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Otto Lilienthal made the the first successful piloted flight in a glider in 1891
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The Wright Brothers made the first seccusseful airplane on December17,1903
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The first American to get her piliots lisence,on August1,1911
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The Stenson sisters opened a successful piolet school, also they became one of the first women to get a piolets lisence
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Gleen Curtis was the creator of many airplanes,he built the first seaplane,and creator of the NC-4,that was the firwst plane to cross the Alantic Ocean in 1919
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Bessie Coleman was the first African American in the world to obtain her pilot's license. She got her license from a flight school in France.
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Charles Linbergh made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in May 20-21,1927.
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Bert Hinkler was a famous Australian aviator that made the fifst successful flight from Australia to Britian in 1928.
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"He made the first non-stop flight across the Australian Continent and the first flight across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand."
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Willey Post became the first person to fly solo across the world July15,1933
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He set a trans-global record. . He left Brooklyn, New York, and got to Paris in 16 hours, 38 minutes, more than twice as fast as Charles Lindbergh. July 14th, he arrived with the new record of 3 days, 9 hours, 17 minutes.
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Jimmy Doolittle was famous for being the first person to win all of the major aviator racing throphies,also he was a commander of 6 air force bases.
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Willa Brown founded the first government flight school for African Americans
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Benjamin Davis became the first black general in the air force history in 1954.Also he organised the Tuskegee Airmen, which was the first African American military flying unit.
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Edward Rickenbacker served in World War 1, shot down 26 planes, and won the Congressional Medal of Honor. Also he led Eastern Airlines for 30 years before stepping down
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Jacquelin Cochran was a famous aviator and set a record of speed,height,and she was also the first woman to fly a bomber and a jet across the Atlantic Ocean
