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Wilber Wright
Wilber Wright was born on April 16, 1867 in Millville, Indiana. He was the third child of Bishop Milton Wright and Susan Catharine Wright. The family moved to Hawthorn Street in Dayton, Ohio. -
Orville Wright
Orville Wright was born on August 18, 1871. He was born on 7 Hawthorn Street in Dayton, Ohio. -
Samuel Pierpont Langley
In the Race for Flight Samuel challenged the Wright Brothers.
On December 8, 1903 Samuel tryed to launch his gasoline- powered "Aerodrome", off of a houseboat in the Potomac River. -
Wright Brothers
The Wilber and Orville were the first men ever to create an aircraft. They flew neas Kitty Hawk North Carolina. Their aircraft flew for at least 12 seconds, the longest time Wilber was in the air was 852 feet in the air for 52 seconds. -
Glenn Curtiss
Glenn became famous when he designed a number of important planes. Glenn won the Scientific American trophey for flying one Kilometer July 4, 1908. -
Harriet Quimby
Harriet Quimby was the first American woman to earn her pilot's license, and the second in the world. -
Edward Rickenbacker
Edward enlisted in the Army in 1917, when the United States had entered the war, he served as a staff driver and as an engineering officer before becoming a pilot. He searved as a pilot to shoot down planes, he shot down 26 planes. -
Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to earn her pilots license. Bessie got her license in France because America wouldn't let her get one. After Bessie got her license, she wanted to open a flight school, but passed away before she could. -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean at a non-stop rought. -
Mary Riddle
In 1930 Mary Became the first female Native American to earn her pilots licence. She then earned her commercial license soon after. -
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne served as her husband's co-pilot, navigator and radio operator on history-making explorations. They journeyed in a single-engine airplane from Canada to Alaska. -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean by herself. Later on in Amelia's life she and her navigator Fredirick J. Nonan attempted to fly around the world, but vanished, noone knows how or when. -
Willa Brown
Willa Brown was the first African American woman to earn her pilots license in the United States. She was also a member of theNational Airmen Assocation of America. -
Jacqueline Cochran
Jacqueline Cochran got her wish to fly because Army Air force General Henery told her that she could organize the Women's Flying Training Detachment. A year after Cochran received an appointment to lead the Women's Air Force Service Pilots. -
Chuck Yeager
On October 14, 1947 Chuck was the first avaitor to break the speed of sound. This act called for a whole lot of courage. -
Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr.
In 1954 Ben became the first black general in the air force in history. -
Daniel "Chappie" James
After Daniel flew in World War 2 with the Tuskegee Airmen, his career skyrocketed. He also fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars, and commanded an airforce bace in, Libya. -
Charles Lindbergh
This is the day of his death. -
Patty Wagstaff
In 1991 Patty was the first woman to win the title of U.S. National Aerobatic Champion. She has many licences to fly all types of air-craft, including commercial and helicopters. -
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
This is the day Anne Morrow Lindbergh had died.
