2025 Christopher Holder grew up in Pickens County with a strong aviation heritage, learning to fly as a teenager in a family of aviators. He officially began flight training at 15, soloing after just four hours of dual instruction. After serving six years in the U.S....
2025 Thomas E. “Stoney” Truett, III, born on February 9, 1954, in Hartsville, began flight training in 1970, soloing at just 16. After an eight-year hiatus, he returned to aviation, completing his IFR and commercial training in 1980 with SCAA Hall of Fame...
2025 Paul Werts began his aviation career in South Carolina in 1979 as an airport safety inspector for the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission (SCAC). He played a key role in organizing the second South Carolina Airports Conference and managed its finances and...
2023 Colonel Michael Martin Miller began his aviation career in 1955 while attending US Air Force basic training Geneva, New York. After completing flight training on several aircraft, Col. Miller returned to Columbia and the SC Air National Guard (SCANG). Deploying...
2023 Ira Ellis “Bud” Coward, II, started his aviation career early at the age of 17; he was active in the South Carolina Wing of the Civil Air Patrol through high school and was appointed the Cadet Commander of the Aiken Composite Squadron. Coward obtained a...
