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Budd Davisson, EAA 22483, of Phoenix, Arizona, known worldwide for his extensive writings on homebuilt aircraft, aerobatic flight, and aviation safety, will be honored by EAA on November 10 with his induction to the EAA Homebuilders Hall of Fame.

Davisson is one of five individuals to be honored that evening with various EAA halls of fame inductions.

Davisson, a native of Seward, Nebraska, received a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Oklahoma, where in 1965 he used the Thorp T-18 as the class subject in structural analysis.

John Thorp then recommended him for a job in California, where he experienced his first homebuilt flight in Bill Warwick’s 180-hp T-18, the first Thorp aircraft flying.

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