Richmond, Virginia

Inducted in 2004, G. Warren Hall began his flying career at Northfield Airport when he was a junior at Hermitage High School.  He attended the University of Virginia earning a Bachelors Degree in Aeronautical Engineering, after which he joined the Navy.  He was commissioned an Ensign in 1960 and took his primary flight training in a Beechcraft T-34 “Mentor”.  He earned his “Wings of Gold” in 1962 and was assigned to Fighter Squadron VF-31 flying the McDonnell F3B “Demon”.  Warren left the Navy in 1965 and began working at the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory with highly sophisticated “variable stability” aircraft, a modified T-33 to simulate the new lifting body shapes for outer space re-entry.  In 1977 he joined the NASA Ames Research Center as a Research/Test Pilot and later became the Director of the Airborne Science and Research Division.  Warren was involved with many research projects including the Bell X-22A, AD-1, SH3A, A-36, T-38, UH-60, X-14B, DC-8, C-141, Learjet, YO3, XV-15, and the Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (a compound helicopter).  He flew the SH-3A with the Naval Reserves, C-130s with the Air Force Reserves, and commanded a California Air National Guard Group. Warren is still flying for NASA and is highly recognized for his many accomplishments and contributions to NASA’s aeronautical and airborne science program.