Recognition and Honors
Two California Historical Landmarks (#711: Montgomery Memorial, Otay Mesa(32.577449 -117.052631); #813: Montgomery Hill, San Jose)(37.302289 -121.758084) near Evergreen Valley College have been named in his honor as has one section of the Interstate 5 freeway (John J. Montgomery Freeway) in San Diego, California and a recreation center near the location of his first successful glides (Montgomery-Waller Recreation Center, San Diego, California). The Montgomery Memorial in San Diego features a silver static test wing panel for the B-32 Dominator mounted upright that is visible for miles. California schools that have been named in his honor:
Chula Vista Elementary School District:
- John J. Montgomery Elementary School, Chula Vista, California
Evergreen Elementary School District:
- John J. Montgomery Elementary School, San Jose, California
San Diego Unified School District:
- Montgomery Middle School, San Diego, California
Sweetwater Union High School District:
- Montgomery High School, San Diego, California
- Montgomery Middle School, San Diego, California
and one Civil Air Patrol Squadron (John J. Montgomery Memorial Cadet Squadron 36). Chapter 338 of the Experimental Aircraft Association in San Jose is named in Montgomery's honor. San Diego's Montgomery Field (MYF), one of the busiest airports for small planes in the United States, is named for him as well.
John J. Montgomery was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1964 and the U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame in 2002.
In 1996, Montgomery's 1883 glider was recognized as an International Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. On March 19, 2005, John J. Montgomery was the focus of a Centennial Celebration of Soaring Flight, held in Aptos, California at the location of some of his early glider experiments. At this celebration, a marker was placed in Aptos in honor of the first high altitude flights by man.
On March 15, 2008, a sculpture was unveiled at San Felipe and Yerba Buena roads in San Jose, California as a tribute to the pioneering aviation accomplishments of John Montgomery. The 30-foot-tall steel structure of a glider wing was placed on a 32-foot-diameter plaza designed by San Francisco artist Kent Roberts.
On April 5, 2008, a celebration of the 125th anniversary of John Montgomery's first glides took place at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California.
In October, 2012, the University of Oklahoma Press will release a biography of John J. Montgomery co-authored by Craig S. Harwood and Gary B. Fogel.
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