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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Louis Blériot
Aviator
1-Jul-1872 2-Aug-1936 First to fly across English Channel
William Boeing
Business
1-Oct-1881 28-Sep-1956 Founder of Boeing, United Airlines
Jackie Cochran
Aviator
11-May-1906 9-Aug-1980 First woman to break the sound barrier
Frank Corder
Aviator
26-May-1956 12-Sep-1994 Crashed a Cessna into White House lawn
Wrong Way Corrigan
Aviator
22-Jan-1907 9-Dec-1995 Flew transatlantic route "by accident"
Glenn Curtiss
Aviator
21-May-1878 23-Jul-1930 American aviation pioneer
James Doolittle
Aviator
14-Dec-1896 27-Sep-1993 Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942
Amelia Earhart
Aviator
24-Jul-1897 2-Jul-1937 Misplaced aviatrix
Steve Fossett
Aviator
22-Apr-1944 3-Sep-2007 First to cross Pacific in a balloon
Laura Ingalls
Aviator
14-Dec-1893 10-Jan-1967 Aviatrix and Nazi sympathizer
Samuel P. Langley
Astronomer
22-Aug-1834 2-Feb-1906 Heavier-than-air flying machine
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Aviator
22-Jun-1906 7-Feb-2001 Wife of Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
Aviator
4-Feb-1902 26-Aug-1974 Transatlantic soloist
Beryl Markham
Aviator
26-Oct-1902 3-Aug-1986 West with the Night
James S. McDonnell
Business
9-Apr-1899 22-Aug-1980 Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Co.
Susan Oliver
Actor
13-Feb-1932 10-May-1990 Actress-cum-Aviatrix
Auguste Piccard
Physicist
28-Jan-1884 24-Mar-1962 First man in the stratosphere
Jean Piccard
Aviator
28-Jan-1884 28-Jan-1963 Extreme balloonist
Wiley Post
Aviator
22-Nov-1898 15-Aug-1935 First pilot to fly solo round the world
Bessica Raiche
Aviator
Apr-1875 11-Apr-1932 Aviatrix and gynecologist
Eddie Rickenbacker
Aviator
8-Oct-1890 23-Jul-1973 Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI
Charles Stewart Rolls
Business
27-Aug-1877 12-Jul-1910 Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Author
29-Jun-1900 31-Jul-1944 The Little Prince
Blanche Stuart Scott
Aviator
8-Apr-1885 12-Jan-1970 Auto and air daredevil
Chesley Sullenberger
Aviator
23-Jan-1951   Landed Flight 1549 on the Hudson River
Vicki Van Meter
Aviator
13-Mar-1982 15-Mar-2008 Child cross-country aviator
Manfred von Richthofen
Military
2-May-1892 21-Apr-1918 The Red Baron
Orville Wright
Aviator
19-Aug-1871 30-Jan-1948 Co-Inventor of the airplane
Wilbur Wright
Aviator
16-Apr-1867 30-May-1912 Co-Inventor of the airplane
Chuck Yeager
Aviator
13-Feb-1923   Test pilot, first to break speed of sound



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