PROMOTING APPRECIATION OF THE ORIGINS AND GROWTH OF AVIATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE ROLE OF AVIATION IN CHANGING ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF SOCIETY, TO HONOR PERSONS WHO HAVE MADE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO AVIATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF SUCH PERSONS, AND TO RECORD THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS