swap_horiz Louis Blériot Alternatives

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French aviator renowned for his long-distance flights, particularly delivering airmail ac...

French Wwii Author Long Distance

9.3 Excellent

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Otto Lilienthal

Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) was a German engineer and aviation pioneer. He conducted extensive research into gliding fli...

German 19TH Century Pioneer Glider

9.0 Excellent

3

Alberto Santos-Dumont

Alberto Santos-Dumont was a significant figure in early aviation history. He developed and piloted several pioneering he...

Pioneer Airship 1906 Brazilian French

8.9 Great

4

Jean Mermoz

French aviator who pioneered South Atlantic airmail routes for Aéropostale in the late 1920s and disappeared over the At...

French Pioneer South Atlantic Airmail

8.8 Great

5

Anthony Fokker

Anthony Fokker was a Dutch aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer who founded the Fokker Aircraft company and design...

Pioneer Dutch Wwi Designer Pilot

8.7 Great

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Pierre Clostermann

French Free French ace Pierre Clostermann finished WWII with 33 confirmed victories, the top score among French pilots,...

French Wwii Military Ace 33 Victories

8.7 Great

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Bessie Coleman

Bessie Coleman was an early American civil aviator who became the first African-American woman and first Native American...

American Pioneer Female Aviator First Black Licensed

8.6 Great

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Harriet Quimby

Harriet Quimby was an American aviator and screenwriter who became the first woman in the United States to earn a pilot'...

American Pioneer Channel Crossing Female Aviator

8.5 Great

9

Georges Guynemer

Georges Guynemer was a French national hero and fighter pilot during World War I who achieved 53 confirmed aerial victor...

French Wwi Military Ace 54 Victories

8.5 Great

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Charles Nungesser

Charles Nungesser was a renowned French ace in World War I with 43 victories who famously disappeared in 1927 while atte...

French Transatlantic Wwi Military Ace

8.5 Great

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Henri Guillaumet

French Aéropostale aviator renowned for surviving a forced landing in the Andes in 1930 and for inspiring passages in An...

French Survival Andes Airmail

8.5 Great

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Lincoln Beachey

Lincoln Beachey was a prominent American pilot and stunt aviator who achieved widespread fame in the 1910s for his darin...

American Pioneer Exhibition Early Aviation

8.4 Great

13

René Fonck

René Fonck was a French fighter pilot who became the highest-scoring Allied flying ace of World War I, credited with an...

French Wwi Military Ace 75 Victories

8.3 Great

14

Clément Ader

Clément Ader was a French engineer and aviation pioneer who achieved an unaided powered takeoff with his steam-powered É...

French Pioneer Steam Powered Early Attempt

8.1 Great

15

Cal Rodgers

Cal Rodgers was an American aviation pioneer who became the first person to fly a powered aircraft across the United Sta...

American Pioneer 1911 Transcontinental

7.9 Good

16

Harry Hawker

Harry Hawker was an Australian aviation pioneer and test pilot who co-founded Hawker Aircraft, a company that produced m...

Australian Pioneer Early Aviation Transatlantic Attempt

7.8 Good

17

Marcel Albert

French pilot Marcel Albert flew with Soviet Air Forces on the Eastern Front and became the top-scoring Free French ace o...

French Wwii Military Ace Free French

7.8 Good

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Percy Pilcher

Percy Pilcher was a British inventor and aviation pioneer who developed several successful hang gliders in the 1890s bef...

19TH Century Pioneer British Glider

7.7 Good

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Raymonde de Laroche

Raymonde de Laroche was a French pilot who became the first woman in the world to receive an airplane pilot's license, i...

French Pioneer 1910 Female Aviator

6.3 Fair

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Hélène Boucher

Hélène Boucher was a prominent French female pilot in the early 1930s who set multiple international speed records for a...

French Pioneer Record Breaker 1930S

5.8 Mediocre