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Born	July 1, 1903 • Kingston upon Hull • England
Died	January 5, 1941 (aged 37) • River Thames • England

Sheila Scott

Sheila Scott

British aviator

Markham, Beryl

Beryl Markham

British author and aviator

Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh

American aviator

Portrait of Amelia Earhart smiling, wearing a collared shirt and jacket.

Amelia Earhart

American aviator

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Louise McPhetridge Thaden

American aviator

Kingsford Smith

Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith

Australian pilot

Sir Francis Chichester

Sir Francis Chichester

British adventurer

Alex McEvoy: portrait of Sir John William Alcock

Sir John William Alcock

British aviator

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Sir Alliott Verdon Roe

British aircraft designer

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Geoffrey de Havilland

British aircraft designer

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Orville Wright

American aviator

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Wilbur Wright

American aviator

A photograph of Igor Sikorsky holding a model aircraft.

Igor Sikorsky

American engineer

Howard Hughes, wearing a flight suit and goggles, sits in the cockpit of an airplane, looking toward the camera.

Howard Hughes

American manufacturer, aviator, and film producer

Barnes, Pancho

Pancho Barnes

American aviator

Jacqueline Cochran

Jacqueline Cochran

American pilot

Steve Fossett, wearing a flight suit and red harness, smiles while seated in the cockpit of the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer aircraft at NASA Kennedy Space Center.

Steve Fossett

American aviator

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Dick Smith

Australian aviator and businessman

Louis Blériot standing before his Type XI monoplane, which he flew across the English Channel on July 25, 1909.

Louis Blériot

French aviator

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Hanna Reitsch

German aviator