Homebuilders Hall of Fame

Nomination Form

2023 Inductee

Neal Loving (posthumous)

Born in 1916 in Detroit, Michigan, Neal Loving’s passion for aviation began at an early age. He took his first airplane ride at age 14 and enrolled in an aircraft mechanics course in high school. He began learning to fly in 1938 despite difficulties finding a school that would accept Black students. Three years later, Loving designed the S-1 glider. In 1944, both of Loving’s legs were amputated as a result of a crash. He did not let his disability get in the way of his passion for aviation, as he went on to design his most well-known aircraft, the WR-1, also known as “Loving’s Love,” which is now on display at the EAA Aviation Museum He became an early member of EAA in 1953 and won the “Most Outstanding Design Award” for the WR-1 at the 1954 EAA Fly-In Convention.

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