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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Charles A. Lindbergh
Inducted in 1967 First Non-Stop Solo Flight From New York To Paris, 1927 1902 – 1974 Charles Lindbergh was not the first pilot to fly across the Atlantic: there were […]