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| location            = [[Teterboro, New Jersey]]
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| founder             = Pat Reilly & Donald G. Borg
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The '''Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of New Jersey''' was founded in 1972 and preserves New Jersey's aviation and space heritage. The museum displays historic aircraft, space equipment, artifacts, photographs, art and an aircraft model collection.<ref name=sullivan>{{cite news
| edition = LXXXVI
| issn = 0028-792X
| page = 27
| author= Robert Sullivan
| title = Across the River - Flight Time
| work = [[The New Yorker]]
| date = 2010-01-11
}}</ref> The library has more than 4,000 volumes and a collection of aviation video.<ref name=sullivan/> It is located at [[Teterboro Airport]], the oldest operating airport in the [[Tri-State Region]], at 400 Fred Wehran Drive, [[Teterboro, New Jersey]].
==History==
The museum was founded in 1972 by Pat Reilly and Donald G. Borg. Initially located in a radio tower at [[Teterboro Airport]], it moved to a nearby building in 1985, and again in 1997 to a much larger facility.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brewer |first1=Caroline |title=A hard-working volunteer takes a museum under his wing |work=The Record |date=25 July 1999 |pages=L-1, L-3}}</ref>
==Aircraft on display==
* [[Bell 47]]<ref name="tour">{{cite web |last1=Castiglione |first1=Roger A. |last2=Rethage |first2=Fritz |title=Self Guided Tour of The Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of New Jersey |url=http://www.njahof.org/doc/TourFinal2016R.pdf |website=Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of New Jersey |accessdate=28 October 2019 |date=October 2016}}</ref>
* [[Bell AH-1 Cobra]]<ref name="tour" />
* [[Grumman OV-1 Mohawk]]<ref name="tour" />
* [[Aermacchi AL-60|Lockheed L-402 Bushmaster]]<ref name="tour" />
* [[Martin 2-0-2]]<ref name="tour" />
* [[Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard]]<ref name="tour" />
* The flight deck and first few rows of seats from a [[Convair 880]]<ref name="tour" />
==Honorees==
[[File:NJAHOF GlideMobile.JPG|right|thumb|GlideMobile inside the museum]]
[[File:NJAHOF Wright Tornado R-2160.JPG|right|thumb|Wright R-2160 Tornado inside the museum]]
[[File:NJAHOF Bell AH-1 04.JPG|right|thumb|Bell AH-1 Cobra on display]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Year of induction
|-
|{{sortname|Bert|Acosta}}||1976
|-
|{{sortname|Edwin Eugene|Aldrin, Jr.|Buzz Aldrin}}||1980
|-
|{{sortname|Edwin Eugene|Aldrin, Sr.|Edwin Eugene Aldrin Sr.}}||1990
|-
|{{sortname|Solomon|Andrews|Solomon Andrews (inventor)}}||1980
|-
|{{sortname|Michael|Bachik Jr.}}||2004
|-
|{{sortname|Bernt|Balchen}}||1975
|-
|{{sortname|Ralph S.|Barnaby}}||1981
|-
|{{sortname|Samuel C.|Barnitt}}||1977
|-
|{{sortname|Floyd|Bennett}}||1973
|-
|{{sortname|Jean Pierre|Blanchard}}||1993
|-
|{{sortname|Frederick W.|Bohlander}}||1974
|-
|{{sortname|Boland brothers|}}||1980
|-
|{{sortname|Donald G.|Borg}}||1974
|-
|{{sortname|Kay A.|Brick}}||1978
|-
| {{sortname|Arthur Raymond|Brooks}}||1980
|-
|{{sortname|Robert Nietzel|Buck}}||1981
|-
|{{sortname|Vincent Justus|Burnelli}}||1996
|-
|{{sortname|Richard Evelyn|Byrd}}||1998
|-
|{{sortname|Benjamin R.|Cascio}}||2000
|-
|{{sortname|Frederick Walker|Castle}}||1988
|-
|{{sortname|Silvio|Cavalier}}||1987
|-
|{{sortname|Clarence Duncan|Chamberlin}}||1973
|-
|{{sortname|Timothy A.|Chopp}}||2013
|-
|{{sortname|Robert Joseph|Collier}}||1984
|-
|{{sortname|William J.|Conrad}}||1990
|-
|{{sortname|Robert L.|Copsey}}||1981
|-
|{{sortname|Richard C.|Cosgrave}}||2005
|-
|{{sortname|Selma|Cronan}}
|1994<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26918597/the_palm_beach_post/|title=WWII Female Pilot Honored|date=28 May 1994|work=The Palm Beach Post|access-date=2019-01-06|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Harold|Curtis|Harold Curtis (aviator)}}||1984
|-
|{{sortname|Charles Healy|Day}}||1981
|-
|{{sortname|Chester J.|Decker}}||1985
|-
|{{sortname|Jules|Decrescendo}}||1983
|-
|{{sortname|George|DeGarmo}}||1976
|-
|{{sortname|Richard C.|Dehmel}}||1991
|-
|{{sortname|William|Diehl|William Diehl (aviator)}}||1973
|-
|{{sortname|Anthony|Distefano}}||2005
|-
|{{sortname|Charles F.|Durant}}||1981
|-
| {{sortname|Amelia|Earhart}}||1973
|-
|{{sortname|Jack|Elliott|Jack Elliott (aviator)}}||1986
|-
|{{sortname|Henyy J.|Esposito}}||1986
|-
|{{sortname|Earl W.|Estelle}}||2005
|-
|{{sortname|Arlene B.|Feldman}}||2002
|-
|{{sortname|Fred|Feldman|Fred Feldman (aviator)}}||2002
|-
|{{sortname|Herbert O.|Fisher}}||1983
|-
|{{sortname|Charles Joseph|Fletcher}}||1989
|-
|{{sortname|Anthony|Fokker}}||1974
|-
|{{sortname|Malcolm S.|Forbes}}||1985
|-
| {{sortname|Albert E.|Forsythe}}||1985
|-
|{{sortname|Paul E.|Garber}}||1987
|-
|{{sortname|Ivan|Gates|Ivan R. Gates}}||1976
|-
|{{sortname|Henry|Geleski}}||1978
|-
|{{sortname|Francis R.|Gerard}}||1983
|-
|{{sortname|Richard F.|Gills}}||2005
|-
|{{sortname|Arthur|Godfrey}}||1976
|-
|{{sortname|Robert R.|Golem}}||1993
|-
|{{sortname|Edward|Gorski}}||1973
|-
|{{sortname|Julia|Gorski}}||1978
|-
|{{sortname|John M.|Habermann}}||1991
|-
|{{sortname|William|Halsey, Jr.}}||1988
|-
|{{sortname|Harry|Hamlen}}||2002
|-
|{{sortname|Terry Jonathan|Hart}}||1999
|-
|{{sortname|William A.|Hartig}}||1974
|-
|{{sortname|Walter M.|Hartung}}||1990
|-
|{{sortname|Bernice Falk|Haydu}}||2000
|-
|{{sortname|O. R.|Herbert}}||1975
|-
|{{sortname|George|Hicha}}||1979
|-
|{{sortname|Aline Rhonie|Hofheimer}}||2010
|-
|{{sortname|James|Holahan}}||1994
|-
|{{sortname|William A.|Hughes}}||1983
|-
|{{sortname|Michael J.|Jackson|Michael J. Jackson (aviator)}}||1994
|-
|{{sortname|Robert E.|Johnson|Robert E. Johnson (aviator)}}||1991
|-
|{{sortname|Charles S.|Jones}}||1984
|-
|{{sortname|Herbert D.|Kelleher}}||2000
|-
|{{sortname|Jo|Kotula}}||1999
|-
|{{sortname|Cornelius J.|Kraissl}}||1989
|-
| {{sortname|Aaron|Krantz}}||1973
|-
|{{sortname|Frederick|Kuhnert}}||1990
|-
|{{sortname|Roy|LaGrone|Roy E. LaGrone}}||2001
|-
|{{sortname|Phillip J.|Landi}}||1986
|-
|{{sortname|Sander|Lawrance}}||1994
|-
|{{sortname|Oliver Colin|LeBoutillier}}||2002
|-
|{{sortname|Anne Morrow|Lindbergh}}||1997
|-
|{{sortname|Charles A.|Lindbergh|Charles Lindbergh}}||1973
|-
|{{sortname|Leo|Loudenslager}}||1982
|-
|{{sortname|Donald Arthur|Luscombe}}||2006
|-
|{{sortname|Thomas Buchanan|McGuire, Jr.|Thomas Buchanan McGuire, Jr.}}||1982
|-
|{{sortname|Edward P.|McNeff}}||2009
|-
|{{sortname|George|Meade|George Meade (aviator)}}||2001
|-
|{{sortname|Thomas A.|Murchio}}||1983
|-
|{{sortname|Ruth Rowland|Nichols}}||1988
|-
|{{sortname|R.B.C.|Noorduyn}}||1978
|-
|{{sortname|Harry A.|Nordheim}}||1988
|-
|{{sortname|John W.|Olcott}}||1998
|-
|{{sortname|Thomas J.|O'Malley|T. J. O'Malley}}||1996
|-
|{{sortname|Clyde|Pangborn}}||1973
|-
|{{sortname|John S.|Penn, Sr.}}||1998
|-
|{{sortname|William J.|Picune}}||1979
|-
|{{sortname|James O.|Plinton, Jr.}}||2006
|-
|{{sortname|Louis G.|Ranley}}||1977
|-
|{{sortname|Louis T.|Reichers}}||1989
|-
|{{sortname|H. V. Pat|Reilly}}||1993
|-
|{{sortname|William E.|Rhode}}||1984
|-
|{{sortname|Thomas W.|Robertson|Thomas W. Robertson (aviator)}}||1983
|-
|{{sortname|Ben B.|Rock}}||1977
|-
|{{sortname|Charles Emery|Rosendahl}}||1980
|-
|{{sortname|Royal French|Ryder}}||1979
|-
|{{sortname|Barry|Schiff}}||2002
|-
|{{sortname|Walter M.|Schirra}}||1982
|-
|{{sortname|Issac|Schlossbach}}||2001
|-
|{{sortname|Oliver George|Simmons}}||1987
|-
|{{sortname|Dean C.|Smith}}||1986
|-
|{{sortname|Thor|Solberg}}||1985
|-
|{{sortname|Calvin J.|Spann}}||2006
|-
|{{sortname|Donald J.|Strait}}||1989
|-
|{{sortname|Paul G.|Styger}}||1995
|-
|{{sortname|Kathryn Dwyer|Sullivan}}||1987
|-
|{{sortname|Richard|Switlik, Sr.}}||1996
|-
|{{sortname|Stanley|Switlik}}||1989
|-
|{{sortname|John E.|Thomson}}||1979
|-
|{{sortname|Juan Terry|Trippe|Juan Trippe}}||1975
|-
|{{sortname|Kenneth R.|Unger}}||1981
|-
|{{sortname|David A.|Van Dyke}}||1995
|-
|{{sortname|George Augustus|Vaughn, Jr.}}||2006
|-
|{{sortname|George|Walker|George Walker (aviator)}}||1991
|-
|{{sortname|Kenneth A.|Walsh}}||1997
|-
|{{sortname|Neville E.|Watson}}||1993
|-
|{{sortname|Jack O.|Webster}}||1974
|-
|{{sortname|Fred L.|Wehran}}||1973
|-
|{{sortname|Charles|West|Charles West (aviator)}}||1977
|-
|{{sortname|Lowell E.|White}}||2006
|-
|{{sortname|Russell R.|White}}||1998
|-
|{{sortname|Roger O.|Williams}}||1975
|-
|{{sortname|Gill Robb|Wilson}}||1980
|-
|{{sortname|Hugh Dennis|Wisely}}||1995
|-
|{{sortname|Wittemann brothers|}}||1973
|-
|{{sortname|James Hart|Wyld}}||1997
|}
'''Aviation timeline for New Jersey'''
*1793 French balloonist [[Jean-Pierre Blanchard]] ascended from Philadelphia, flew across the [[Delaware River]] and landed in [[Deptford Township, New Jersey]]. The Western Hemisphere's first flight took 45 minutes and covered 15 miles on January 9.
*1830 [[Charles Durant]] of [[Jersey City, New Jersey]] became the first American balloonist to fly.
*1863 [[Solomon Andrews (balloonist)]] of [[Perth Amboy, New Jersey]] constructed and flew the first American dirigible.
*1909 The [[Boland brothers]] of [[Rahway, New Jersey]] built and flew New Jersey's first fixed-wing aircraft. They were also the first to fly in South America.
*1912 [[Oliver G. Simmons]] in a [[Wright Flyer]] carried the first official sack of mail across the [[Raritan Bay]] from [[South Amboy]] to [[Perth Amboy]].
*1918 Five New Jersey combat pilots became [[World War I flying aces]].
*1921 The world's largest hangar and America's first dirigible, the [[USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)|USS ''Shenandoah'' (ZR-1)]], were built in [[Lakehurst, New Jersey]].
*1922 The world's largest airplane, the ''[[Barling Bomber]]'', was constructed at [[Teterboro Airport]] by the [[Wittemann brothers]].
*1923 Wright aeronautical air-cooled [[Whirlwind engine]]s, built in [[Princeton, New Jersey]].
*1925 [[Hadley Field]] in [[South Plainfield, New Jersey]] was established as an airmail hub.
*1926 Teterboro-built Fokker trimotor powered by a Whirlwind engines was the first to fly over the North Pole with [[Richard Evelyn Byrd|Richard Byrd]] and [[Floyd Bennett]] at the controls.
*1927 [[Charles Lindbergh]] flew solo across the Atlantic in the ''[[Spirit of St. Louis]]'' powered by a Whirlwind engine. Two weeks later, [[Clarence Chamberlin]] in a [[Wright-Bellanca]] built in [[Princeton, New Jersey]] flew to Germany with a [[Whirlwind engine]]. A month later, [[Richard Evelyn Byrd|Richard Byrd]] used a Whirlwind engine to fly to France.
*1928 [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark Airport]] opened.
*1929 [[William Conrad (New Jersey)]] at [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark Airport]] was America's first [[air traffic controller]].
*1930 [[Fokker]] build's the world's largest passenger plane, a [[Fokker F.32]] at [[Teterboro Airport]].
*1930 [[Eddie August Schneider]] of [[Jersey City, New Jersey]] established the [[transcontinental airspeed record]] for people under 18 years of age.
*1932 [[Amelia Earhart]] prepares for her solo transatlantic flight at [[Teterboro Airport]]
*1933 [[Teaneck, New Jersey]] established the first high school aviation course in the nation.
*1933 The Navy dirigible [[USS Akron (ZRS-4)|USS ''Akron'' (ZRS-4)]] crashes in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Barnegat, New Jersey]].
*1936 Chester Decker of [[Glen Rock, New Jersey]] becomes the National Soaring Champion. He won the title again in 1939.
*1937 ''[[LZ 129 Hindenburg|Hindenburg]]'' ignites at [[Lakehurst Naval Air Station]].
*1941 [[Civil Air Patrol]] is founded in New Jersey by [[Gill Robb Wilson]].
*1942-1945 [[General Motors]]’ Eastern Aircraft Division built 13,500 Grumman fighter planes at Linden and Trenton plants. The [[Curtiss-Wright Corporation]] built 281,164 engines and 146,468 electric propellers in plants in six north Jersey locations.
*1945 Major [[Thomas McGuire]] of [[Ridgewood, New Jersey]] became America's second leading [[flying ace]] with 38 enemy kills.
*1945 General [[Frederick Castle]] of [[Mountain Lakes, New Jersey]] 1st Lt. Kenneth Walsh of [[Jersey City]] and McGuire were recipients of the [[Medal of Honor]].
*1947 Reaction Motors of [[Denville, New Jersey]] developed the rocket engine for the [[Bell X-1]]
*1949 Bill Odom flew a single-engine Beach Bonanza non-stop from Hawaii to Teterboro.
*1953 [[Charles J. Fletcher]] of [[Sussex, New Jersey]] invents and flies the world's first [[hovercraft]].
*1968 [[Walter M. Schirra]] of [[Oradell, New Jersey]] becomes the only astronaut to fly in all three spacecraft. The Mercury, Gemini and Apollo.
*1969 [[Edwin Aldrin]] of [[Montclair, New Jersey]] was the first astronaut to land a vehicle on the Moon, and the second person to walk on the Moon.
*1973 [[Malcolm Forbes]] of [[Far Hills, New Jersey]] made the first coast-to-coast flight in a hot air balloon.
*1980 Leo Loudenslager, of [[Sussex, New Jersey]] won the World Aerobatic championship. Throughout his career he won seven National Aerobatic championships.
*1984 Astronaut [[Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan]], of [[Paterson, New Jersey]] was the first woman to walk in space.
*1991 During Desert Storm, Major [[Marie Rossi]] of [[Oradell, New Jersey]] was the first American woman to fly in combat.
*1991 Rick Trader flew his home-built Ultralight aircraft 15,000 miles from coast to coast and north to Alaska before returning to New Jersey.
*1994 [[Kenneth Johnson (pilot)]] and [[Larry Cioppi]] of [[Ringoes, New Jersey]] flew around the world in their [[Glasair]]  [[monoplane]].
==See also==
* [[List of aviation awards]]
* [[List of aerospace museums]]
* [[North American aviation halls of fame]]
==References==
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==External links==
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