LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Louis Blériot	Aviator	1-Jul-1872	2-Aug-1936	First to fly across English Channel
William Boeing	Business	1-Oct-1881	28-Sep-1956	Founder of Boeing, United Airlines
Jackie Cochran	Aviator	11-May-1906	9-Aug-1980	First woman to break the sound barrier
Frank Corder	Aviator	26-May-1956	12-Sep-1994	Crashed a Cessna into White House lawn
Wrong Way Corrigan	Aviator	22-Jan-1907	9-Dec-1995	Flew transatlantic route "by accident"
Glenn Curtiss	Aviator	21-May-1878	23-Jul-1930	American aviation pioneer
James Doolittle	Aviator	14-Dec-1896	27-Sep-1993	Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942
Amelia Earhart	Aviator	24-Jul-1897	2-Jul-1937	Misplaced aviatrix
Steve Fossett	Aviator	22-Apr-1944	3-Sep-2007	First to cross Pacific in a balloon
Laura Ingalls	Aviator	14-Dec-1893	10-Jan-1967	Aviatrix and Nazi sympathizer
Samuel P. Langley	Astronomer	22-Aug-1834	2-Feb-1906	Heavier-than-air flying machine
Anne Morrow Lindbergh	Aviator	22-Jun-1906	7-Feb-2001	Wife of Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh	Aviator	4-Feb-1902	26-Aug-1974	Transatlantic soloist
Beryl Markham	Aviator	26-Oct-1902	3-Aug-1986	West with the Night
James S. McDonnell	Business	9-Apr-1899	22-Aug-1980	Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Co.
Susan Oliver	Actor	13-Feb-1932	10-May-1990	Actress-cum-Aviatrix
Auguste Piccard	Physicist	28-Jan-1884	24-Mar-1962	First man in the stratosphere
Jean Piccard	Aviator	28-Jan-1884	28-Jan-1963	Extreme balloonist
Wiley Post	Aviator	22-Nov-1898	15-Aug-1935	First pilot to fly solo round the world
Bessica Raiche	Aviator	Apr-1875	11-Apr-1932	Aviatrix and gynecologist
Eddie Rickenbacker	Aviator	8-Oct-1890	23-Jul-1973	Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI
Charles Stewart Rolls	Business	27-Aug-1877	12-Jul-1910	Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry	Author	29-Jun-1900	31-Jul-1944	The Little Prince
Blanche Stuart Scott	Aviator	8-Apr-1885	12-Jan-1970	Auto and air daredevil
Chesley Sullenberger	Aviator	23-Jan-1951		Landed Flight 1549 on the Hudson River
Vicki Van Meter	Aviator	13-Mar-1982	15-Mar-2008	Child cross-country aviator
Manfred von Richthofen	Military	2-May-1892	21-Apr-1918	The Red Baron
Orville Wright	Aviator	19-Aug-1871	30-Jan-1948	Co-Inventor of the airplane
Wilbur Wright	Aviator	16-Apr-1867	30-May-1912	Co-Inventor of the airplane
Chuck Yeager	Aviator	13-Feb-1923		Test pilot, first to break speed of sound

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