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 […]
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Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge
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 […]
Igor Sikorsky
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 […]
Wiley H. Post
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 […]
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. […]