Eberhardt Rechtin

Eberhardt Rechtin

male, deceased (2006)
Eberhardt Rechtin (1926-2006) was an American systems engineer and respected authority in aerospace systems and systems architecture. He received...

Gary Hudson

male
Gary Hudson has been involved in private spaceflight development for over 25 years. Hudson is best known as the founder of Rotary Rocket Company,...

Alfred Sommer

male
Alfred (Al) Sommer is an Aerospace engineer, who was born in New York City near Yankee Stadium in 1934. He did his undergraduate work at the...
Bill Lear

Bill Lear

male, deceased (1978)
William (Bill) Powell Lear (26 June 1902 - 14 May 1978) was an American inventor and businessman. He is best known for founding the Lear Jet...
Samuel Pierpont Langley

Samuel Pierpont Langley

male, deceased (1906)
Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22 1834, Roxbury, Massachusetts (near Boston) - February 27 1906, Aiken, South Carolina) was an American...
Klaus von Storch

Klaus von Storch

male, 47 years old
Klaus von Storch Kruge (b. February 20 1962) is a Chilean aerospace engineer and astronaut trainee. Von Storch was born in Osorno, in southern...
Konrad Dannenberg

Konrad Dannenberg

male, 97 years old
Konrad Dannenberg is a rocket pioneer. At the age of two, he and his family moved to Velber with Hanover, where he spent his youth. A lecture by...
Clarence Johnson

Clarence Johnson

male, deceased (1990)
Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson (February 27, 1910 - December 21, 1990) was an aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator. Johnson worked for...
Alexei Tupolev

Alexei Tupolev

male, deceased (2001)
Alexei Andreyevich Tupolev (May 20, 1925-May 12, 2001) was a Soviet aircraft designer who led the development of the first supersonic passenger...
Richard Pearse

Richard Pearse

male, deceased (1953)
Richard William Pearse, a New Zealand farmer and inventor, performed pioneering experiments in aviation. Pearse appears to have successfully flown...