ANCIENT AVIATORS

ANCIENT AVIATORS

A photo of a United States Army flyer, from Randolph Field in Texas, that was taken by Lieutenant D. W. Norwood.

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An ancient aviator!

These aviators are from the following countries:

(AU) Australia (1)
(CA) Canada (2)
(DE) Germany (3)
(FR) France (6)
(IT) Italy (1)
(NZ) New Zealand (1)
(PE) Peru (2)
(UK) United Kingdom (9)
(US) United States of America (84)
(ZA) South Africa (1)

* Denotes female aviators (aviatrices)

* TALBERT ABRAMS & LEOTA ABRAMS - 1937 - Aerial photographers (US)
HARRY N. ATWOOD - 1910 - Exhibition flyer (US)

* ERNA BACH - 1934 - Female flyer (US)
THOMAS BALDWIN - 1910 - Exhibition flyer (US)
* JEAN BATTEN - 1927 - World flyer (NZ)
LINCOLN BEACHEY - 1910 - Exhibition flyer (US)
GEORGE W. BEATTY - 1911 - Exhibition flyer (US)
GEORGE N. BOYD - 1912 - Exhibition flyer (US)
VANCE BREESE - 1926 - Aviator and aircraft manufacturer (US)
HUBERT S. BROAD - 1925 - Air racing flyer (UK)
WILLIAM S. BROCK - 1927 - Pilot for the first transatlantic flight to England (US)
HAROLD BROMLEY - 1929 - Attempted transpacific flight (CA)
MILO GARRETT BURCHAM - 1937 - Bendix Trophy Race flyer and Lockheed test pilot (US)
RICHARD E. BYRD - 1929 - Flight commander for the first flight over the South Pole (US)

FRED CARLSON - 1942 - Test pilot for the Bell Model 30 helicopter (US)
CLARENCE DUNCAN CHAMBERLIN - 1927 - Transatlantic flyer (US)
FRIEDRICH CHRISTIANSEN - 1932 - Flight commander for the Dornier DO-X flying ship (DE)
* JACQUELINE COCHRAN - 1938 - Female air racing flyer (US)
CHARLES COLLYER - 1928 - Transcontinental and world flyer (US)
WELDON B. COOKE - 1914 - Early aviator and aircraft designer (US)
DOUGLAS GROCE CORRIGAN - 1938 - Transatlantic flyer (US)
DIEUDONNE COSTES & MAURICE BELLONTE - 1930 - First east to west transatlantic flyers (FR)
FRANK T. COURTNEY - 1930 - Royal Air Force aviator and test pilot (UK)
GLENN HAMMOND CURTISS - 1909 - Early aviation pioneer and aviator (US)

GEOFFREY DE HAVILLAND - 1910 - Early aviation pioneer and aviator (UK)
FRANCESCO DE PINEDO - 1927 - Transatlantic flyer (IT)
RAYMOND DELMOTTE - (1934) - Air racer and Cauldron test pilot (FR)
JOHN OWEN DONALDSON - 1920 - Transcontinental flyer (US)
JAMES HAROLD DOOLITTLE - 1932 - United States Army aviator and exhibition flyer (US)
* MILDRED DORAN - 1927 - Attempted the first transpacific flight by a woman (US)
E. F. DRIVER - 1911 - King George V coronation air mail flyer (ZA)

* AMELIA EARHART - 1932 - The first woman to make a solo transatlantic flight (US)
HUGO ECKNER - 1929 - Flight commander for a zeppelin world flight (DE)
* RUTH ELDER - 1927 - Attempted the first transatlantic flight by a woman (US)
EUGENE BURTON ELY - 1910 - The first naval aviator (US)
CARROLL C. EVERSOLE - 1918 - United States Mail pilot (US)

GEORGE B. FERNIC - 1930 - Aviator and aircraft designer (US)
* EDITH FOLTZ - 1929 - Female air racing flyer (US)
* CORNELIA FORT - 1942 - United States Army pilot (US)
ROBERT GRANT FOWLER - 1911 - Transcontinental flyer (US)
ROY NOEL FRANCIS - 1916 - Aviator and aircraft designer (US)

CHARLES W. GATSCHET - 1920's - Barnstormer (US)
ARTHUR C. GOEBEL - 1927 - Dole Air Race flyer (US)
CLAUDE GRAHAME-WHITE - 1909 - Exhibition flyer (UK)
JOHNNY GREEN - 1921 - Commercial aviator (US)
BEN S. GREGORY - 1930 - Barnstormer and commercial aviator (US)
WOLFGANG VON GRONAU - 1932 - Around-the-world flyer (DE)

ROSS HADLEY - 1931 - World flyer (US)
* MARY HAYS HAIZLIP - 1929 - Air racing flyer (US)
GUSTAV HAMEL - 1911 - King George V coronation air mail flyer (UK)
HAROLD R. HARRIS - 1922 - Test pilot for the Barling Bomber (US)
EDWARD BAIRD HEATH - 1912 - Aircraft designer and exhibition flyer (US)
JAMES DEWITT HILL & LLYOD BERTAUD - 1927 - Attempted a transatlantic flight (US)
CHARLES L. A. HUBERT - 1911 - King George V coronation air mail flyer (FR)
HOWARD HUGHES - 1938 - Around-the-world flyer (US)

CYLDE ICE - 1928 - Barnstormer and commercial aviator (US)

ANTHONY HABERSACK JANNUS - 1914 - Pilot for the first scheduled airline flight (US)
MARTIN JENSEN - 1927 - Dole Air Race flyer (US)
* MARTIN JOHNSON & OSA JOHNSON - 1932 - Aviators and explorers (US)
ST. CROIX JOHNSTONE - 1911 - Exhibition flyer (US)
HARRY M. JONES - 1927 - Early flyer and commercial aviator (US)

HORACE KEARNEY - 1911 - Exhibition flyer (US)
BENJAMIN S. KELSEY - 1937 - Test pilot for the Bell FM-1 Airacuda (US)
DANIEL KISER - 1921 - Air mail aviator (US)
* FLORENCE KLINGENSMITH - 1932 - National Air Races trophy winner (US)
MILTON KORN - 1912 - Air mail aviator (US)

HUBERT LATHAM - 1909 - Exhibition flyer (FR)
WALTER EDWIN LEES - 1923 - Test pilot for the Stout Air Sedan (US)
CHARLES AUGUSTUS LINDBERGH - 1927 - The first solo transatlantic flyer (US)

NORMAN MACMILLAN - 1922 - Attempted the first around-the-world flight (UK)
JOHN A. MACREADY - 1923 - Transcontinental flyer (US)
JAMES MARS - 1911 - Exhibition flyer (US)
CARLOS MARTINEZ DE PINILLOS & CARLOS ZEGARRA LANFRANCO - 1928 - Intercontinental flyers (PE)
FREDERICK L. MARTIN - 1924 - Flight leader for the first around-the-world flight (US)
JACK MCGEE - 1912 - Exhibition flyer and test pilot for the Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation (US)
THOMAS MCGOEY - 1911 - Exhibition flyer (US)
JOHN M. MILLER - 1939 - Autogiro aviator (US)
HERBERT MUNTER - 1920 - Test pilot for Boeing (US)

PERCIVAL PHILLIPS - 1935 - Commercial aviator (UK)
JOHN CYRILL PORTE - 1914 - Test pilot for the Curtiss H-1 flying boat "America" (UK)
WILEY POST - 1931 & 1933 - Around-the-world flyer (US)

JOHN GILBERT RANKIN - 1938 - Barnstormer and aerobatic flyer (US)
ALBERT CUSHING READ - 1919 - Flight commander for the first transatlantic flight (US)
PAUL R. REDFERN - 1927 - Attempted an intercontinental flight (US)
HUGH A. ROBINSON - 1911 - Exhibition flyer (US)
CALBRAITH PERRY RODGERS - 1911 - Transcontinental flyer (US)
JOHN RODGERS - 1925 - Attempted a transpacific flight (US)
CHARLES STEWART ROLLS - 1910 - Exhibition flyer (UK)

HENRI SALMET - 1912 - English Channel flyer (FR)
DUKE SCHILLER & PHIL WOOD - 1927 - Attempted transatlantic flight (CA) (US)
GEORGE SCHMITT - 1913 - Exhibition flyer (US)
SHIRLEY J. SHORT - 1923 - United States Mail pilot (US)
CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH - 1928 - Transpacific flyer (AU)
ERIC SPRINGER - 1921 - Test pilot for the Douglas Cloudster (US)
MAX STANLEY - 1946 - Test pilot for the Northrop B-35 flying wing bomber (US)
* KATERINE STINSON - 1919 - Exhibition flyer (US)

WILLIAM TAFF - 1929 - Private pilot (US)
GEORGE TOWNSEND - 1937 - Test pilot for the Herrick HV-2AVertaplane (US)
ROSCOE TURNER - 1932 - Air racing flyer (US)

EDWIN EDGAR VOIGT - 1918 - United States Army aviator (US)

* VERA DAWN WALKER - 1929 - Female air racing flyer (US)
FERDINAND WINZEN - 1918 - United States Mail pilot (US)
ORVILLE WRIGHT & WILBUR WRIGHT - 1903 - Early aviation pioneers and aviators (US)

Aviatrix Erna Bach in 1934.

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