jennings
  • William Jesse
  • Edward S. Jeziorny
  • Hank and Darlene Johnson
  • Herb and Carol Jorgensen
  • Anthony L. Jurcan
  • Frank and Suzanne Kashinski
  • Donald Ellis Kaye
  • Marie and Andy Keech
  • Dr. J. Michael Kelly
  • James and Jay Kennedy
  • Henry H. Kimberly, Jr.
  • Thomas and Betty Klammer
  • Ronald W. Klaus
  • Chris and Indira Kleen
  • David and Florence Kleine
  • Stephen N. Kline
  • William S. Knight
  • Keith Kocourek
  • Dorothy Kohler
  • Jack J. Kopf
  • John H. Krauer
  • George M. Krieger
  • Arthur Krueger
  • Robert and Carrol Kunkel
  • Clay Lacy
  • Robert and Barbara Ladd
  • James A. Lahey, Jr.
  • Robert P. and Emalou Laible
  • Deborah Laible-Herbert
  • Ruby R. Lanich
  • Dave Lau
  • B.V. Lawson, Jr.
  • Elizabeth and Don Leckey
  • Charles Leckie
  • James and Bette Leeward
  • Genoveva Leiser
  • Fenwick E. Lind
  • Peter D. Lloyd
  • Jason Kurt Lohr
  • Ronald Lohr
  • Arles and Joseph Love
  • Ben F. Lowell
  • James Allen Lutter
  • Douglas Lytle
  • Stephen W. and Carol L. MacCabe
  • Russell T. MacFarlane
  • Dale R. Machalleck
  • Claus and Susan Mahler
  • Helen A. Mahurin
  • Thomas Mahurin
  • Daniel and Cate Majka
  • Michael and Barbara Manne
  • Norman W. Marohn Family
  • Ernest R. Matejaitis
  • Robert McCann
  • James N. McConnell
  • Lyle and Gloria McCullough
  • Oliver H. McGhee
  • Jeffrey D. McKeever
  • Wes McKinney
  • Norbert J. McLuckie
  • Alan L. McPherson
  • David and Jan McRoberts
  • Byron and Jolene Meade
  • Tom and Lynn Meadows
  • Jim and Wilma Miller
  • David Mills
  • Jane Mingenbach
  • Lynda S. Moerschbaecher
  • Dale Moore and Trish Henley-Moore
  • John and Janice Moore
  • Charles E. Morgan
  • David T. and Rose E. Morgan
  • Ralph and Kathryn Mosling
  • Norman Moyer
  • Craig A. Mueller Family Trust
  • Gregory Muthersbaugh
  • Raymond A. Myers III
  • N321CA
  • William Nash
  • Thomas Nery
  • Harold E. Neumann
  • Jennifer Neunteufel Hantosh
  • Phillip J. Newberg
  • Charles and Mary Jo Nicholson
  • Donald H. Nietz
  • Charles E. Nyren
  • John T. Oathout
  • Charlotte Vern Olson Trust
  • Edson C. Orsborn, Jr.
  • Lynn S. Oswald
  • Steven P. Owen
  • Patrick H. Packard
  • Kevin and Karen Padrick
  • Clay Paradiso
  • Johnnie Paradiso
  • John and Charlotte Parish
  • David and Clair Pasahow
  • Robert J. Payzer
  • Charles and Peggy Pearcy
  • Jack and Rose Pelton
  • Neil Perkins
  • Lee and Virginia Perrizo
  • Jan M. and Tim C. Peterson
  • Virginia L. Peterson
  • Wallace Peterson
  • Bill and Merike Phillips
  • William W. Pickens
  • Kenneth and Janet Pike
  • Timothy and Elizabeth Popp
  • Dennis and Bonnie Powell
  • Elliot P. Quick
  • Randall R. Rakovec
  • J. Dawson Ransome
  • James C. Ray
  • Bob and Anita Read
  • James M. Read
  • Barbara Reed
  • Susie and Bob Reinauer
  • Bonnie Reitz
  • Richard P. Reitz
  • William and Marion Rewey
  • Joseph Ricciardi
  • Claude A. Rich, Jr.
  • Kenneth G. Richard
  • Lowell and Jane Ridge
  • Randall Riesbeck
  • John R. Rinehart
  • Aniceto Rivera
  • David L. and Andrea Robertson
  • Debbie and Robert Ross
  • Howard R. Ross
  • Gilford G. Rowland
  • Robert and Nancy Royce
  • Kurtis Samples
  • John R. Sandberg
  • Lynda Sands
  • Thomas E. Scher
  • Christopher K. Scherer
  • Clarence E. Schreiber
  • William J. Schulz
  • David H. Scott
  • Judy and Clark Sexton
  • Alan R. Shackleton
  • Dorothy D. Shelton
  • Dallas B. Sherman
  • Mark D. Sherman
  • Robert Sherman
  • Robert and Irene Sherman
  • Hal and Sandy Shevers
  • John D. Shoup
  • Michael Sias
  • Bryan W. Sill
  • John R. Skaggs
  • Terry Lee and Kimberly Slawinski
  • Glenn A. Smith
  • Mike Smith
  • Edward L. Souder
  • David and Jan Stadt
  • Erin Stafford Hill
  • Donald M. Stewart
  • Ray and Edith Stits
  • Richard and Marjorie Stouffer
  • Daniel Sullivan
  • Harris M. Sullivan
  • Thomas Susor and Susan Chatlos-Susor
  • Ed & Sandra Sweeney
  • Richard F. Swenson
  • William and Caroline Talen
  • Charles F. Taylor
  • Donald and Gail Taylor
  • George and Janette Taylor
  • Richard W. Taylor
  • Ted and Dottie Teach
  • The Tyler Foudnation
  • Alan and Jean Thiel
  • Louise B. Timken
  • Michael A. Titre
  • John R. Turgyan
  • Lisa P. Turner
  • Ronald and Sylvia Vickrey
  • Ervin R. Wagner
  • Jack M. Wagner
  • Howard D. Walrath
  • Thomas and Suzanne Warner
  • Washington Co. Pilots Assoc.
  • Thomas W. Wathen
  • Darrel and Maureen Watson
  • Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
  • Frederick and Elizabeth Weaver
  • Everett and Beryl Weekley
  • Lloyd K. Werner
  • Ann Weronke
  • Robert Weronke
  • Patrick and Renee White
  • John Whitehead
  • Barbro Whiting
  • Craig Willan
  • Peter and Susan Williamson
  • Ozzie Wilson
  • John Winter
  • Jerry and Cecilia Wirth
  • Dorothy Wittman
  • Steve J. Wittman
  • David Wolbrink
  • Gary Wold
  • Nick Woll
  • Robert N. Woll
  • Herschel J. Wood
  • Paul Wood
  • David G. Woodcock
  • J.D. Woods
  • Michael and Joyce Woods
  • Marjorie L. Worsham
  • Rich Yoder
  • Julius J. Yulga
  • Peter J. Zajkowski
  • May C. Ziebell
  • Joel & Ann Zieve
  • Kenneth E. Zillmer