Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame
Enshrined 2008
Graham “Lum” Edwards began his aviation career in 1942 when, at the age of 24, he received his Private Pilot, Commercial and Flight Instructor certificates. He immediately went to work teaching in the military’s Primary Pilot training programs teaching both Army and Navy cadets the basics of flying. In 1944 he went into active military service with the Army Air Force and was assigned to the multi-engine aircraft school at Douglas, Arizona to learn to fly large aircraft. He was initially assigned to the Air Force Ferry Command and flew newly built aircraft around the United States. He later trained in the B-24 and was assigned to fly the C-109 on fuel transport missions from India over the infamous “Hump” of the Himalayan Mountains into China.
