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Wilbur Wright
His Birthday! -
Orville Wright
His Birthday! -
Wright Brothers
First flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina -
Glenn Curtiss
He won a scientific american trophy for flying one kilometer. -
Samuel Pierpont Langley
"Langley attempted to launch his gasoline-powered "Great Aerodrome," off a houseboat in the Potomac River." -
Blanche Stuart Scott
She was the first U. S. woman to solo in a plane. -
Harriet Quimby
She became the first woman aviator to get her pilot's license. -
Bessie Coleman
She flew in her first air show. -
Stinson Sisters
First women to open a flight school together. -
Charles Lindbergh
First non-stop flight over the Atlantic. -
Amelia Earhart
She was the first to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Married Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. -
Jacqueline Cochran
She entered her first major aviation competition. -
Fred Noonan
Fred Noonan went missing! -
Willa Brown
She earned her private pilot's license. -
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker
He shot down 26 German planes in WWII -
Daniel "Chappie" James
"He was commissioned in July 1943 and throughout the remainder of World War II he trained pilots for the all-black 99th Pursuit Squardon and worked in other assignments. He was subsequently stationed in Ohio and in the Philippines." -
Chuck Yeager
He becam the first persom to fly faster than the speed of sound. -
Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.
"He became the first black general in Air Force history, but perhaps his greatest achievement was organizing and commanding the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American military flying unit." -
Beryl Markham
First female commercial pilot
