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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Clément Ader (1841–1925) – early aviation pioneer; Bruce Aikenhead (1923–2019) – Avro Canada, NASA; Buzz Aldrin (born 1930) – astronaut, mechanical engineer and second person to walk on the Moon; Rostislav Alexeyev (1916–1980) – ground effect vehicle designer; Edmund T. Allen (1896–1943) – engineer, test pilot
Pages in category "Aviation inventors" The following 125 pages are in this category, out of 125 total. ... List of aviation pioneers; A. Rostislav Alexeyev; Solomon ...
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 ...
First aviation disaster: Occurred in Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland, when a hot air balloon caused a fire that burned down about 100 houses on May 10, 1785. [ 18 ] First known fatalities in an air crash : Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Pierre Romain died when their Rozière balloon deflated and crashed near Wimereux in Pas-de-Calais ...
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.