Inducted in 1973 First To Pilot A Plane Across The English Channel, 1909 1872 – 1936 Frenchman Louis Blériot successfully flew across the English Channel in a small, 25-horsepower monoplane […]
Inducted in 1972 First To Successfully Demonstrate The Capabilities Of Air Power, 1921 1879 – 1936 After World War I, General “Billy” Mitchell argued against the huge reductions being made […]
Inducted in 1972 Army’s First Civilian Aeronautical Engineer, 1914 1888 – 1976 Grover Cleveland Loening’s distinguished aviation career spanned more than half a century. His background earned him an appointment […]
Inducted in 1971 First Astronaut Designee In A Winged Aircraft, 1962 1924 – 2010 The first men to reach space were aboard capsules, but great advancements were simultaneously being made […]
Inducted in 1971 First Military Officer To Pilot An Airplane, 1908. First Fatality In Powered Aviation, 1908 1882 – 1908 Lieutenant Thomas Etholen Selfridge, a young West Pointer from San […]
Inducted in 1970 First To Design, Produce And Fly A Helicopter In The Western Hemisphere, 1940 1889 – 1972 Germany produced the world’s first controllable transport helicopter in 1940 (the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
