Category
page 1American aviation record holders
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939)
Wright brothers
American aviation pioneers
John Glenn
American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)

Chuck Yeager
American World War II flying ace and test pilot; first pilot to fly faster than sound (1923–2020)

Richard F. Gordon
American astronaut (1929–2017)
Steve Fossett
American businessman, record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer
Henry H. Arnold
American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force (1886-1950)
Curtis LeMay
American general and politician (1906–1990)
Joseph Kittinger
American military pilot (1928–2022)

Chesley Sullenberger
American commercial airline pilot

Jacqueline Cochran
American aviator and businesswoman (1906–1980)

Jimmy Doolittle
American military officer and aviation pioneer (1896–1993)
Glenn Curtiss
American aviator and industrialist (1878-1930)
Robert L. Gibson
American astronaut
Carl Andrew Spaatz
United States Air Force general (1891-1974)
Wiley Post
American aviator; first pilot to fly solo around the world (1898–1935)
Geraldyn M. Cobb
American aviator (1931-2019)
Joseph Albert Walker
American test pilot (1921–1966)
Ruth Elder
American pilot and actress (1902–1977)
Alan Eustace
American computer scientist and skydiver
Alexander P. de Seversky
Russian-American aviation pioneer
Robert Michael White
American officer, astronaut, engineer and test pilot (1924–2010)
Pancho Barnes
American aviator (1901-1975)
Ira Clarence Eaker
United States Air Force general (1896-1987)
Jessica Cox
Armless aviator
Samuel Franklin Cody
American aviator (1867-1913)
Ruth Rowland Nichols
American aviator (1901–1960)
Glenn L. Martin
Aviation pioneer (1886-1955)
Gabby Gabreski
American flying ace (1919-2002)
Fred Noonan
American flight navigator, sea captain, and aviation pioneer
Alexandru Papană
Romanian bobsleddert (1906–1946)
Brian Binnie
United States naval aviator and commercial astronaut (1953–2022)
Giuseppe Mario Bellanca
Italian-American airplane designer (1886-1960)

Paul Mantz
American aviator, air racing pilot, movie stunt pilot (1903-1965)
Ruth Bancroft Law
American aviation pioneer (1887-1970)
Matilde Moisant
American aviator (1878–1964)

Jeannette Piccard
American balloonist, scientist, teacher and priest (1895-1981)
Frank Kendall Everest Jr.
American air force officer (1920–2004)
Clarence Chamberlin
American aviator (1893-1976)
Iven Carl Kincheloe
American flying ace (1928–1958)
Jeana Yeager
American aviator
Bertrand Blanchard Acosta
American aviator (1895–1954)
Dick Rutan
American aviator, test pilot, and recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Phoebe Omlie
American aviator (1902-1975)
John Bevins Moisant
American aviator (1868–1910)

Eddie August Schneider
American aviator (1911–1940)
Kermit Beahan
bombardier who dropped atomic bomb on Nagasaki

Alvin M. Johnston
American test pilot
Helen Richey
American aviator (1909–1947)
Louise Thaden
American aviator (1905–1979)

Bob Hoover
American test pilot and aerobatics legend (1922-2016)
Charles F. Blair, Jr.
American aviator
Blanche Noyes
American aviator
Frank Wead
American naval aviator and screenwriter (1895-1947)
Ben Abruzzo
American aviator and balloonist (1930–1985)
Elinor Smith
American aviator (1911-2010)
Bobbi Trout
American aviator (1906–2003)

Bill Bridgeman
American test pilot (1916–1968)
Milburn G. Apt
American test pilot