Jimmy Doolittle

Jimmy Doolittle

male, deceased (1993)
General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle, Sc.D. USAF (December 14 1896 - September 27 1993) was an American aviation pioneer. Doolittle served with...
Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart

female, 112 years old
Amelia Mary Earhart was a noted American aviation pioneer and women's rights advocate. Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished...
Chuck Yeager

Chuck Yeager

male, 86 years old
Retired Air Force Brigadier General Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager gained fame as the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound. This historic...
Malcolm Forbes

Malcolm Forbes

male, deceased (1990)
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was publisher of "Forbes magazine", founded by his father B.C. Forbes and today run by his son Steve Forbes. He was a...
Curtis Lemay

Curtis Lemay

male, deceased (1990)
Curtis Emerson LeMay was a general in the United States Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of independent candidate George C. Wallace...
Bernt Balchen

Bernt Balchen

male, deceased (1973)
Bernt Balchen, D.F.C., (23 October 1899 - 17 October 1973), was a Norwegian-American polar (and general) aviation pioneer. Born at the farm Myren...
Eileen Collins

Eileen Collins

female, 53 years old
Eileen Marie Collins (b. 19 November, 1956 in Elmira, New York) is an American astronaut and a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. A former military...
Amy Johnson

Amy Johnson

female, deceased (1941)
Amy Johnson C.B.E. was a pioneering British aviatrix who was born in Kingston upon Hull.
Jacqueline Cochran

Jacqueline Cochran

female, deceased (1980)
Jacqueline Cochran (11 May 1906 - 9 August 1980) was a pioneer American aviatrix, considered to be one of the most gifted race pilots of her...
Robert Crippen

Robert Crippen

male, 72 years old
Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937 in Beaumont, Texas) (Captain, USN, retired) is a former USAF and NASA astronaut, and flew on four...