Inducted in 2006 World’s first airline pilot 1889 – 1916 Anthony Habersack Jannus was born in 1889 in Washington, DC. Tony Jannus was just twenty-one years old when he taught […]
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Bessie Coleman
Inducted in 1989 First Black Woman Licensed Pilot 1893-1926 Bessie Coleman was born into a poor Texas family, and although she was a bright student, poverty kept her from attending […]
Walter R. Brookins
Inducted in 1986 The First Civilian Pilot, 1910 1888 – 1953 The Wright brothers realized that if the science of aviation were to develop, it would first be necessary to […]
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 […]