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...
Paul Mantz

Paul Mantz

male, deceased (1965)
Albert Paul Mantz was a noted air racing pilot, movie stunt pilot and consultant from the late 1930s until his death in the mid-1960s.

John Alcock

male, deceased (1919)
Sir John William Alcock (November 5, 1892 - 18 December 1919) was a Captain in the Royal Air Force who, together with navigator Lieutenant Arthur...
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...
David Ferrie

David Ferrie

male, deceased (1967)
David William Ferrie (March 28, 1918 - February 22, 1967) was a private investigator and pilot who was alleged by New Orleans District Attorney Jim...
Italo Balbo

Italo Balbo

male, deceased (1940)
Italo Balbo (June 5, 1896 - June 28, 1940) was an Italian blackshirt leader, aviator, governor of Libya, and heir apparent of Mussolini.
Erik Lindbergh

Erik Lindbergh

male, 44 years old
Erik Lindbergh (born 1965) is an aviator, a promoter of space tourism and artist. Son of Jon Lindbergh and Barbara Robbins, he is the grandson of...
James Stockdale

James Stockdale

male, deceased (2005)
Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 - July 5, 2005) was one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the United...

Dick Johnson

male, deceased (2002)
Richard Loe "Dick" Johnson is best known for being chief test pilot for Convair, a division of American defence contractor General Dynamics and...
Gary Powers

Gary Powers

male, deceased (1977)
Francis "Frank" Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 - August 1, 1977) Capt. USAF; was an American pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down while over the...