Topics: Biography : Aviators
This category lists pages and sites that tell about the lives of well known Aviators. All sites are suitable for children and teens to read and use for enjoyment or for schoolwork. Biographies may be brief and sites may have several, perhaps connected by occupation, but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, and so forth.
Barnes, Florence
This category lists pages and sites about the American aviator, Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes (July 14, 1901 – March 30, 1975), who was a pioneer of women's aviation and the owner of the celebrated Happy Bottom Riding Club.
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Batten, Jean Gardner
This category lists pages and sites about the New Zealand aviator. Jean Gardner Batten (September 15, 1909–November 22, 1982).
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Blanchard, Jean Pierre
This category lists pages and sites about Jean-Pierre Blanchard (aka Jean Pierre François Blanchard) (7 July 1753 – 7 March 1809) a French inventor, most remembered as a pioneer in aviation and ballooning.
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Blériot, Louis
This category lists pages and sites about Louis Blériot (July 1, 1872 – August 2, 1936) a French inventor and engineer.
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Cochran, Jacqueline
This category lists pages and sites about Jacqueline Cochran (May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) a pioneer American aviatrix..
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Corrigan, Douglas
This category lists pages and sites about Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (January 22, 1907–December 9, 1995) an American aviator born in Galveston, Texas.
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Doolittle, James H.
This category lists pages and sites about General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) an American aviation pioneer.
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Earhart, Amelia
This category lists pages and sites about Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 – missing as of July 2, 1937), daughter of Edwin and Amy Earhart, was an American aviator and noted early female pilot who mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigational flight in 1937.
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Hughes, Howard R., Jr
This category lists pages and sites about Howard R. Hughes, Jr (24 December 1905 – 5 April 1976 ), the famously reclusive billionaire aviator, movie producer and businessman.
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Kittinger, Joseph
This category lists pages and sites about Joseph William Kittinger II (born July 27, 1928), a pilot and career military officer in the United States Air Force.
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Lindbergh, Charles
This category lists pages and sites about the American aviator Charles Augustus Lindbergh , 1902–74, who made the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight.
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Pangborn, Clyde
This category lists pages and sites about the American aviator Clyde "Upside-Down" Pangborn, (October 28, 1894 – March 29, 1958), who made crowds gasp when he performed his daring aerial stunts during the Roaring Twenties.
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Post, Wiley
This category lists pages and sites about the American aviator Wiley Hardeman Post, (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935).
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Quimby, Harriet
This category lists pages and sites about Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 - July 1, 1912) who was the first major female pilot in the United States.
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Santos-Dumont, Alberto
This category lists pages and sites about Alberto Santos-Dumont (20 July 1873 – 23 July 1932) who was an important early pioneer of aviation.
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Turner, Roscoe
This category lists pages and sites about Roscoe Turner (September 29, 1895 – June 23, 1970) who was an aviator and a three time winner of the Thompson Trophy.
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von Richthofen, Manfred
This category lists pages and sites about Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (May 2, 1892 – April 21, 1918), a German pilot who is regarded today as the "ace of aces".
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Yeager, Charles E.
This category lists pages and sites about Major General Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager born on February 13, 1923, in Lincoln County, West Virginia.
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