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Pioneers of aviation have contributed to the development of aeronautics in one or more ways: through science and theory, theoretical or applied design, by constructing models or experimental prototypes, the mass production of aircraft for commercial and government request, achievements in flight, and providing financial resources and publicity ...
This category contains biographical articles about people who made significant pioneering accomplishments in aviation, either as accomplished aviators, or by contributing in some other substantial and lasting way to the art and science of aviation. This is not limited to the early days of aviation history, and may cover pioneering achievements ...
American aviation pioneers, people directly and indirectly responsible for the advancement of flight, including people who worked to achieve manned flight before the invention of aircraft, as well as others who achieved significant "firsts" in aviation after heavier-than-air flight became routine.
He was posthumously inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1978 and the International Air & Space Hall of Fame in 1983. [15] He was ranked number 27 on Flying magazine's list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation in 2013. [16] The Kingman Airport – Clyde Cessna Field in Kingman, Kansas is named in his honor. [17]
Robert Morris Stanley was born in El Reno, Oklahoma on August 19, 1912, to George and Jenny (Coffman) Stanley. [1] His family moved to Venice, California where he finished high school and then enrolled at the California Institute of Technology majoring in aeronautical engineering. [1]
Robert Blackburn (1885–1955) – aviation pioneer; Louis Blériot (1872–1936) – aviation pioneer; George Eugene Bockrath (1911–1998) – researched fracture mechanics; Hendrik Wade Bode (1905–1982) – NASA advisor; Jenny Body – former President of the Royal Aeronautical Society [1] William Boeing (1881–1956) – founder of Boeing
A series of developments in the 1920s put Fort Worth on the cutting edge of aviation: creating one of the first airlines (Southern Air Transport), inaugurating the first scheduled passenger ...
The Early Birds of Aviation is an organization devoted to the history of early pilots. The organization was started in 1928 and accepted a membership of 598 pioneering aviators. The organization was started in 1928 and accepted a membership of 598 pioneering aviators.