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Following is a complete list of American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers) pilots. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The AVG was operational from December 20, 1941, to July 14, 1942. The press continued to apply the Flying Tigers name to later units, but pilots of those organizations are not included.
From 1982 to 1990 she worked as an Aerospace Physiology Specialist at Beale Air Force Base in California. She was responsible for training SR-71 and U-2 pilots in hypobaric and hyperbaric operations. McDougle specialized in working with pressure suits. She fitted the suits to individual pilots and suited up the pilots for training flights and ...
Heather Penney – Former Air Force major and F-16 fighter pilot whose mission (along with three other pilots, including USAF Major Daniel Caine, Captain Brandon Rasmussen and Lieutenant General Marc Sasseville) on 9/11 was to find United Flight 93 and destroy it however they could, including ramming the aircraft.
First British pilot to exceed Mach 1 in a British aircraft in level flight [234] Edward A. Bellande: HF Early aviator who received the Airmail Flyers' Medal of Honor in 1935 [235] Albert Boyd: HF Father of modern flight testing, [236] [237] P-80 airspeed record [238] Mark E. Bradley: HF Pioneering test pilot and commander of USAF Logistics ...
Carlo Schmid, youngest solo pilot to fly around the world; Jon Scott, American journalist, anchor for Fox News channel; Al Secord, former NHL player; Ryan Shore, Grammy and Emmy Award-nominated composer for film, television, games, theater and records; Nevil Shute, popular British novelist; successful aeronautical engineer; Dean Smith, American ...
American pioneering aviator and test pilot who made the first high-altitude flights by man using Montgomery gliders in 1905. [130] (†) Glider, Santa Clara, California. Hiram Stevens Maxim: 5 Feb 1840 24 Nov 1916 United States (United Kingdom) Science Design Construction Rotor Propeller
Gérard Moss, MBE [1] [2] [3] (born 16 May 1955, died 16 March 2022) was a Swiss-Brazilian pilot, engineer, public speaker, environmentalist and explorer born in England.As a pilot, Gerard was known for being the first person to complete a solo flight in a motor glider around the world.
Richard "Dick" Ira Bong (September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945) was a United States Army Air Forces major and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II.He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the country's top flying ace in the war, credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.