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Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh achieved lasting recognition as a pioneering aviator. His 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean,...

American Record Breaker Transatlantic Golden Age

9.8 Brilliant

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Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was a pioneering American aviator renowned for her record-breaking flights and determination to push boun...

American Record Breaker Golden Age Female Aviator

9.7 Brilliant

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Jimmy Doolittle

Jimmy Doolittle was an American military aviator renowned for leading the daring Doolittle Raid during World War II. Thi...

Military American Wwii Record Breaker

9.6 Brilliant

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Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes was a prominent American aviator and entrepreneur recognized for his pioneering achievements in aviation d...

American Entrepreneur Record Breaker Golden Age

9.4 Excellent

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Charles Kingsford Smith

Charles Kingsford Smith was an Australian aviation pioneer renowned for his daring long-distance flights. His successful...

Australian Long Distance Record Breaker Golden Age

9.4 Excellent

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Wiley Post

Wiley Post was an American aviator celebrated for his daring record-breaking flights during the Golden Age of Aviation....

American Record Breaker Golden Age Round The World

9.2 Excellent

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Dick Rutan

Dick Rutan achieved international renown as an aviator through his historic accomplishment. In 1986, he and co-pilot Jea...

American Record Breaker Voyager Round The World

9.0 Excellent

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Jacqueline Cochran

Jacqueline Cochran was a pioneering American aviator recognized for her exceptional skill and courage. She served as a p...

American Record Breaker Female Aviator Wasp

8.9 Great

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Steve Fossett

Steve Fossett was a modern American aviator renowned for his ambitious and often perilous attempts to break aviation rec...

Modern American Record Breaker Balloon

8.9 Great

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Beryl Markham

Beryl Markham was a pioneering British-Kenyan aviator renowned for her extraordinary 1936 solo transatlantic flight from...

Record Breaker Transatlantic Female Aviator British Kenyan

8.8 Great

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Felix Baumgartner

Felix Baumgartner is an Austrian aviator renowned for his unprecedented stratospheric jump in 2012. He achieved this by...

Austrian Modern Record Breaker Red Bull

8.8 Great

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Bertrand Piccard

Bertrand Piccard is a Swiss explorer and psychiatrist who, with Brian Jones, completed the first non-stop balloon flight...

Swiss Record Breaker Balloon Round The World

8.3 Great

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Francis Chichester

Francis Chichester was a British aviator and sailor who mapped air routes across the globe before becoming the first per...

Navigation Tasman Sea British Record Breaker

8.1 Great

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Jeana Yeager

Jeana Yeager is an American aviator who co-piloted the Voyager aircraft in 1986 to achieve the first nonstop flight arou...

American Record Breaker Voyager Female Aviator

8.1 Great

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Jim Mollison

Jim Mollison was a Scottish aviator who set numerous long-distance flight records during the early 1930s, including the...

British Long Distance Record Breaker Transatlantic

8.0 Great

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Clarence Chamberlin

Clarence Chamberlin was an American aviator who flew a Wright-Bellanca monoplane across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, carr...

American Record Breaker Transatlantic Golden Age

8.0 Great

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Roscoe Turner

Roscoe Turner was a flamboyant American aviator who achieved national fame by winning the prestigious Thompson Trophy ai...

American Record Breaker Golden Age Barnstormer

8.0 Great

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Bert Hinkler

Bert Hinkler was an Australian pioneer aviator who successfully completed the first solo flight from England to Australi...

Australian Record Breaker Golden Age England Australia

7.9 Good

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Brian Jones

Brian Jones is a British balloonist who, alongside Bertrand Piccard, completed the first nonstop circumnavigation of the...

British Record Breaker Balloon Round The World

7.4 Good

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Art Goebel

Art Goebel was an American aviator and barnstormer who won the highly publicized and ill-fated Dole Air Race from Califo...

American Hawaii Record Breaker Golden Age

6.4 Fair