| NAME |
OCCUPATION |
SUMMARY |
BORN |
DIED |
|
Jackie Cochran
|
Aviator |
First woman to break the sound barrier |
11-May-1906 |
09-Aug-1980 |
DEAD
|
Frank Corder
|
Aviator |
Crashed a Cessna into White House lawn |
1966 |
12-Sep-1994 |
DEAD
|
Wrong Way Corrigan
|
Aviator |
Flew transatlantic route "by accident" |
22-Jan-1907 |
09-Dec-1995 |
DEAD
|
Glenn Curtiss
|
Aviator |
American aviation pioneer |
21-May-1878 |
23-Jul-1930 |
DEAD
|
James Doolittle
|
Aviator |
Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942 |
14-Dec-1896 |
27-Sep-1993 |
DEAD
|
Amelia Earhart
|
Aviator |
Misplaced aviatrix |
24-Jul-1897 |
02-Jul-1937 |
DEAD
|
Steve Fossett
|
Aviator |
First to cross Pacific in a balloon |
22-Apr-1944 |
03-Sep-2007 |
DEAD
|
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
|
Aviator |
Wife of Charles Lindbergh |
22-Jun-1906 |
07-Feb-2001 |
DEAD
|
Charles Lindbergh
|
Aviator |
Transatlantic soloist |
04-Feb-1902 |
26-Aug-1974 |
DEAD
|
Beryl Markham
|
Aviator |
West with the Night |
26-Oct-1902 |
03-Aug-1986 |
DEAD
|
Vicki van Meter
|
Aviator |
Child cross-country aviator |
13-Mar-1982 |
15-Mar-2008 |
DEAD
|
Jean Piccard
|
Aviator |
Extreme balloonist |
28-Jan-1884 |
28-Jan-1963 |
DEAD
|
Wiley Post
|
Aviator |
First pilot to fly solo round the world |
22-Nov-1898 |
15-Aug-1935 |
DEAD
|
Bessica Raiche
|
Aviator |
Aviatrix and gynecologist |
00-Apr-1875 |
11-Apr-1932 |
DEAD
|
Eddie Rickenbacker
|
Aviator |
Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI |
08-Oct-1890 |
23-Jul-1973 |
DEAD
|
Blanche Stuart Scott
|
Aviator |
Auto and air daredevil |
08-Apr-1885 |
12-Jan-1970 |
DEAD
|
Orville Wright
|
Aviator |
Co-inventor of the airplane |
19-Aug-1871 |
30-Jan-1948 |
DEAD
|
Wilbur Wright
|
Aviator |
Co-inventor of the airplane |
16-Apr-1867 |
30-May-1912 |
DEAD
|
| Chuck Yeager
|
Aviator |
Test pilot, first to break speed of sound |
13-Feb-1923 |
TBD |
|
