A visionary pioneer in homebuilt design and a popular couple whose fatal crash saddened the entire experimental community are among six inductees to EAA's 2024 Sport Aviation Halls of Fame. The inductees are Zenith Aircraft's Sebastien Heintz for the Homebuilders Hall of Fame; Linda Meyers Morrissey, Aerobatics; Frank Strickler, Warbirds; Dave and Jeanne Allen (posthumous), Vintage and Dave Goulet, Ultralights (posthumous). The ceremony will be held Oct. 24 in EAA's Eagle Hangar at the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh.
Dave and Jeanne Allen stopped by the Wautoma airport (KY50) west of KOSH every year before Airventure. We’d stash their Waco in a hangar to keep it clean and allow them to polish it before going to Oshkosh. They’d pay us back by helping out with the local EAA chapter 1331 pre-Airventure breakfast. GREAT couple and their airplane was a one of it’s kind glimpse into airplanes of yesteryear. Their demise in their beautiful Waco is tragic; they will be SORELY missed by many … RIP!