Wings Of Fame

Welcome to the Wings of Fame! Listed are Those Who Won the Essay Contest and Received the Grant Money Towards Aviation Lessons. We have given out $50,000 since the inception of the fund.

Gift of Wings Winners:

2005

Local: Jay Dougherty

National: Jill Dietz

2006

Local: Anthony Stevens

National: John E. Palishen

2007

Local: Sam Wolf

National: Justin Essian

2008

Local: Gregory S. Hill

National: Jordan Klos

2009

Local: Oluomachukwu A. Agwai

National: Jonathan P. Coupal

2010

Local: Kyle Botbyl

National: David Krusemark

2011

Local: Edwin Calzaretta

National: Kemoy Allen

2012

Local: Anthony Ross Peri

National: Dayton Persons

2013

Local: Kyle Botbyl

Local: Andy Ferguson

National: Kyle Fisher

2014

Local: Rhonda Richardsen

Local: Shannon Osborne

National: Anneliese Wagner

National: Mattie McKenna

2015

Local: Bridget Benjamin

National: Vito Colella

2016

Local: Daniel Ardalan

National: Lucinda Raber

2017

Local: No entrant

National: Ronald Torgeson

National: Brian Nordella

2018

Local: Sean Flynn

National: Karsyn Mussche

2019

Local: Ryan Herman

National: Marco Desimone

National: Jeff Lombardo

2020

Local: Patrick Quinn

National: Jason Otrin

2021

Local: No entrant

National: Brian McClure

National: Emily Castellucci

2022

Local: No entrant

National: Gavin Zellers

2023

Local: Bryce Botsford

2nd place: Brandon Norrell

National: Evan Born

2nd place: Minjeong Kwon

2024

Local: Brittany Tobin

National: Alexander Maranowicz

2025

Essays Due August 1