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An American military officer who helped develop strategic bombing theory and practice. Giles was named commanding general of the Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean Area in April 1945 and was in charge of planning the final B-29 Superfortress air attacks
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WWII: P-38J Lightning and P-51D Mustang fighter pilot with the 343d Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group
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First man to fly the SR-71 Spy plane. Lives in Palmdale, CA.
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WWII-Pilot from USA, flew P-47s on 50 combat missions during World War II, Author of 'P-47 Pilots: The Fighter-Bomber Boys'
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German Luftwaffe ace of WWII, 71 victories
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Nona M. Goard was an aviatrix who was an early parachute jumper, pilot, and wing-walker
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'Royal Navy & Royal Navy Air Service' 'Commander RNZAF South Pacific 1941-1943'
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WW 2 fighter Ace--[11 victories]
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Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
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'Tuskegee Airmen'
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One of 1st inductees to Black Aviation Hall of Fame/Became a part-time stunt flyer with the legendary airshow impresario Bill Sweet/Member of the Kansas Senate
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Laker Skytrain MacDonnell DC10 G-Belo 'Southern Belle' Pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen, Involved in the Freeman Field mutiny where a racist commander not allowing blacks & whites to talk to each other, & not allowing the black officer into the officer club. Also led to 162 black officers walked into the club and arrested
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Former British test pilot and Royal Navy officer. Pilot during WWII. Inventor of the mirror-sight deck landing system for aircraft carriers
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WWII Pilot-fighter Ace-- Flew the P-47 & 51--30 kills- 15 air- 15 gound USAAF - POW - DSC
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WWII Australian Ace-5.5 victories, RAF 607 Squadron
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Pilot of X20 Dynasour
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Flight aviator mercury 13 astronaut candidate 1960
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Test pilot - Jetstar prototype airplane
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Red Bull Air Race Pilot. Airshow performer
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WWII Hump Pilot (680 Flights), Author (Himalayan Rogue: A Pilot's Odessey - 1994), CNAC 1942-1947
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Flying Tigers-crew chief
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Air Force B-2 Test Pilot and FedEx Pilot
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American WWII - Pilot, USAAC, Member of combat mission 'Yamamoto Mission' in October 1942
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USAF & NASA pilot - director for Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards. For USAF - tested A-10, F-15, F-16
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Sr-71 test pilot
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'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
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Bill Gray (2)Chief Test Pilot - USAF Test Pilot School. Has flown the F-15, F-15E, F-117, T-6A, FB-111A
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World War II RAF Eagle Squadron Pilot and 5 victory ace
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(WWII Pilot - Tuskegee Airmen)
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Tuskegee Airmen
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (WWII-5.25 Kills) US Navy, VF-10. Flew Hellcats and Corsairs. Also Flew the Stearman
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WWII - Ace Pilot (Europe and Africa, 1943-1944) 18 victories
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WWII Flying Tiger Pilot
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WWII pilot, born 1920. First mission was as a dive bomber at the Battle of Midway, Battle of Guadacanal and Battle of Tokyo. Flew SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber
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Col. Robert Grimes, an Army Air Forces pilot flew a B-17 bomber during World War II
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German Flying Ace Of World War II
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WWII Fighter Ace, 354th Fighter Group, 6 victories - USAAF
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Rocket Scientist, 'Dr. Werner Von Braun's Team'
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'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
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WWII - Fighter Ace - USAAF - 8 Kills
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Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
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One of the last living crewmembers (1917-2002) of the Hindenburg that survived the 1937 crash. Served as a ship cook, he jumped to safety through an opening in the ship and ran to safety as the ship fell behind him
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US Army WWII vet, born 1921. Served in the Signal Intelligence Service, through Africa and Italy. Later a career with Pan-Am Airlines, and close friends with the Monaco royal family. Married in Italy with actor Rex Harrison as a witness
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US Air Force Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran. Recipient of the Air Force Cross, 3 Bronze Stars, and a Purple Heart
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Test pilot - F-14, etc. Also known as J. Thomas Gwynne
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Army Air Corps.1st mission firebombing mission Hamm, Germany Feb, 1945. Flew 23 missions/part 8th Air Force, Rookie crew, 1st combat mission, bomber Last plane in formation to pass over the target - position known as 'Tail End Charlie'
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Easy Company' 'Member of a Band of Brothers'
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Astronaut
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LCDR - US NAVY Blue Angels
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Tuskegee Airman- Pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen- Pilot
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Jack Hallett (2)
WW2 Fighter pilot cadet in Maxwell Field. Flew on the B-40, P-28, and P-47 (Born 1920) He flew a P51 Mustang for his 99th birthday -
Businessman, chief cargo officer, Qatar Airways Cargo airlines
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Maj.Gen. Patrick J. Halloran is deputy director for strategic command, control and communications systems, Command, Control and Communications Systems Directorate, Joint Staff, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington,D.C.
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Col. USAF pilot in the Berlin Airlift known as the 'candy Bomber' dropped candy to children from his plane over Berlin, flew the A-26, B-25, C-47, C-54 and C-74
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Flight Steward who served on Air Force One for Kennedy through Ford. Flew JFK into Dallas, then helped tear out seats to fit the casket in after the shot. Stayed in the area with Jackie Kennedy and JFK's body during the flight back to DC.
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Ww2 bombarder b-52
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WW2 Spitfire pilot and Flight Commander who received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his attacks on enemy aircraft. Born: 1916 and recently reached his 100th birthday. Lives in a care home in Ammanford, South Wales, UK
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Producer, director, author, photographer and pilot. President of Handleman Filmworks. Owner of Handleman Sky Ranch. Director of the Michigan Air Guard Historical Association. Has served on more than thirty civic and charitable boards
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USAF Col. (ret.) credited with the only known shoot down of a MiG with cannon fire above supersonic speed (Vietnam-June 2, 1972)
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Test pilot
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U.S. Navy Ace WWII--[6 victories]- 1st USA Ace in a Day - Navy Cross
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German pilot
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WWII TBF Avenger torpedo dive bomber pilot. Battle of Midway and the Battle of Guadalcanal. Torpedo Squadron 8. Received two Navy Crosses and three Air Medals. Featured in book, 'A Dawn Like Thunder.'
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radio operator (memphis belle)
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Samurai of the sky/Japanese Zero Pilot WW2/19 Victories/Public Speaker/Imperial Japanese Navy, and graduated from the service's 35th fighter pilot course/Lives @ NAGANO, Japan/http://ww2db.com/person-bio.php?person-id=777
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WWII Pilot - Tuskegee Airmen. B-29, B-36, P-47, P-51, B-57, KC-97 and AC-119K
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Bell X-1 PILOT, Early experimental research test pilot for the X-1 aircraft, and program manager for the Lifting Body program! Survived crash landing in F-94C in 1954
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World War II ace
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WWII veteran WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot) (flew the pt-19, BT-13, AT-6, BT-13n and B-17)
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Pioneering stewardess and WWII nurse, born 1916. Special duty nurse for Air Force Gen. Hap Arnold, after having been one of Delta's first ever stewardesses from 1940-43
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Tuskegee Pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Wife Tuskegee Airman/NASA's highest ranking black female in 1973 when she was fired for seeking equal opportunity for blacks at NASA/Author 'The Harlem Princess'
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (WWII-9 Kills) US Navy, VF-17/18
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American Pilot,Astroaut, Born:10/20/1921
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Pilot British Aerospace
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top fighter ace in the world- 353 kills in ww2 on russian front
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NASA research pilot. Flies the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a modified Boeing 747SP with the worldâ-?s largest airborne astronomical observatory
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Canadian pilot who got lost in the north west terriotories and was found after 31 days
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Pioneer military aviator who survived 10 days in Alaska's wilderness after crashing in around-the-world flight attempt in 1924/1941 commanded an around-the-world flight of 24,600 miles set record of 121 hours & 55 minute
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Tuskegee Airmen Flew PT-17, BT-13, A-26, P-40, P-47, P-51, F-80, F-86, F-89, F-94 and the F-102
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Lieutenant colonel USAF WW2 Tuskegee airmen
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Avation pioneer who held most of the city to city speed records in the states. gave airehart her first ride in an airplane
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British Engineering Professor on the developement of jet engine. Born: 05/22/1913
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WWII WASP -womens army service pilot, Flew the pt-17, at-6, bt-13, uc-78
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Holds the world record for oldest person to skydive
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WWII US Fighter Pilot
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airline pilot hero
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Vietnam - Last Flight From Da Nang, pilot. Ken is the pilot of the famous 'Last Flight from Da Nang' on March 29, 1975, when World Airways owner Ed Daly took his 727-100 to Da Nang which had become Vietcong-controlled
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-5 victories, US Navy, VF-18 USS Intrepid
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95 Year old RAF Wing commander of 158th squadron, RAF
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Member of Pappy Boyington's Black Sheep Squadron
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WWII: 32nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Broup; Herbert Heilbrun piloted a B-17 Flying Fortress and was escorted by the Tuskegee Airmen. 32 missions including Linz, Austria, and Brux, Czechoslovakia, After the war test pilot at Wright Field, Dayton Ohio
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Born 1940 US Navy Vietnam War Veteran. Was a became a POW in 1966. Bronze Star, 3 Leigon of Merit?s, Purple Heart, and a Silver Stat recipient
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Super Bowl Sunday 1969 he hijacked United Airlines flight to Havana. A former Green Beret, his mission to get Fidel Castro. Reds boarded a 727 from Miami forced pilot to fly to Cuba. He had the pilot send a message, 'Tell Fidel, El Rojo is coming.'
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Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron FA-18 Flight Demonstration Pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Former U.S. Astronaut
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Doolittle's Raiders crew #8 Navigator/Bombadier/Nose Gunner
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WW2 Luftwaffe Ace. 'Spanish Civil War Veteran' 'International Brigade' 'German'
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Colonel USAF (ret) Koearn War fighter pilot, wrote the book and is the subject of the Rock Hudson movie, Battle Hymn
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Flight aviator b52 bomber test pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen 'LA Chapter'
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Tuskegee Airmen 'LA Chapter' B-25 Pilot with 477th Medium Bomber Group!
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Flight (aviator)
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W.A.S.P. Pilot
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Fighter ace- Flying Tigers
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USAF, (Ret) Original Tuskegee Airman/One key event took place while working in crash & rescue. During one aircraft incident, heroically helped remove, then Col B. O. Davis Jr, from his damaged plane upon landing at locbourne Air Force Base
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WW2 - US Navy Fighter Ace, VF-5 - 7 Kills
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Tuskegee Airmen
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WW2 - Fighter Ace - USAAF - 365-FG - POW - 5 Kills
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Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member
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Born May 29, 1955. Tried shooting President Reagan
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Test pilot born 1939; first man to fly the Northrop B-2 Spirit
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Pilot, Reno Air Race Pilot
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Co-pilot of the 16th B-25 in the Doolittle Raid in WWII, spent three years as a POW. Born: 03/03/1920
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Singaporean WWII vet, born 1920. Last surviving Singaporean pilot of the Flying Tigers. Served in the Chinese American Composite Wing, assigned to the 14th US Air Force. 18 B-25 missions. Career as Captain with Malaysia-Singapore Airlines
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test pilot
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Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
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Jerry T. Hodges Jr was born on June 29, 1925 in Tennessee. He became one of many Tuskegee Airmen. He went into WW2 from 1944 to 1945 and became a businessman after the war
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'Rocket Scientest' with Wernher Von Braun NASA Team!
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(Born 1941) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1971 to 1973. Recipient of Defense Superior Service Medal, a Legion of Merit, a Distinguished Flying Cross, 2 Bronze Stars, and 3 Purple Hearts
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Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest
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Tuskegee Airmen
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USN Test Pilot School Instructor/Chief, Human Systems Engineering Branch/USAF Test Pilot School Academic Instructor/Participated as a geophysicist on a remote field expedition to the Antarctic
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American WWII-Pilot, P-51, First black helicopter pilot in the U.S. Air Force
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Former Chief of Navy Operations (1974-1978)& commander of 1st nuclear sub
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Early experimental research test pilot for the X-1 aircraft and other aircraft. In 1952, Holtoner became the commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base
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Tuskegee Airmen, WWII
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Bob Hoover was Chuck Yeager's backup pilot in the Bell X-1 program, and he flew chase in a Lockheed P-80 when Yeager first exceeded Mach 1(broke the sound barrier)on October 14, 1947.
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Flight aviator
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'Tuskegee Airmen' '99th Fighter Squadron' 'Class of 44-J'!
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doolittles raiders crew #10 gunner
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Tuskegee Airman- Pilot
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NASA pilot - remotely pilots the Global Hawk, X-56 and Resilient Autonomy unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and also flies missions for Armstrong's King Air research testbed and T-34 mission support aircraft
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1st female Captain of a scheduled US Jet airline
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'Miracle at Cortez' U2 pilot
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CAPT - USMC, US NAVY Blue Angels C-130 'Fat Albert' Pilot
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Shot down the first enemy aircraft in the korean war
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(Born 1935) US Marine Corps Aviator Vietnam Veteran. Flew UH-1E, VMO-6, VMO-1, OV-10, O-2B, and AH-1J throughout his service. Navy Cross Recipient
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P-38 Lightning Ace during WWII-[9 victories] Member of the 82nd Fighter Group - USAAF
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NASA flight director for Apollo 16 and 17
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WW2 Veteran Combat Pilot
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'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
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Last known surviving Navy groundcrewman at the Hindenburg crash in 1937. A veteran of the Navy's blimp program in the 1920s/1930s, and a WWII veteran. Died at 94 in 2005
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James Ince (2) Ww 2 air ace - 6 Kills - USAAF
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USMC Ace during WWII-[5 victories] Member of VMF-211
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WWII Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group, 'Zemke's Wolfpack'
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'Tuskegee Airmen' & fighter ace of ww2
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American WWII - Pilot, USAAC, Member of combat mission 'Yamamoto Mission' in October 1942
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Tuskegee Airman, 1st Black 4-Star General
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WW2 veteran. Aviator
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Tuskegee Airman Pilot
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Retired Polish pilot, Colonel of the Polish Army and Cosmonaut Backup Cosmonaut of Miros?aw Hermaszewski
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Flying Tigers-propeller specialist
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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
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(Born 1932) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW 1966 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars
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1st woman of color in space
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weapons officer on the Enola Gay during the Hiroshima Mission
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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
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Major General Eldon W. Joersz is an American pilot, who currently holds the World Air Speed Record
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92 Year old nose gunner on a B-24 bomber during WW2 & POW. Now lives in Montville, NJ
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Capt. Clinton B. Johnson shot down a Mig-17 while flying a propeller driven A-1H Skyraider
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Oldest felmale pilot ,aka 'Mama Bird'Born: 11/04/1909
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Bomb Aimer, 617 Squadron (Dambusters)
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World Altitude Record Holder, Test Pilot
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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
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WW2 Flying Ace
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'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
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WWII US Fighter Pilot, 56th FG, Zemke's Wolfpack
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Tuskegee Airman WWII
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'Easy Company' 'Member ofa Band of Brothers'
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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
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Doolittle Raiders 'Pilot Crew #5'
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-5 victories, USAAF, 23 Fighter Group, 74 Fighter Squadron 'Flying Tigers'
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Also known as Al JuchheimP-47 Thunderbolt Ace of WWII, 9 victories83rd Squadron/78th Fighter Group
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Flight aviator
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Flying Tigers-clerk
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Japanese-Paraguayan politician, director of Paraguay's Civil Aeronautics National Direction (Direccion Nacional de Aeronautica Civil)
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WWII Fighter Ace (7.5 Victs)
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Korean War Ace (6 kills) - USAF - POW Viet Nam - Air Force Cross recipient three times (flew the f-105 thunderchief)
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Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron C-130 Flight Demonstration Pilot and Executive Officer
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Japanese Pilot who claimed to have shot down Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington
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Supercentenarian (1893-2005). One of the last living women voters of the 1920 election. Also witnessed a flight demonstration by the Wright Brothers in Indiana as a young woman
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US WWII Marine, born 1924. Served in the Battles of Guadalcanal and Tarawa. Worked under Werner von Braun in the 50s, absorbed into the newly formed NASA. Knew and worked with astronauts back to the original 7. Retired in 1985
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US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. Served from 1953 to 1979. Went to Vietnam in 1970
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RAF Chinook test pilot
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Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member
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Commander, US NAVY Blue Angels
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Shot down a Mig 17 in Vietnam
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Director of Shuttle Processing for NASA
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WWII: Tuskegee Airmen
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Flew the Hump during WWII, Author
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P-51 Mustang Ace during WWII-[5 victories] Member of the 354 Fighter Group
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Australian Pioneer / Aviator
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Australian Aviator and Public servant
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WW2 Air Ace - 7 Kills - US Navy; Fighter Squadron VF-8 on the USS Intrepid and from February 1944 on on the USS Bunker Hill
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-12 victories, US Navy, VF-10 - Navy Cross
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Flight Engineer and curator, Northwest Airlines Museum
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One of the pilots who took part in the mission to shoot down Admiral Yamamoto's airplane during WWII
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First F-14 combat pilot to shoot down a Su-22
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WWII: USS Enterprise dive bomber pilot from the Battle of Midway, who is credited with direct hits against Japanese aircraft carriers
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-7 victories, USAAF, 56 Fighter Group, 61 Fighter Squadron
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X-15 pilot, Holds world record for speed in a fixed wing aircraft (4520 mph) called the 'Fastest man alive'
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Tuskegee Airman- Pilot
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Doolittle Raiders Co-Pilot Crew #13
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Flight aviator
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Tuskegee Airmen
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One of the six men who were first chosen to fly the U-2 Spy plane.
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US Army Air Force WWII vet (1926-2021). B-29 Tail Gunner in the South Pacific. HIs plane escorted the Enola Gay, and he witnessed Hiroshima from about a mile away in the air. Days later, he had the same role, witnessing Nagaski's bombing
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(Born 1938) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1965 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars, 4 Legion of Merits, Distinguished Flying Cross, 4 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts
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NASA scientist and leader in the design of several robotic deep-space planetary missions.He is also an author, game developer, lecturer,photographer and environmentalist
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(Born 1942) US Air Force Vietnam and Desert Storm Veteran. Went to Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Iraq and many other places during his 24 year long career
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German pilot
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Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
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WWII: The only surviving Polish squadron commander in the UK; served in the Polish Air Force in Poland (defense of Poland 1939), France (starting July 1941) and Britain and later served in the Royal Air Force.
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German WWII-Pilot, Rammjager Ace, flew with 4/JG-3 and 3/JG-4 Sturmgruppe
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Polish daredevil , Parachute jumper
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Russian/Soviet Union Ace, 12 Kills during WW2 & 13 Kills during the Korean War!
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Dr. Wernher Von Braun Rocket Team Scientist
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research pilot
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Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron FA-18 Flight Demonstration Pilot
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Test pilot, 43rd Fighter Squadron commander
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German pilot
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WWII female veteran, born 1922, WASP pilot
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Flight engineer,of the 'Bockscar,' plane that dropped bomb on Nagasaki
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Born 1947 US Air Force Vietnam and Iraq Veteran. POW in Vietnam from 1972 to 1973. 2 Legion of Merits, 1 Distinguished Flying Cross, a Purple Heart, and 1 Bronze Star
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Vietnam war combat veteran. Served from 1966 to 1967 as a heavy door machine gunner on a helicopter
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WWII P-38 Lightning Fighter Pilot. 2 aerial victories before being shot down over Aachen Germany on 16 September 1944. Also flex B17, B-24, B-25, B-26, P-39, P-47, P-51, P-59A, P-63, Wildcat, Hellcat, P80 and P-84
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World War II Aerial Gunner, The only Japanese American to fly combat in the Pacific Theater. Awarded two distingished flying crosses
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Flight aviator x-15 pilot
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'Tuskegee Airmen' '617th Bomber Squadron, Navigator, Bombardier'
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Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
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Officer and pilot of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during WWII. (Born 1918). Buchenwald concentration camp survivor
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WWII Fighter pilot. Shot down a German ME 262 jet figher and a German Arado AR 234 jet bomber. Flew with the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group (1944/1945) to April 1945) 61 combat missions (167:40 combat hours in a P-47, 107:50 in a P-51)
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Aerobatics pilot
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Aviation History!
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Retired Air Force member, worked as an VIP Air Force Crew Member, served various times on Air Force One, Air Force Two, and First Lady Missions. Lead Usher for President George H W Bush Funeral. Traveled w/several Presidents, First Ladies and other distin
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British airway pilot that survived crash
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Tuskegee Airman- Pilot
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'Tuskegee Airmen'
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(Born 1941) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1966 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, 2 Legion of Merits, a Distinguished Flying Cross, and a Purple Heart
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Member of Pappy Boyington's Black Sheep Squadron
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German World War II Luftwaffe 70-victory flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He held the position of Geschwaderkommodore of fighter wing Jagdgeschwader 51
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NASA test pilot - X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, and is assigned to Armstrong's F/A-18, F-15, T-34 research and mission support aircraft and DC-8 airborne science aircraft
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Born 1943 US Navy Vietnam and Gulf War Veteran. POW in Vietnam from May 1972 to March 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, 3 Legion of Merit's, and Distinguished Flying Cross
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COO and formerly Vice - President of security, Delta Airlines
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WW2 fighter ace - 11 Kills - USAAF
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Tuskegee Airmen original pilot
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Member of the famed ''Flying Tigers'' before and during WWII.
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SR-71 test pilot
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'Tuskegee Airmen' '301st Fighter Squadron & 332nd Fighter Group' flew the pt-17, bt-13, at-6, p-39, p-40, p-47, p-51, at-11, b-25
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British bomber pilot awarded the Victoria Cross in August 1940
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Author/'Flyers of Barron Field'
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Amanda Lee (2)Lee became the first female demonstration pilot for the Navy's famed Blue Angels team
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Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
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Chief Engineer for the Solar System Exploration Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California
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Tuskegee Airman
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WWII veteran WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot) (flew the bt-13, at-6, c-47, co-pilot on lockheed electra and dc-3)
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(born 18 July 1921) was a highly decorated Leutnant der Reserve of the Brandenburgers in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He was Rommel's personal and favorite combat driver
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US Air Force Gen. & VP running mate of George Wallace in 1968/ credited designing & implementing effective, but controversial systematic strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of WW2/headed Berlin airlift
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Female pilot during WWII (WASP - Women Airforce Service Pilots)
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WWII - Fighter Ace, 5 victories (between 23 May 1944 and 14 June 1944), plus a probable 3 damage claims. 49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group, 15th Air Force; European Theater
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WWII American Fighter Pilot Ace.
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(Born 1935) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. Started his naval career in 1958. He flew with VA-176 from 1961 to 1964, which included a deployment during the Cuban Missile Crisis. POW in Vietnam from 1972 to 1973
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'Easy Company' 'Member of a Band of Brothers'
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NASA pilot - X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, F-15, F-18, T-34 and King Air, as well as the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
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Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame, born 1923. WWII RCAF pilot, flew cover on D-Day. Post war flew for Canada's NATO and Air Defense Command, made Brig. General in 1970
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Mercury 13 Female Candidate & Aviator
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Jim was the USMC Pilot who nearly saved Gus Grissom's ill fated Liberty Bell 7, as it flooded with water and sank to the bottom of the sea following it's splashdown on 7/21/61, author - Short Tales By A Tall Pilot (2013)
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P-38 Lightning Ace during WWII-[7 victories] Member of the 475th Fighter Group
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German pilot
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Apollo-Skylab Flight Controller; played by Clint howard in APOLLO 13
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top ace of the world-353 kill ww2-russian front
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Britt Lincoln (2)Award winning daredevil aerobatic pilot
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Aviator, American Icon
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aviator grandson of charles lindbergh
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WW2 USN Flying Ace, 8 Victories!
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Pearl Harbor Survivor, was at Wheeler Field when attack started
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Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
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US Military officer, civil servant (1887-1971) Army Capt. for WWI airmail service. Transferred to PO's first airmail supervisor in 1918. Then into private aviation, known as the father of commercial aviation
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Chronicled in Captain Carole: How One of the Navy's First Female Pilots Fought Sexism, Saved 114 Souls on US Airways Flight 70, and Exposed a Coverup (by Carole Leigh Litten with Maynard Poland and David Demers)
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Test pilot
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'Squadron Leader Royal Air Force Abingdon' & 'Test Pilot'
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Flew a P-61A with the 421st NFS. Serial # 42-5512. He had 2 Japanese Ki-61 Tony?s destroyed
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WWII: WWII Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) Pilot; one of only 6 'Attagirls' still alive. Joined the ATA in 1943, flew 100s of ferry missions in Spitfires, Hurricanes and Lancaster Bombers
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1st female F14 Tomcat test poilet
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P-38 Lightning Pilot- fighter Ace during WWII [11 victories]
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Air ace ww11 - 6 Kills - USAAF
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WWII Ace Pilot/ 23rd Fighter Group
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WWII vet, born 1920. Last living member of the Flying Tigers pilot unit that worked in China, Burma, and Thailand
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Radar specialist for Lockheed Skunk Works; only person listed by name in declassified files of A-12 Oxcart program
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USAAF WWII Flying Ace, 31st FG, 309th FS - 5 Kills. Born August 7, 1923. Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_G._Loving,_Jr
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Korean War fighter Ace (9 kills)- USAF - POW Viet Nam
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WWII - 101st Airborne Division, 506th PIR, Easy Company. As an Easy member he is one of the 'Band of Brothers'
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NASA research pilot, flies the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a modified Boeing 747SP with the world's largest airborne astronomical observatory, and the Gulfstream III (G-III) mission support aircraft
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Col. Lukas, 'Tuskegee Airmen', graduated at what is now Tuskegee University, Alabama. First African American woman in the Air Force to be promoted to the rank of colonel.Wiki:
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Flew the B-52 mothership for the X-1 flight. (The 'Mothership' is the aircraft from which the X-1 aircraft & Test Pilot is launched from) also commanded the t-34, t-37, t-33, b-57, t-38, f-104, kc-135, t-39, a-26, a-1, ec-137, c-5
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F-22 test pilot
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'Squadron Leader for Royal Air Force'
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Tuskegee Airmen 'LA Chapter'
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(Born 1940) US Air Force Vietnam War Veteran. POW from 1967 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars, 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses, and 2 Purple Hearts
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Air ace ww11 - 6.5 Kills - US Navy
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S-3 Viking pilot Cmdr. John 'Skip' Lussier, who flew President Bush onto deck the of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft
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Tuskegee Airmen
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WW2 Veteran : 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,101st Airborne Division
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Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron C-130 Demonstration pilot
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First officer of the French Navy and joined on 16 August 1927 to the Compagnie Generale Aeropostale , a French airmail company, from which, after the nationalization in 1933, Air France emerged. He participated in the first postal service
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American aeronautical engineer & founder of AeroVironment & designer of human-powered aircraft that won the first Kremer prize. He devoted his life to developing more efficient transportation vehicles that could 'Do more wit
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Former American WW-Fighter Ace, USAF
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Gunner in the Dambusters Raid of 1943
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Commanding Air Officer Royal Air Force College Cranwell
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Canadian WWII-Fighter Ace
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SR 71 pilot
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Doolittle raider crew 14 bomber
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Civilian test pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Last pilot of the Japanese pilots that attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941
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WWII fighter Ace 20.75 Vic. and Korea 3.5 vic. - USAAF - DSC
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First Female Pilot USAF Thunderbirds
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Test pilot, flew YF-12, XB-70, M2 Lifting Body, F8, F9, F-86, Pilot NASA Dryden Flight Research Center 63-81.Later became deputy chief Dryden Aircraft Operations Div/1st joined NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1957
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WW 2 fighter Ace (11 kills) flew Hellcats with VF-18 - USN
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Ww2 air ace
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Air ace ww11 - 8 Kills - USAAF
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Test pilot
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Tuskegee airmen ww2
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test pilot
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Was 18 when he went into the Navy during WW2. He was in the United States Naval Aviation; was not in combat service
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Us fighter ace ww2 - 5 Kills - DSC - USAAF
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Korean war ace - USAF - 6.5 Kills
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WWII veteran WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot)
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'WW2 Hump Crew Chief/Flew the Hump' 750 Flying Hours!
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Tuskegee Airmen
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(Born 1984) US Marine Corps/Air Force Iraq/Afghanistan Veteran. Recipient of 2 Purple Hearts
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Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron C-130 Flight Demonstration Pilot
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(Born 1949) US Army Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1970 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit, a Distinguished Flying Cross, 3 Bronze Stars, and a Purple Heart
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One of the WK pilots at Virgin Galactic Spaceport Americas
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commander 48th fighter wing
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First female F-35 pilot
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'Easy Company' 'Member of a Band of Brothers'
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Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, WWII United States Army
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WWII - Fighter Ace (8 victories) of the famous Sundowners Squadron (VF-11 of Carrier Air Group Eleven, Pacific Theater)
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World War II Army veteran Carl May( Born March 25, 1923) celebrated his 100th birthday by climbing back in the pilot's seat
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Melissa May (2)Distinguished Flying Cross Recip, Fighter Pilot, Airline Pilot/Combat-Proven, Officer 20+ years successful leadership experience in US Air Force. Over 4,000 flight hours in Air Force F-16s, Boeing 737s & aviation aircraft in 10+ countries
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Ww2 fighter Ace - 7 kills - US Navy
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Bill Maynard (2) 'Easy Company' 'Member of a Band of Brother'
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WWII USAAF, Fighter Pilot Ace-5.5 victories, 80/56 Fighter Group, 61 Fighter Squadron
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Flying Tigers-crew chief
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Spitfire Ace during WWII-[8 victories] Member of Eagle Squadron and the 9th TAC
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Doolittle's Raiders 'Navigator Crew #4'
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WW2 Fighter Ace - 11 Kills - USAAF
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Captain of AA96, also known as the Windsor incident
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US Army Air Corps WWII veteran. Bombadier on a B-29 crew based in Saipan, flew 13 missions over Japan. Part of the fly-over during the Japanese Surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay
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'Tuskegee Airmen' '100th Fighter Squadron; Overseas Pilot, POW'
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Born 3/5/2021, flew P-51 Mustang fighters in Europe throughout WW II until was shot down in 1945 and taken prisoner, awarded Purple Heart & Distinguished Flying Cross/Renaissance Marquisâ-? favorite residents still has a few stories to tell
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(Born 1937) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1966 to 1973. Silver Star recipient
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Member of the famous Doolittle Raiders-Surprise bombing of Tokyo during WWII 'Pilot Crew #13'
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US WWII vet, born 1921. Army Air Corps, 54th Fighter Squadron mechanic. Worked in the Alaska Aleutian Islands for 28 months, 9 of them in Attu
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WW II pilot tuskegee airmen. Flew P-40, P-39, P-47, P-51 (WWII), F-51(Korea) and RF4-c (Vietnam)
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F-22 Raptor Pilot
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Marine Aviator. First female Marine to fly an F/A-18 on a combat mission. She flew 89 combat missions
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world war 2 fighter ace -5 victories, US Navy, VC-10 - Navy Cross
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Tuskegee Airmen ww2
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Flight aviator
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'Tuskegee Airmen' (both Maintenance Chief & Pilot)
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'Tuskegee Airmen'
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American WWII-Pilot, Sole Surviving Pilot Of The 'Lost Squadron'
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Test pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen & 761st Tank Battalion Member
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WWII - Pacific. Fighter Ace, 5 victories; US Navy (USS Essex). F6F-5 Hellcat 'Death & Destruction'
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Test pilot
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Flight aviator, pilot
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Female pilot during WWII
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Test pilot
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German Flying Ace Of World War 2
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American chemist, born 1933. Served as the Launch and Flight Weather Officer for the first US satellite, Explorer I in 1958. Made the call to it for two days to avoid high upper winds. Worked on the 1st Intercontinental ballistic missile. Also a champion
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Test Pilot of Space Ship One, first private venture spacecraft to reach space
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Flight aviator
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'Member of a Band of Brothers' '101st Airborne Division, 506th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Easy Company'
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Tuskegee Airmen, fighter aircraft maintenance
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Pilot
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Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
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Flight aviator
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F-22 test pilot
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Bob Meyer (3)NASA's SOFIA program manager
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Test pilot
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Aircraft Designer known for creating the Flying Flea
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Korean War pilot and one time curator of National Air and Space Museum
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Aviation/JFK - First female pilot to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean (7,415 miles). Flying a Piper Apache, left April 25, 1963 from Oakland, CA, arriving in Brisbane, Australia, on May 13, 1963. Met JFK at the White House
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Crew member of B-29 'City of Virginia Beach'
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Autho, flew with the minute men 56-58
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world war 2 fighter ace- 5 Kills - USAAF
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Tuskegee Pilot
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Aviation Pioneer, (1905-2008). 1920s Barnstormer, saw Lindbergh's take-off, 1st Transcontinental Autogyro Flight (beat Earhardt by days), first rooftop landing (as an Aurtogyro airmail pilot), Eastern Airlines Captain, and oldest active pilot at 101
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WWII Ace, P-38, 5 Victories - USAAF
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Flight aviator
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WWII American Fighter Pilot Ace.
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WWII fighter Ace (8.5 kills) & Lt. General - USAAF - DSC flew the p-51
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First woman to do solo flight around world
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Test pilot
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Vietnam war crew chief/door gunner on a Huey Helicopter. Served from 1967 to 1968
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German pilot
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American WWII-Fighter Ace & Lt. General - USAAF - 8 Kills - DSC
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1051st Quartermaster Company, provided food & clothing to Tuskegee Airmen. Recieved Gold Medal from President Bush with Tuskegee Airmen. Chaplin to Tuskegee Airmen East Coast Chapter. 'Bodyguard to Martin Luther King from Selma Alabama to Montgomery'
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Mark Montgomery (4)Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron C-130 Flight Demonstration Pilot
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Tuskegee Airmen 'Crew Chief' 'Staff Sergeant'/302nd FS, 99th FS & 332nd FG/Italy 1943-1945
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John Moore (8)WW2 veteran. Author of The Wrong Stuff
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The first female pilot in the red arrows
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Flight aviator
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WWII Fighter Ace - 6 Kills - US Navy
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (8 Kills) USAAF, 49 Fighter Group, 8 Fighter Squadron (5 victories w/this squadron), 1FG, 24PG - DSC, flew the p-38, p-39, p-51, p-80, and the f-86
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Tuskegee Airmen in W.W.II
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George Morgan (2)Flight aviator sr71 world speed record co-pilot
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pilot memphis belle
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Test pilot
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WW2 Fighter Ace - 5 Kills - USAAF - POW - DSC
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WWII Flying Tigers (weatherman)
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WWII Flying Tiger Pilot
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Born 1942 US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1972 to 1973. 1 Bronze Star, 1 Distinguished Flying Cross, 1 Legion of Merit, and 1 Defense Superior Service Medal
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Flew the 747 that carried the Endeavour on its last flight
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WWII Battle of Britain pilot, one of 7 remaining
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Flight attendent in the D. B. Cooper flight in 1971; now a nun
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'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
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Associate Administrator, NASA, 1963-1969, 'The Father of the Space Shuttle'
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Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
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Dam Busters World War 2 VeteranPilot: F/L John Leslie Munro ? Born 1919 New Zealand. . Retired as Wing Commander. Still living in Te Kuiti in New Zealand where he was Mayor for several years.
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Canadian WWII-Fighter Ace (Spitfire pilot)
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WW2 Fighter Ace - 6 Kills - USAAF
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (10.3 Kills) US Navy, VF-29
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(Born 1941) US Air Force Vietnam War Veteran. POW from 1967 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit, a Distinguished Flying Cross, and 2 Purple Hearts
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Test pilot
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Myanma businessman, CEO of Mann Yadanarpon Airlines
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Israeli Flying Ace, retired Brigadier General, Israeli Air Force
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Ww II pilot
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WWII vet. WASP (Women Army Service Pilot)Flew the at-10, uc-78, at-6, pt-17, C-47 sky train and B-24
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Crew member on the Memphis Belle. Birth name Casimer A. Nastal.
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NASA pilot - flies the Lockheed ER-2 high - altitude science jet, SOFIA, Gulfstream III, C-20A (G - III) science aircraft carrying NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's synthetic aperture radar and the TG-14 research motorglider
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WW2, Battle of Britain pilot and ace in the RAF.
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Rocket Scientest, 'Dr. Wernher Von Braun's Team'
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NASA pilot - flies NASA's high-altitude ER-2 Earth science aircraft and the C-20A, a modified Gulfstream III business jet that carries a sophisticated synthetic aperture radar on environmental science missions
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Test pilot
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Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
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Navigator Crew # 6, Doolittle Raiders
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Retired Bolivian General and pilot of the helicopter that transported Che Guevara's body after his execution
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Flight aviator
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(Born 1935) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1968 to 1973. Recipient of 4 Legion of Merits, 2 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts
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'Commanding Officer Royal Air Force Marham'
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German fighter pilot
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US Air Force Major General. Combat Pilot World War 2
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air force hero
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USMC Ace during WWII-[7 victories] Member of VMF-323
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WW2 air ace - 5 Kills - USAAF
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'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
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german pilot of second world war
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RSO (Recon Systems Officer) on the last SR-71 flight
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Witness to Hindenburg crash. American Airlines employee, had driven Hindenburg official to site to pick up crew luggage
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'F-16' & 'F-111' Test Pilot!
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World War II Japanese fighter pilot. Lives in Tokyo
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Ogden was co-pilot on one of the flights of the first trip around the world by plane
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(Born 1925) WW2 and Korean War USAAF Veteran. Was in a B-24 Liberator and a tail gunner on a B-29. Witnessed the mushroom cloud from Nagasaki off in the distance in 1945. POW during the Korean War for 2 years
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Enginieer, constructor PZL M-28 Dromader
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co-pilot bockscar b-29 that dropped the bomb on nagasaki japan in ww2
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(Born 1931) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. Served from 1953 to 1976 and retired as a Colonel. Recipient of an Air Force Cross and Silver Star
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Pilot, founder of Sun Country Airlines
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Vacuum Guy/WW2 B-29 Navigator
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Test pilot
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Pilot of US reconnaissance plane downed in China
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Russian military pilot, downed Korean Air Lines (Korean Air) flight 007
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Aerospace engineer; Project Engineer (Flight Operations) for the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle and for the X?15 Rocket Aircraft served as the flight test Propulsion Engineer. Founder of ALETRO in 2008
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Ww2 p-51 pilot; chased fw190 under eiffel tower
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Pilot of 1st operational overflight of Soviet Union
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Pilot
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WWII British Fighter Pilot Ace.
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Real life Rosie the Riveter; worked B-29 line in Wichita, KS. Volunteer on Doc restoration. Most of her original rivets from when she installed them at 18 years old were still sound
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U.S. Air Force in 1966 and served as a Weapons Specialist on Phantom F-4D fighter aircraft at bases in West Germany, Italy, and Libya
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WWII pilot - Battle of Britain
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SR-71'pilot
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F-4 Fighter pilot in Vietnam, known for "Pardo's Push," which saved another F-4 crew
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Ww 2 fighter ace, P-40 ace with the 49th Fighter Group in the Southwest Pacific - 9 Kills
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Test pilot
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Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
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'Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Pilot'
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Flight aviator
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British Ace w/six Vic's in WW2
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WWII Fighter Ace (6 Victs.)- US Navy
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'Gimli Glider' Pilot who glided passenger plane to safety
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Engineer & space scientist known for work on space elevators/Developed aircraft & spacecraft technology for Air Force, DARPA, NASA. Holds patents & author nearly 100 publications in aircraft, spacecraft, tethers & global climate control
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Test pilot USAF F-15, only pilot to ever shoot down a satellite
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(Born 1939) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1965 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit, 3 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts
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'Tuskegee Airmen', Mechanic, WWII
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Flight Lt., 'Royal Air Force Captain'
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US Air Force Major. Fighter Pilot. Volunteered to knock United 93 out of the sky, which would have been a suicide mission
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'Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Pilot'
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WWII - 101st Airborne Division, 506th PIR, Easy Company. As an Easy member he is one of the 'Band of Brothers'
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Enlisted US Air Force in 1942 during World War II. Peterburs served in 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, & he piloted a P-51 Mustang; on 10 April 1945, he shot down Walter Schuck's Me 262
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Test pilot/Assigned as one of the project pilots on the Rogallo paraglider research vehicle (Paresev) program. He made his first Paresev research flight on March 14, 1962
