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  1. Senior commander in Royal Australian Air Force. Wackett introduced parachutes to the Australian Air Force and made the country?s first free fall parachute descent from a military aircraft in Australia on May 27, 1926
  2. (November 1, 1955-August 31, 1991), pilot of 'Boston', involved in the U.S. Army's first round-the-world flight
  3. World Champion female stunt pilot
  4. Overcame massive claustrophobia/ fear of heights to become a fighter pilot. Flew missions in Iraq, SE Asia, & Kosovo during Operation Allied Force. Awarded numerous prestigious medals. Author and professional speaker
  5. 'Tuskegee Airmen'
  6. WW2 US Navy serving from 1943 to 1965 as a E5 Air Traffic Controller. Was in battles Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. (Born 1927)
  7. Creator of 'Little Nellie' Autogyro
  8. Staff Sgt. James Harley Wallwork DFM (21 October 1919 - 24 January 2013) British soldier, member Glider Pilot Regiment achieved notability as pilot of 1st Horsa glider to land at Pegasus Bridge in the early hours of D-Day, 6 June 1944 WW2
  9. Former Chief Concorde Pilot with British Airways
  10. WWII American Fighter Pilot Ace
  11. Irish airline CEO, CEO of the International Airlines Group and British Airways, formerly CEO of Aer Lingus
  12. WW2 Pilot, born 11 February 1919) is a United States Army World War II veteran and a centenarian
  13. First woman to become a pilot with a major Australian airline
  14. (Born 1941) US Marine Corps Vietnam Veteran. As a Marine aviator flew over 100 combat missions in Southeast Asia. POW 1967 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit, 2 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts
  15. Army paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division and Author
  16. James Warren  (2)
    Tuskegee Airmen ww2
  17. Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
  18. Tuskegee Airman
  19. James Watkins  (2)
    WW2 Flying Ace USAAF 49th FG - 12 Kills - DSC
  20. Flight aviator
  21. Member of the Tuskegee Airmen
  22. 'Tuskegee Airmen' 'The Fighting 99th Squadron' the original Tuskegee group!
  23. The only african american pilot to fly the SR-71 Blackbird
  24. WW2 fighter ace - VF-18 - 10 Kills - Navy Cross
  25. WWII: Lancaster bomber pilot of the 101 (Special Duties) Squadron at Ludford Magna in Lincolnshire, served from November 1943 incl. the Battle of Berlin, Munich and survived the disastrous Nuremberg raid on 30th March 1944 when 97 aircraft were lost
  26. Tuskegee Airmen
  27. Bill Weaver  (2)
    SR-71 test pilot; survived catastrophic breakup of SR-71 at 78,000 ft at Mach 3.18
  28. Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
  29. Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
  30. 'Dr. Wernher Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
  31. Experimental Test Pilot, Lockheed
  32. Navy's Blue Angels Pilot
  33. WW II Pilot 6 victories born 1923
  34. Fighter ace world war 2 vmf-323 death rattlers- 5 kills
  35. Pioneering aviatrix, journalist (1908-2002). Co-founder of 'Ninety-Nines' women's group with A. Earhardt, worked with Wiley Post, first female parachutist from a damaged plane, White House reporter (1963-77), 1 of 3 women reporters on Nixon's China trip
  36. WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-6 victories, US Navy, VF-16
  37. 'Pad Leader'/'Fuhrer of the Pad' Mercury & Gemini Space Flights & Apollo Missions 1967-1975
  38. WWII Pilot Ace- Flew the P-38 & P-40--[14 victories]- DSC
  39. Women's Army Corps
  40. British engineer (Born: 1927) who was instrumental in Britain's successful development of rocket launchers and hovercraft. He worked on the Black Arrow rocket programme. He is now 89. Lives in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK
  41. Tuskegee airmen ww2
  42. NASA physicist, trained astronaut (never went to space)
  43. test pilot
  44. Azellia White (June 3, 1913) was an American aviator who was the first African-American woman to earn a pilot's license in Texas
  45. Tuskegee Airmen Pilot
  46. Tuskegee Airmen (Would have to be 83 years old or older if lied about age & entered at age 16 to become an Airmen)
  47. Tuskegee airmen ww2
  48. WWII - 101st Airborne Division, 506th PIR, Easy Company. As an Easy member he is one of the 'Band of Brothers',
  49. German pilot
  50. One of the last witnesses to the Hindenburg Crash of 1937
  51. American aerospace researcher
  52. Archbishop of Warsaw
  53. Tuskegee Airmen Pilot
  54. WWII - Fighter Ace, 5 victories. ETO. 309th FS, 31 FG
  55. (Born 1957) US Air Force Veteran. Was in Cold War, Invasion of Panama 1989-1990, Somalia 1993, and Haiti 1994. Air Force Cross Recipient
  56. WW II 27 May 1944 - Missing in Action Shot down by flak in northern France, east of St. Leger.Belly-landed plane in sugar-beet field and evaded capture with the help of the French Resistance. Born: 10/17/1921
  57. Tuskegee Airmen
  58. Tuskegee Airmen, In 1948, Williams was recalled to military service during the Berlin Airlift. President Harry Truman integrated military service in 1949 & Eldridge Williams departed for his first integrated assignment on the island of Okinawa
  59. Centenarian (1895-2002). British WWI veteran, last living pilot of the Royal Flying Corps. Bombed German trenches in France, later had his Sopwith Camel shot down over Greece. Second last living pilot to have been in WWI dogfights
  60. 'B-25 Tuskegee Airmen' 'Class of 43-J'
  61. F9 Pilot in both Korean and Vietnam War
  62. NASA pilot - NASAs first all-electric experimental aircraft, the X-57 Maxwell, and flies the ER-2 high-altitude science aircraft, C-20A environmental science research aircraft, F/A-18, T-34C and TG-14 research motorglider
  63. Author/Inventor/U.S. Air Force Cold War spy, nearly getting shot down by Russian MIGs, and landing in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis/makes his fortune working for computer software magnate Bill Gates
  64. 'Royal Air Force 2nd Pilot Flight Lt.'
  65. 'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
  66. WW2 air ace - 6 Kills - USAAF
  67. US Meteorologist (1931-2023) Creator of the 'Heat index' and HIndenburg witness. Heard the explosion near his house as a 5 year old boy, drove with his grandfather to find the smoking ship in flames on the ground
  68. WW2 Veteran:Crew Chief On Douglas C-47 Dakota Aircraft
  69. Pilot of Vulcan that bombed Port Stanley operation black buck
  70. Tuskegee Airmen
  71. (Born 1934) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. Recipient of the Air Force Cross and Distinguished Service Cross
  72. WWII German Stuka Pilot - 405 missions Eastern Front 1943-45 born 1923
  73. Flight aviator
  74. WW2 Wasp. Author of We Were Wasps
  75. 1/27/1909-3/18/2001 American aviatrix along with husband Jimmie Woods, formed longest-lasting air circus, the Flying Aces Air Circus. Served with the Civil Air Patrol during WW2 later becoming an aircraft mechanic and piloting teacher
  76. WWII Bomber pilot,Navigator, 90th Bomb Group, 320 Bomb Squadron
  77. Pioneer in the Commercial Aviation Industry/ Wordlaw is one of approximately 25 black female pilots flying for a major airline in the U.S. today/Featured in the film, 'The Women's List'
  78. (Born 1946) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. Air Force Cross and Silver Star Recipient
  79. NASA pilot - Gulfstream G-III. Flew combat search and rescue in USAF
  80. (Born 1935) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. Air Force Cross and Bronze Star Recipient. Retired as a lieutenant colonel
  81. Member of the Flying Tigers (AVG) WWII
  82. WWII flew a P-51 Mustang (three confirmed aerial victories, one of which was against a Me-262 ? the eighth to have ever been shot down). Brigadier General. AKA: 'Mormon Mustang'
  83. Glider Pilot, World champion 1965
  84. Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
  85. Flight aviator 1965 group 4 astronaut candidate
  86. Co-Pilot on first 747 test flight
  87. Kodak Engineer, born 1945. Part of the team that worked on the mid-60s Lunar Orbiter missions that mapped the moon prior to the Apollo landings
  88. Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1