(L/R) Bill Rewey, Brig. Gen. Dennis Sullivan (ret.), Charles King and Doug Hensley accepting for Adm. Marc Mitscher, Dan Donovan, and Rose Shalbreck accepting for Steve Shalbreck.
OSHKOSH, WIS. – The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame honored aviators Daniel Donovan, Bill Rewey, Dennis Sullivan, and, posthumously, Marc Mitscher and Steve Shalbreck, during ceremonies held October 29, 2011 at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wis.
Inductees included airline pilots and FAA safety counselor, Dan Donovan of Green Bay; Bill Rewey of Madison, who flew F4U Corsairs following World War II, and went on to be known as “Mr. Pietenpol;” and Brig. Gen. Dennis Sullivan of Chippewa Falls, who in 1962, was chosen for the Central Intelligence Agency’s project “OxCart” to pilot a Mach 3-plus A-12 reconnaissance airplane to replace the U-2.
The 2011 Aviation Pioneer inductees included Marc Mitscher and Steve Shalbreck. Born in Hillsboro, Wisconsin, Mitscher served as the First Commander of the USS Hornet in 1941, launching Jimmy Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo. Steve Shalbreck of Rhinelander, was the first manager of the Rhinelander-Oneida-County Airport from 1925-59.
