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Amelia Earhart
(24 July 1897 – missing 2 July 1937, declared dead 5 January 1939) was a noted American aviation pioneer,
Bessie Coleman
popularly known as "Queen Bess," was the first African American (male or female) to become an airplane pilot,[1] and the first American of any race or gender to hold an international pilot license.
Chuck Yeager
(born February 13, 1923) is a retired Brigadier-General in the United States Air Force and a noted test pilot.
Dick Rutan
born July 1, 1938) is an aviator who piloted the Voyager aircraft around the world non-stop with the assistance of Jeana Yeager. He was born in Loma Linda, California, where he gained an interest in flight at a young age. On his 16th birthday, he was busy earning both his driver's license and pilot certificate.
Elinor Smith
Elinor fell madly in love with airplanes when she took her first ride at the age of six.
Glenn Curtiss
an aviation pioneer and founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, now part of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. In 1930, he was awarded a Medal of Honor for his significant aviation accomplishments.
Harriet Quimby
the first female to gain a pilot license in the United States.
Jacqueline Cochran
A II. Világháborút követően a világ leghíresebb női pilótája lett, több mint 200 repülési csúcs kötődött a nevéhez, ezek közül 1953-ben állította fel a repülés történetének túlszárnyalhatatlan rekordját, ugyanis ő volt az első nő, aki a hangnál sebesebben repült.
James Harold Doolittle
(December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American aviation pioneer.
Louise Thaden
(November 12, 1905 – November 9, 1979) was an aviation pioneer, holder of numerous aviation records, and the first woman to win the Bendix Trophy.
Mike Melvill
one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites.
Miles Browning
an officer in the United States Navy in the Atlantic during World War I and in the Pacific during World War II. A pioneer in the development of aircraft carrier combat operations concepts, he is noted for his aggressive aerial warfare tactics as a captain on the USS Enterprise during World War II.
Richard Evelyn Byrd
was a pioneering American polar explorer, famous aviator and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Tony LeVier
an air racer and test pilot for the Lockheed Corporation from the 1940s to the 1970s.