Pilot in World War I and as an operations officer in World War II as well as commanding Officer of the 446th Bomb Group at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth/Participated in drafting the original Civil Air regulations
Aviator/member Mercury 13, flight instructor, demonstration pilot, advisor to (FAA). President of Ninety-Nines. Written about flying and history of women in flight. Together with Wally Funk, Jessen is one of the last two surviving members of Mercury 13
Test pilot. Set the world altitude record in 1958 by flying to 91,249 feet in an F-104 Starfighter. He?s clocked 7,000 hours in 15 fighter planes, trained pilots in World War II, and flew fighter planes in Korea and Vietnam
'Hidden Figure' African-American physicist and mathematician who made contributions to the US aeronautics and space programs with early application of digital electronic computers at NASA
NASA Apollo Engineer, born 1942. Flight Controller for the EMU (Space Suit) through Apollo 13. Helped design, analyze, and test the suits. NASA medical requirements led to his doctorate and career as a Seattle OB-GYN