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Lea Gabrielle, American fighter pilot turned journalist, Correspondent for Fox News Channel Rajiv Gandhi , prime minister of India 1984–1989, son of India's first female prime minister Indira Gandhi
First pilot to fly at more than 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) on 2 Feb 1912, won Gordon Bennett Trophy race in 1912 flying a Deperdussin Monocoque. †St Rambert d'Albon near Lyon en route for Rome flying a Caudron C-23. [186] Alfred V. Verville: 16 Nov 1890 10 Mar 1970 United States: Design Manufacture Support Propeller
Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (/ ˈ j eɪ ɡ ər / YAY-gər, February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight.
Her famous plane was a Lockheed Model 10E Electra, modified for the long flight. Outfitted with two 600-horsepower engines, the plane also contained extra fuel tanks so it could carry 1,150 ...
Amelia Mary Earhart (/ ˈ ɛər h ɑːr t / AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer who on July 2, 1937, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world. During her life, Earhart embraced celebrity culture and women's rights ...
Robert Altman – Seven-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker who flew more than 50 bombing missions as a co-pilot of a B-24 Liberator in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of World War II; Leon Ames – Film and TV actor who served in the field artillery of the U.S. Army and later in the flying corps (the Army Air Service) during World War I
"Bake" – V. H. Baker, British pilot and aircraft designer [1] "The Balloon Buster" – Frank Luke, American World War I fighter ace "Bam" – C. S. Bamberger, British RAF World War II pilot "Barron" – John Worrall, British World War II RAF pilot "Beazle" – Hugh John Beazley, Battle of Britain pilot "Bee" – Roland Beamont, Battle of ...
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