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Wright brothers
American aviation pioneers
Igor Sikorsky
American aviation pioneer from Russian Empire (1889–1972)
William Boeing
American aviation pioneer
Glenn Curtiss
American aviator and industrialist (1878-1930)
Burt Rutan
American aerospace engineer (born 1943)
Gustave Whitehead
possible first powered manned flight (1874–1927)
Alexander Lippisch
German pioneer of aerodynamics (1894-1976)
Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.
American aeroplanes designer and businessman (1892–1981)
Ed Heinemann
American military aircraft designer (1908–1991)
Clyde Cessna
American aircraft designer (1879-1954)
Jack Northrop
American aircraft industrialist and designer, founder of Northrop Corporation (1895–1981)
Leroy Grumman
American aerospace engineer (1895–1982)
Alexander Kartveli
American aerospace engineer (1896–1974)
E. Lilian Todd
(1865-1937) American aviation pioneer
Edgar Schmued
German aircraft designer (1899-1985)
George de Bothezat
Romanian American engineer, businessman and aviation pioneer (1882-1940)
Paul Poberezny
United States aviator, founder of Experimental Aircraft Association (1921–2013)
Thomas W. Benoist
aviator (1874–1917)
Michael Gregor
American aerospace engineer (1888–1953)
Fred Weick
American aviation pioneer (1899-1993)
Steve Wittman
American aviator (1904–1995)
William Hawley Bowlus
glider designer (1896-1967)
Molt Taylor
American aerospace engineer (1912-1995)
Isaac M. Laddon
American aircraft designer
Stanley Hiller
American helicopter designer (1924-2006)
Igor Bensen
American aircraft designer (1917-2000)
Gérard Freebairn Vultee
aircraft designer, founder of Vultee Aircraft Corp.
Jim Bede
American aviation inventor
Hal Markarian
American aircraft designer