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Born June 9, 1930 • Rockford • Illinois
Died February 11, 1985 (aged 54) • Albuquerque • New Mexico
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Maxie Anderson
American balloonist
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator
Portrait of Amelia Earhart smiling, wearing a collared shirt and jacket.
Amelia Earhart
American aviator
Eielson, Carl Ben
Carl Ben Eielson
American aviator and explorer
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre-François
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
French balloonist
Alex McEvoy: portrait of Sir John William Alcock
Sir John William Alcock
British aviator
Arthur Brown
Sir Arthur Whitten Brown
British aviator
Charles Green, detail of an engraving by Hilaire Le Dru, 1835
Charles Green
British balloonist
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Orville Wright
American aviator
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Wilbur Wright
American aviator
Wally Funk, wearing a red blazer, speaks with hands clasped at the 2022 Michael Collins Trophy presentation at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
Wally Funk
American aviator
Hazel Ying Lee
Hazel Ying Lee
Chinese American pilot
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Louise McPhetridge Thaden
American aviator
Edward O'Hare
Edward O’Hare
American aviator and WWII hero
Jacqueline Cochran
Jacqueline Cochran
American pilot
Glenn Hammond Curtiss.
Glenn Hammond Curtiss
American engineer
Eileen Collins
Eileen Collins
American astronaut
Chuck Yeager
Chuck Yeager
American pilot
Harriet Quimby
Harriet Quimby
American aviator
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Jean-Felix Piccard
American chemical engineer

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