The Georgia Museum of Aviation held its annual induction ceremony at the museum’s Century of Flight annex on Saturday, May 17.
This year’s four inductees included Doug Matthews, a 40-year Wellington resident. Matthews is a 28,000-hour pilot and businessman, as well as a highly decorated Vietnam combat veteran with more than 100 U.S. and world aviation records to his credit.
Also inducted were former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, former Delta chairman the late Charles Dolson, and entrepreneur/businessman Michael D. Williams, holder of three patents and an air safety expert trailblazer.
More than 300 people attended the black-tie affair and witnessed the induction of the four nominees, who join 140 other members of the Aviation Hall of Fame.
The Georgia Museum of Aviation is located in Warner Robins, Georgia, on a 51-acre campus, founded in 1989. It is the second largest Air Force museum in the United States and displays more than 85 aircraft. There is an average of more than 500 events each year, and annual visitors exceed 500,000. It is the fourth most visited Department of Defense museum in the United States.
