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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Sponsor

Honored by:
Roxanne M. Smith

Edward L. Smith of Pittsburgh, PA, born in 1940, had a love of aviation from the time he was a small boy. At age nine, he decided that flying was the career he wanted to pursue. He worked towards his goal by enlisting in the United States Navy and training in the Officer Candidate program at the Naval base in Pensacola, Florida. He served two tours in Vietnam and was hired as a commercial pilot for United Airline in 1967. He flew for United Airlines for 33 years retiring in March of 2000 as a Captain on the Boeing 777. Flying was his passion and his dream realized.