Famous People of Aviation History

Wilbur Wright (Born)

Apr 16, 1867

Wilbur Wright is Born

Orville Wright (Born)

Aug 19, 1871

Orville Wright is born.

Samuel Pierpont Langley (Misc.)

Dec 8, 1903

Samuel Pierpont Langley made a plane, called Aerodrome, and unsuccessfully flew it.

The Wright Brothers (Misc.)

Dec 17, 1903

First airplane is flown in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Orville Wright was at the controls.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh (Born)

Jun 22, 1906

Anne Morrow Lindbergh is Born. She was her husband's navigator.

Glenn Curtiss (Misc.)

Jul 4, 1908

He was the first to fly a plane at one KM (Kilometer).

Harriet Quimby (Misc.)

Aug 1, 1911

First woman to get a pilot's license.

Edward Rickenbacker (Misc.)

May 25, 1917

Enlisted in the Army. He shot down 26 planes, and became a war hero later on.

Bessie Coleman (Misc.)

Jun 15, 1921

First African American to get a pilot's license.

Charles Lindberg (Misc.)

May 20, 1927

First solo flight across the Atlantic, nonstop.

Mary Riddle (Misc.)

Jan 1, 1930

She was the first Native American woman to earn her pilot's license.

Jacqueline Cochran (Misc.)

Jan 1, 1932

Jacqueline Cochran received her pilot's license. More records than any other person, male or female, at that time.

Willa Brown (Misc.)

Jan 1, 1937

Willa Brown was the first African American woman to open a flight school.

Amelia Earheart (Death?)

Jul 2, 1937

Amelia Earheart disapeared while trying to go around the world! Her plane crashed somewhere in the Pacific.

Chuck Yeager (Misc.)

Oct 14, 1947

He was the first person to break the sound barrier.

Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. (Misc.)

Jan 1, 1954

Became the first African-American General in the U.S Air Force.

Charles Lindbergh (Death)

Aug 26, 1974

Charles Lindbergh dies

Daniel "Chappie" James (Misc.)

Jan 1, 1975

He became a 4-star general.

Patty Wagstaff (Misc.)

Jan 1, 1991

First Woman to earn the tittle of U.S National Aerobatic Champian.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh (Death)

Feb 7, 2001

Anne Morrow Lindbergh died.