Igor Sikorsky

Igor Sikorsky

male, deceased (1972)
Igor Ivanovich (or Ihor Ivanovych) Sikorsky (25 May, 1889 - 26 October, 1972) was a pioneer of aviation who designed the first four-engine...
Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes

male, deceased (1976)
Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. was, in his time, an aviator, engineer, industrialist, film producer and director, a playboy, an eccentric, and one of...
Steve Fossett

Steve Fossett

male, 65 years old
James Stephen Fossett (born April 22, 1944, in Jackson, Tennessee) is a American aviator and adventurer known for his appetite to set world...
Alberto Santos-Dumont

Alberto Santos-Dumont

male, deceased (1932)
Alberto Santos-Dumont (20 July 1873 - 23 July 1932) was an early pioneer of aviation. He was born, grew up, and died in Brazil. His contributions...
Karl Jatho

Karl Jatho

male, deceased (1933)
Karl Jatho (February 3, 1873 - December 8, 1933) was a German pioneer and inventor, performer and public servant of the city of Hanover. On August...
Patty Wagstaff

Patty Wagstaff

female, 58 years old
Patty Wagstaff (born September 11, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an aerobatic pilot from the United States. Wagstaff traveled all over the world...
Maurice Farman

Maurice Farman

male, deceased (1964)
Maurice Alain Farman (March 21, 1877 - February 25, 1964) was a French Grand Prix motor racing champion, an aviator, and an aircraft manufacturer...
Bessie Coleman

Bessie Coleman

female, deceased (1926)
Elizabeth 'Bessie' Coleman (January 26, 1892 - April 30, 1926), popularly known as "Queen Bess," was the first African American woman to become an...
Paul Moller

Paul Moller

male, 72 years old
Dr. Paul S. Moller (b. 1937, Canada) is an engineer who has spent the past forty years developing the Skycar personal vertical takeoff and landing...

Štefan Banič

male, deceased (1941)
Štefan Banič is the inventor of the military parachute and of the first actually used parachute. Born on 23 November 1870 in Nestich (Neštich), now...