Chuck Yeager

Chuck Yeager

male, 86 years old
aviator, testpilot, American, Aviation pioneer, General, American military personnel of World War II
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...
Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

male, 79 years old
astronaut, walked on the moon, apollo 11, American astronaut, moon, aviator…testpilot, Glider pilot
Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and naval aviator. He was the first...
Gus Grissom

Gus Grissom

male, deceased (1967)
astronaut, Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34, Congressional Space Medal of Honor, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee, Space Program Fatality…pilot, testpilot
Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was a United States Air Force pilot and a NASA astronaut. A native of Mitchell, Indiana, he was the second American to...
Mike Melvill

Mike Melvill

male, 68 years old
Private spaceflight, Ansari X Prize, testpilot, Aviation pioneer, Highbury Preparatory School, Scaled Composites Proteus…Glider pilot, Society of Experimental Test Pilot
Michael Winston "Mike" Melvill (born November 1941) is one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled...
Michael Collins

Michael Collins

male, 79 years old
astronaut, aviator, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee, Major General, all my child, apollo 11…U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School, testpilot
Major General Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) is a former American astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of...
Bob Hoover

Bob Hoover

male, 87 years old
American military personnel of World War II, Robert A. "Bob" Hoover, From Tennessee, air show, American, Soldier's Medal recipient…testpilot
Robert A. "Bob" Hoover (born 1922) is a former air show pilot and United States Air Force test pilot. His personal trademark is a wide-brimmed...
Hanna Reitsch

Hanna Reitsch

female, deceased (1979)
World War II, Iron Cross, Nazi Party, German, glider, barrage balloon…testpilot, Luftwaffe pilot, Glider pilot, stunt pilot, quickly recruited as a test pilot
Hanna Reitsch was a famous German test pilot. Reitsch was born in Hirschberg, Silesia. She was the daughter of an ophthalmologist and was in...
Eileen Collins

Eileen Collins

female, 53 years old
astronaut, Women in the United States Air Force, testpilot, Eileen Marie Collins, from Elmira, New York, Irish-American in the military
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...
Deke Slayton

Deke Slayton

male, deceased (1993)
astronaut, American military personnel of World War II, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee, American, United States Air Force officer, world war ii veteran…testpilot, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Donald Kent 'Deke' Slayton was one of the original "Mercury Seven" NASA astronauts. Initially grounded by a heart condition, he would serve as...
Jimmy Doolittle

Jimmy Doolittle

male, deceased (1993)
united states air force, World War II, General, United States Army Air Forces, Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath, Harmon Trophy winner…testpilot
General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle, Sc.D. USAF (December 14 1896 - September 27 1993) was an American aviation pioneer. Doolittle served with...