Inducted in 1970 First To Fly Solo Around The World, 1933 1898 – 1935 Between July 15 and 22, 1933, in a single engine Lockheed Vega equipped with a Sperry […]
Month: July 2014
Wiley H. Post
Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, Michael Collins
Inducted in 1969 Neil Armstrong 1930-2012 Edwin Buzz Aldrin 1930- Michael Collins 1930-2021 The First Lunar Landing, 1969 Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, bound […]
General James H. Doolittle
Inducted in 1969 First To Make An All-Blind Instrument Flight From Take Off to Landing, 1929 1896 – 1993 Beginning in the 1920s, “Jimmy” Doolittle compiled an impressive record as […]
Glenn Hammond Curtiss
Inducted in 1969 Pioneer Aviator, Designer and Manufacturer, 1911 1878 – 1930 After starting a career as a bicycle racer and builder like the Wright brothers, Curtiss’ interests shifted to […]
General Charles E. Yeager
Inducted in 1968 First Person To Pilot An Aircraft At Supersonic Speed, 1947 1923 – 2020 On October 14, 1947, Captain “Chuck” Yeager, a World War II fighter pilot, became […]
Amelia Earhart
Inducted in 1968 First Woman To Fly Solo Across The Atlantic, 1932 First Pilot To Fly Solo Hawaii To California, 1935 1897 – 1937 Amelia Earhart made world headlines with […]
Jacqueline Cochran
Inducted in 1968 First Woman To Pilot An Aircraft Supersonically, 1953 1906 – 1980 On May 18, 1953, aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to pilot an aircraft supersonically. […]
Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd
Inducted in 1968 First To Fly Over The North Pole, 1926 First To Fly Over The South Pole, 1929 1888 – 1957 Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett were the […]