Louis Blériot

male, deceased (1936)
Louis Blériot was a French inventor and engineer. In 1909 he achieved the first flight over a large body of water in a heavier-than-air craft when h...
Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye

male, deceased (1987)
David Daniel Kaminsky, known as Danny Kaye (January 18, 1913 - March 3, 1987) was a Golden Globe-winning American actor, singer and comedian.
Gus Grissom

Gus Grissom

male, deceased (1967)
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...
Bruce Dickinson

Bruce Dickinson

male, 51 years old
Paul Bruce Dickinson (born August 7, 1958 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England) is a British singer, airline pilot, radio show host, fencer and...
Wally Schirra

Wally Schirra

male, deceased (2007) (Hackensack, New Jersey, United States)
Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. (March 12, 1923 - May 3, 2007) was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen for the Project Mercury, America's...
John Boyd

John Boyd

male, deceased (1997)
Colonel John (Richard) Boyd was a United States Air Force fighter pilot and military strategist of the late 20th century whose theories have been...
Dick Rutan

Dick Rutan

male, 71 years old
Dick Rutan , aviator and adventurer, made "the world's longest flight" in the airplane "Voyager", the first airplane to circumnavigate the globe...
Ernest K. Gann

Ernest K. Gann

male, deceased (1991)
Ernest Kellogg Gann (October 13, 1910 - December 19, 1991) was an aviator, author, filmmaker, sailor, fisherman and conservationist. Born in...
Aurel Vlaicu

Aurel Vlaicu

male, deceased (1913)
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.

Steve Jones

male, 49 years old
United Kingdom | best = 3rd (2004) | 2006 = 6th (8 points) | plane = Zivko Edge 540 | website = Air Race Profile }} Legend: * C