British aviation pioneers

pioneering English aviator (1903–1941)

British aeronautics engineer (1773-1857)

French pilot, aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer

British writer, aviator, adventurer, racehorse trainer (1902–1986)

British captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force (1892-1919)

Australian engineer and inventor (1850–1915)

English monk

British Army officer (1886–1948)

English aviator (1878-1971)

English aviation pioneer and yachtsman (1888-1989)

English aviation pioneer (1877-1958)

Anglo-Irish aviator (1890-1960)

American aviator (1867-1913)

British aviator (1866–1899)

British aviation engineer (1845-1926)

British soldier, aeronautical engineer and philosopher (1875–1949)

Scottish pioneer aviator (1905–1959)

British balloonist (1785-1870)

British actress and aviator (1893-1928)

British World War I fighter pilot, recipient of the Victoria Cross. (1890–1916)

British aviation pioneer (1824–1908)

British journalist (1895-1946)

British aviation pioneer (1799–1883)

British aviator (1879-1959)

British politician (1884-1964)

British balloonist (1753–1828)

English socialite and aviation patron and enthusiast (1864–1927)

Aviator and business entrepreneur (1864–1943)

British aviation pioneer (1885–1955)

Royal Air Force air marshal

British WWI flying ace

British aviation pioneer (1894–1973)

British air racer (1885-1972)

English aviator; Air Transport Auxiliary pilot

British aviation pioneer (1883-1931)

Royal Navy Admiral and Royal Air Force Major-General (1864-1944)

race car driver, speedboat racer, and aviator (1895-1990)

pioneering aviation pilot

British explorer (1883-1972)

Royal Air Force air marshal

first female air traffic controller at Gatwick airport and Britain's first female commercial airline captain (1930-2021)

British aviator

British aircraft designer

Royal Air Force air marshal (1878-1933)

engineer (1891-1976)

British aviator (1884–1919)