Download Excel File List of Aviation Pioneers

SNo,Name,Date of birth,Country,Pioneer,Type,Achievements,,Date of death,birth,,,,,,(work),,,1,Clment Ader,4 Feb 1841,France,Science,Propeller,"First brief uncontrolled powered flight (hop) for 50m (160ft), 20cm (8in) from the ground in steam-powered ole (9 Oct 1890), designed, constructed and tested Ader Avion II (1893) and Ader Avion III (14 Oct 1897).",,05-Mar-25,,Design,,,,,,Construction,,,,,,Manufacture,,,,,,Aviator,,2,Diego Marn Aguilera,1757,Spain,Science,Glider,Reportedly glided ~400 m distance at ~5 m height using his own invention (15 May 1793).,,1799,,Design,,,,,,Construction,,3,John Alcock,5 Nov 1892,England,Aviator,Propeller,"First non-stop transatlantic flight in a modified Vickers Vimy (14/15 June 1919); () Vickers Viking, Rouen, France, en route to Paris.",and,18-Dec-19,(Great Britain),,,,Arthur Brown,and,Scotland,,,,,23 Jul 1886,(Great Britain),,,,,04-Oct-48,,,,4,Aldasoro brothers,14 Sep 1893,Mexico,Science,Glider,First Mexican aviators to graduate from the Moissant School; Juan Pablo was the first to fly over the Statue of Liberty (12 Mar 1913).,Juan Pablo,04-Oct-62,,Design,Propeller,,and,and,,Construction,,,Eduardo,27 Oct 1894,,,,,,10-Nov-68,,,,5,Ismail ibn Hammad al-Jawhari,unk,Kazakhstan,Design,Pre-history,() attempted flight from the roof of the Nishapur Mosque in Khorosan (c. 1005).,,c. 1005,,Construction,Glider,,,,,Aviator,,6,"Frederick W. ""Casey"" Baldwin",2 Jan 1882,Canada,Design,Propeller,"Chief Engineer, Aerial Experiment Association (190709); first powered flight by a Canadian in the Red Wing (12 Mar 1909); co-designer Red Wing (1908), White Wing (1908), and Silver Dart (1909); with J.A.D. McCurdy (and financial support from Alexander Graham Bell) formed the Canadian Aerodrome Company (1909), Canadas first aircraft manufacturing company.",,07-Aug-48,,Construction,,,,,,Manufacture,,,,,,Aviator,,7,Alexander Graham Bell,3 Mar 1847,Scotland,Science,Glider,"Founder and chair, Canadian-American aeronautical research group Aerial Experiment Association (AEA) (30 Sep 1907  31 Mar 1909); in 1908 and 1909, the AEA designed, constructed, and flew four powered aircraft: the Red Wing, White Wing, June Bug, and Silver Dart; technical innovations include the tricycle landing gear and the wingtip aileron.",,02-Aug-22,(United States),Design,Propeller,,,,(Canada),Construction,,,,,,Support,,8,Mabel Bell,25 Nov 1857,United States,Support,n/a,"Financial sponsorship, Aerial Experiment Association (190709).",,03-Jan-23,(United States),,,,,,(Canada),,,9,Giuseppe Mario Bellanca,19 Mar 1886,Italy,Design,Propeller,Bellanca Flying School (191216); designed first enclosed monoplane cabin (1917); founded Bellanca Aircraft Company (1927).,,26-Dec-60,(Italy),Construction,,,,,(United States),Manufacture,,10,Oskar Bider,12 Jul 1891,Switzerland,Aviator,Propeller,"First crossing of the Pyrenees (24 Jan 1913); Swiss airmail flight (9 Mar 1913); crossing of the Alps (13 May 1913); () Nieuport 21, Duebendorf, Switzerland.",,07-Jul-19,,Support,,11,Bladud,9th Century BC,unk,Design,Pre-history,"According to Historia Regum Britanniae (written c. 1138 by Geoffrey of Monmouth), Bladud, a legendary King of Britain, reportedly made wings from feathers and attempted a flight (852 BC).",,,,Construction,Glider,,,,,Aviator,,12,Louis Blriot,1 Jul 1872,France,Design,Propeller,First heavier-than-air crossing of the English Channel in a Blriot XI (25 Jul 1909).,,01-Aug-36,,Construction,,,,,,Manufacture,,,,,,Aviator,,13,"Enea Bossi, Sr.",29 Mar 1888,Italy,Science,Propeller,"Founder, American Aeronautical Corporation (1928); designer, Budd BB-1 Pioneer (1931), the first stainless-steel airplane; co-designer of the Pedaliante (""Pedal Glider"") (1936), the first human-powered aircraft; subsequent improvements (combined with a catapult-assisted launch) led to a 1km (0.62mi) flight 9m (29.5ft) from the ground (18 Mar 1937).",,09-Jan-63,(United States),Design,Rotor,,,,,Construction,,,,,,Manufacture,,14,Eduardo Bradley,9 Apr 1887,Argentina,Design,Balloon,First crossing of the Andes in a (coal gas-filled)[citation needed] balloon (24 Jun 1916); set numerous ballooning records: duration (28 hours 10 minutes); distance 900km (559mi).[citation needed],,03-Jun-51,,Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,15,Marcel Brindejonc des Moulinais,18 Feb 1892,France,Aviator,Propeller,"Finished first (but did not win) the Geisler Challenge Trophy (1913); long distance champion;[citation needed] (), Vadelaincourt, France (shot down).",,18-Aug-16,,,,16,Artur de Sacadura Cabral,23 May 1881,Portugal,Aviator,Propeller,"Director, Naval Aviation Services (1918); first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic with Gago Coutinho using a Fairey III-D (30 Mar  17 Jun 1922); ( disappeared) , English Channel crossing.",,15-Nov-24,,,,17,George Cayley,27 Dec 1773,England,Science,Glider,"Experimented in aeronautics at age 13 with a Chinese top (1796); first design of a fixed-wing aircraft (1799); used a whirling arm to test aerofoils at varying angles (1804); presented a paper outlining specific design parameters for building a glider (1810); designed, constructed, and had flown (short hop) a tri-plane (1849). Cayley was one of the most significant pioneers in aviation history.",,15 Dec 1857,,Design,Propeller,,,,,Construction,Rotor,18,Giuseppe Cei,25 Jan 1889,Italy,Aviator,Propeller,"Flew around the Eiffel tower (19 Mar 1911);[citation needed] () (Bleriot airplane), near Puteaux, France.[citation needed]",,28-Mar-11,(Italy),,,,,,(France),,,19,Hezrfen Ahmed elebi,1609,Turkey,Design,Glider,Reportedly achieved sustained unpowered flight for 3.36km (2mi) (c. 1638).,,1640,,Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,20,Lagari Hasan elebi,17th century,Turkey,Design,Rocket,Reported to have achieved flight (20 seconds to an elevation of roughly 300 meters) using a winged rocket powered by gunpowder (c. 1630s).,,,,Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,21,Henri Coand?,7 Jun 1886,Romania,Science,Glider,"Designed Coand?-1910 with a propeller-less aero-reactive engine, exhibited Paris Air Show (Oct 1910), followed by a claimed but generally discounted first flight (16 Dec 1910); before WWI designed the Bristol-Coanda Monoplanes in Great Britain; discovered Coand? effect (1930).",,25-Nov-72,(France),Design,Propeller,,,,(Great Britain),Construction,Jet,,,,(Romania),,,22,Samuel Franklin Cody,6 Mar 1867,United States,Design,Glider,"Developed and flew human-lifting kites; kite instructor for the Royal Engineers (1904); contributed to the development of the British Army Dirigible No 1 Nulli Secundus (1907); first flight of a piloted airplane in Great Britain (16 Oct 1908, 1,390ft); issued Royal Aero Club certificate No.10 (14 Jun 1910); () Cody Floatplane, with passenger William Evans, Aldershot, England.",,07-Aug-13,(United States),Construction,Propeller,,,,(Great Britain),Aviator,,23,Alfred Comte,4 Jun 1895,Switzerland,Design,Propeller,Swiss pilots license (1908); partner and chief pilot Ad Astra Aero (1920); designed and built aircraft (192335); established an aviation school (194650).[citation needed],,01-Nov-65,,Manufacture,,24,Gago Coutinho,17 Feb 1869,Portugal,Aviator,Propeller,First aerial crossing of the South Atlantic using a Fairey III-D with Artur de Sacadura Cabral (30 Mar  17 Jun 1922); developed a sextant-type instrument to create an artificial horizon.[citation needed],,18-Feb-59,,,,25,Glenn Curtiss,21 May 1878,United States,Design,Propeller,"Director of Experiments, Aerial Experiment Association (190709); designed the June Bug (1908) and won the Scientific American Trophy (4 Jul 1908) by making the first official one-kilometer flight in North America; co-designer Red Wing (1908), White Wing (1908), and Silver Dart (1909); founded his own company (1909) which became the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (1916); designed, built, and flew the first successful flying-boat (12 Jan 1912); established Canadas first aviation training school in Toronto (1915); awarded the Langley Gold Medal (1913).",,23-Jul-30,(United States),Construction,Rotor,,,,(Canada),Manufacture,,,,,,Aviator,,26,Giacomo D'Angelis,1844,France,Design,Propeller,"First reported flight in Asia (Madras, India) (10 Mar 1910) in a self-constructed biplane.",,,(India),Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,27,Flix du Temple,18 Jul 1823,France,Science(?),Propeller,"With his brother, built a monoplane which (accelerating down a slope) staggered briefly into the air (1874), considered by some to be the powered take-off or hop of a powered fixed-wing aircraft.",,4 Nov 1890,,Design,,,,,,Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,28,Armand Dufaux,13 Jan 1883,Switzerland,Design,Propeller,"Working together patented a design for a helicopter (1904), constructed and demonstrated a working model (1317 Apr 1905); designed and built the first Swiss airplanes, including the biplane Dufaux 4 and Dufaux 5; Armand set a new over-water distance record of 66km (41mi) crossing Lake Geneva (28 Aug 1910).",and,17-Jul-41,,Construction,Rotor,,Henri Dufaux,and,,Aviator,,,,18 Sep 1879,,,,,,25-Dec-80,,,,29,John William Dunne,1875,Ireland,Science,Glider(?),"Discussed aeronautics and aviation with H.G. Wells (c. 1901); member Royal Engineers, working on design and construction of the first British military airplane (190608); in secret military trials, and with a career goal of improving stability during flight, Dunnes aircraft flew approximately 40 meters (1908); development of his V-shaped swept wing design significantly advanced flight stability",,24-Aug-49,,Design,Propeller,,,,,Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,30,Amelia Earhart,24 Jul 1897,United States,Aviator,Propeller,"First woman passenger to fly across the Atlantic (17/18 Jun 1928); to fly solo across the Atlantic (20 May 1932); to fly non-stop transcontinental (24/25 Aug 1932); ( disappeared in Lockheed Electra, attempting a global circumnavigation of the equator).",,02-Jul-37,,Support,,31,Eilmer of Malmesbury,c. 984,unk,Design,Pre-history,Reportedly flew 200 meters from a tower using rigid wings (c. 1005).,,unk,,Construction,Glider,,,,,Aviator,,32,Eugene Ely,21 Oct 1886,United States,Aviator,Propeller,"First airplane (Curtiss Model D) take-off from a ship (USS Birmingham (14 Nov 1910); first landing (Curtiss Model D) on a ship (USS Pennsylvania) using a tailhook (18 Jan 1911); () , Macon, Georgia, flight exhibition.",,19-Oct-11,,,,33,August Euler,20 Nov 1868,Germany,Design,Propeller,Built Voisin Freres aircraft (1908); first German pilots license (1909); German flight duration record (3hr 6min 18sec) (1910).,,01-Jul-57,,Manufacture,,,,,,Aviator,,34,Ernest Failloubaz,27 Jul 1892,Switzerland,Construction,Propeller,Constructed and piloted the first aircraft in Switzerland (10 May 1910); first Swiss pilots license (10 Oct 1910).,,14-May-19,,Aviator,,,,,,Support,,35,Henry Farman,26 May 1874,France,Design,Propeller,Winner (in the Voisin-Farman No.1) of the Deutsch-Archdeacon Prize (13 Jan 1908); with brothers Richard and Maurice founded Farman Aviation Works (1908).,,17-Jul-58,,Construction,,,,,,Manufacture,,,,,,Aviator,,36,Ferdinand Ferber,8 Feb 1862,France,Design,Glider,"Attempted (unsuccessfully) to replicate the Wright 1901 Glider from photographs; designed a series of aircraft (Ferber I through Ferber IX) for the Antoinette Company; designed, constructed, and flew the first tractor configuration biplane (May 1905); () Voisin biplane, Boulogne, France.",,22-Sep-09,,Construction,Propeller,,,,,Aviator,,,,,,Support,,37,Anton Anthony Fokker,6 Apr 1890,Indonesia,Design,Propeller,"Designed, built, and flew the ""Spin"" (31 Aug 1911); involved with the Luftstreitkrfte during WWI; constructed a machine gun synchronizer (22 Apr 1915), leading to an aviation period known as the Fokker Scourge; founded the US-based Atlantic Aircraft Corporation (1924) to manufacture his product in the United States.",,23-Dec-39,(Germany),Construction,,,,,(Netherlands),Manufacture,,,,,(United States),Aviator(?),,38,Lyman Gilmore Jr,11 Jun 1874,United States,Design,Propeller,"(Based largely on self-report and a 1936 interview) Tethered glider flight (1893); free glider flight (1894); (claimed in 1927) controlled steam-powered aircraft flight (15 May 1902); all records, papers, and aircraft were destroyed in a fire; opened first commercial airfield (15 Mar 1907).[citation needed]",,18-Feb-51,,Construction,,39,Tryggve Gran,20 Jan 1888,Norway,Aviator,Propeller,"First flight across the North Sea (30 Jul 1914), four hours ten minutes from Cruden Bay, Scotland to Klep (near Stavanger), Norway in a Blriot monoplane.",,08-Jan-80,(Norway),,,,,,(Great Britain),,,40,Ren Grandjean,12 Nov 1884,Switzerland,Design,Propeller,Designed and built aircraft for Ernest Failloubaz and his record-setting flight (1910);[citation needed] first snow takeoff and landing using skis (2 Feb 1912); first water takeoff in a Swiss seaplane (4 Aug 1912).,,14-Apr-63,,Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,41,Andrea Grimaldi,c. 1701,Italy,Design,Glider,Italian monk reported to have flown from Calais to London in a bird-shaped airship with a 22-foot wingspan (Oct 1751).,,,,Construction,,42,Augustus Moore Herring,3 Aug 1867,United States,Design,Glider,Assisted S.P. Langley (May  Nov 1895); test pilot for Octave Chanute; designed the Herring regulator; designed and constructed a compressed-air motorized biplane and reported a 15 meter hop (10 Oct 1898) and a 22 meter hop (12 Oct 1898); business partners with Glenn Curtiss (1909).,,17-Jul-26,,Construction,Propeller,43,Howard Hughes,24-Dec-05,United States,Design,Propeller,Founded Hughes Aircraft (1932); set record for flying around the world (91 hours) in a Lockheed Super Electra (1938); received the Congressional Gold Medal (1939) for achievements in aviation; majority stockholder in TWA (1939).[citation needed],,05-Apr-76,,Manufacture,,,,,,Aviator,,,,,,Support,,44,Vecihi Hrku?,6 Jan 1895,Turkey,Design,Propeller,Constructed and flew (15 minutes) the first airplane in Turkey (Vecihi K-VI) (28 Jan 1925); founded Turkeys first flying school (27 Sep 1932).,,16-Jul-69,,Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,45,Abbas Ibn Firnas,810,Spain,Design,Pre-history,"A 9th century polymath covered himself with feathers and wings, and flew faster than the phoenix in his flight when he dressed his body in the feathers of a vulture (c. 875).",,887,,Construction,Glider,,,,,Aviator,,46,Karl Jatho,3 Feb 1873,Germany,Design,Propeller,Made an aerial leap (18 meters) in a powered airplane (18 Aug 1903);,,08-Dec-33,,Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,47,Wilhelm Kress,29 Jul 1836,Russia,Science,Glider,Developed a successful rubber-band powered model of a hang glider (1877); designed aircraft control stick (1900);[citation needed] executed short hops over water in his Drachenflieger (1901).[citation needed],,24-Feb-13,(Austria),Design,Propeller,,,,,Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,48,Francesco Lana de Terzi,1631,Italy,Science,Pre-history,Designed an airship based on the theory of using evacuated metal spheres to create a lighter-than-air vehicle (1670).,,1687,,Design,Balloon(?),49,Samuel Langley,22 Aug 1834,United States,Science,Propeller,"Designed and developed the Aerodrome No. 5 as a successful steam engine powered model which flew for 90 seconds covering roughly 3,300ft (6 May 1896); conversion into a larger piloted aircraft was unsuccessful (1903).",,27-Feb-06,,Design,,,,,,Construction,,50,Stephen Latchford,4 Feb 1883,United States,Science,n/a,"United States diplomat, head of State Department's early aviation committees; aviation specialist during Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman administrations. Also Chairman of United States Section at the International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts.[citation needed]",,01-Oct-74,,Support,,51,Otto Lilienthal,23 May 1848,Germany,Science,Glider,"Designed and constructed a monoplane Derwitzer Glider (1891); after nearly 2,000 flights he constructed a two-surfaced glider (1895); () Glider crash (9 Aug 1896), Gollenberg, Germany.",,10 Aug 1896,,Design,,,,,,Construction,,,,,,Manufacture,,,,,,Aviator,,52,Charles Lindbergh,04-Feb-02,United States,Aviator,Propeller,First solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic ocean from New York to Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis (20/21 May 1927).,,26-Aug-74,,Support,,53,Ed Link,26-Jul-04,United States,Science,n/a,Inventor of the Link Trainer flight simulator (1929); received Royal Aeronautical Society Wakefield Gold Medal (1947).,,07-Sep-81,,Design,,,,,,Support,,54,Mikhail Lomonosov,19 Nov 1711,Russian Empire,Science,Rotor,Designed and constructed a model of a coaxial propeller helicopter (Jul 1754) to lift meteorological instruments.,,15 Apr 1765,,Design,,,,,,Construction,,55,William S. Luckey,15 Feb 1875,United States,Aviator,Propeller,"Began flying at age 52 (1912); Curtiss Exhibition Flyers (191315); winner, Round-Manhattan Race (13 Oct 1913); () critically injured (6 Sep 1915) in Sturgeon Falls, ON, Canada.",,20-Dec-15,,,,56,Hiram Stevens Maxim,5 Feb 1840,United States,Science,Rotor,"Patented a design for a steam-powered flying machine (1889, and refined in 1891); successful track-tethered test of a steam-engine powered biplane (Jul 1894); designed and constructed a biplane that never flew (1910)",,24-Nov-16,(United Kingdom),Design,Propeller,,,,,Construction,,57,John Alexander Douglas McCurdy,2 Aug 1886,Canada,Design,Glider,"Treasurer & Assistant Engineer, Aerial Experiment Association (190709); first controlled powered flight in Canada ""Silver Dart"" (23 Feb 1909); with ""Casey"" Baldwin (and financial support from Alexander Graham Bell) formed the Canadian Aerodrome Company, Canadas first aircraft manufacturing company.",,25-Jun-61,,Construction,Propeller,,,,,Manufacture,,,,,,Aviator,,58,Walter Mittelholzer,2 Apr 1894,Switzerland,Science,Propeller,"Director and head pilot of Ad Astra Aero, later becoming Swissair; first north-south crossing of Africa (7 Dec 1926  21 Feb 1927);[citation needed] pioneer of aerial photography (Spitsbergen, 1923; Mt. Kilimanjaro, 1929);[citation needed] personally flew/delivered a Fokker to Emperor Haile Selassie I (1935).[citation needed]",,09-May-37,,Aviator,,,,,,Support(?),,59,John Joseph Montgomery,15 Feb 1858,United States,Science,Glider,"Reported to have made the first glider flight in the United States (1883); () Glider, Evergreen, California.",,31-Oct-11,,Design,,,,,,Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,60,Edwin Moon,8 Jun 1886,England,Design,Propeller,"Designed, constructed, and flew a monoplane (""Moonbeam"") (early to mid-1910); the meadows of North Stoneham Farm which he used to take-off and land would later become Southampton Airport; () Flying boat, Felixstowe, England.",,29-Apr-20,,Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,61,J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon,8 Feb 1884,England,Aviator,Propeller,Holder of Royal Aero Club certificate No. 1.,,17-May-64,,,,,,,,,,First United Kingdom citizen to make a flight in Britain.62,Alexander Mozhayskiy,21 Mar 1825,Finland,Science,Glider,Designed and constructed a steam-engine powered airplane that reportedly flew (hopped) (2030 meters) with the assistance of a ramp (1884).,,1 Apr 1890,,Design,Propeller,,,,,Construction,,63,Richard Pearse,3 Dec 1877,New Zealand,Design,Propeller,Reportedly achieved powered (but poorly controlled) flight (31 Mar 1903).,,29-Jul-53,,Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,64,Horatio Phillips,1845,England,Science,Glider,"Aeronautic theory: advancement of wind-tunnel design (1880s), development of aerofoil design, patented as blades for deflecting air (1884 and 1891); designed multiplanes with multiple sets of lifting surfaces, patented (1890), constructed (1893); first powered hop-flight (500ft) in Great Britain (1907).",,1924,,Design,Propeller,,,,,Construction,,65,Percy Pilcher,16 Jan 1866,England,Science,Glider,"Designed and constructed hang-glider (The Bat), first to achieve unpowered controlled flight in Great Britain (12 Sep 1895); () crash-related injuries suffered on 30 Sep 1899, glider (The Hawk), near Stanford Hall, England.",,1 Oct 1899,,Design,,,,,,Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,66,John Cyril Porte,26 Feb 1884,Ireland,Design,Propeller,"Aero Club de France aviator certificate (28 Jul 1911); test pilot (191314); began to design and construct (with Glen Curtiss) an aircraft capable of transatlantic flight (1914); testing was successful, but the flight was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I. Royal Naval Air Service, Squadron Commander, RAF Hendon (1914); secret U.S. visit as an official envoy testing aircraft for the British Government (Sep 1915). Commander, Royal Naval Airstation Felixstowe, conducted flying-boat research; designed and constructed the Porte Baby (1916).",,22-Oct-19,(Ireland),Construction,,,,,(Great Britain),Manufacture,,,,,,Aviator,,67,Edvard Rusjan,6 Jun 1886,Austria-Hungary,Design,Propeller,"Designed, constructed, and flew the first airplane in Slovenia (25 Nov 1909); () , Belgrade, Serbia; first Serbian air exposition.",,09-Jan-11,(Slovenia),Construction,,,,,(Croatia),Aviator,,68,Charles Samson,8 July 1883,United Kingdom,Aviator,Propeller,One of the first four British naval officers to train as a pilot; first to fly an airplane (a Short S.27 biplane) off a moving ship (HMS Hibernia (May 1912).,,05-Feb-31,,,,69,Alberto Santos Dumont,20 Jul 1873,Brazil,Science,Balloon,"Winner, Deutsch Prize (19 Oct 1901); first powered winged aircraft flight in Europe (13 Sep 1906); winner, Archdeacon Cup (23 Oct 1906) and Aro-Club de France Prize (12 Nov 1906); designed a light-weight monoplane Demoiselle and released the second variant (No. 20) from copyright or license (late 1909).",,23-Jul-32,(France),Design,Airship,,,,,Construction,Propeller,,,,,Manufacture,,,,,,Aviator,,,,,,Support,,70,Ivan Sari?,27 Jun 1876,Austria-Hungary (Serbia),Design,Propeller,First public flight in Serbia (then Austro-Hungary) (16 Oct 1910).,,23-Aug-66,,Construction,Rotor,71,Thomas Selfridge,8 Feb 1882,United States,Design,Airship,"Secretary, Aerial Experiment Association (190709); U.S. Army Lieutenant who assisted the AEA in engineering, designing and piloting the Red Wing; first U.S. Military officer to pilot a powered aircraft White Wing (19 May 1908);[citation needed] first fatality of powered flight (17 Sep 1908).",,17-Sep-08,(United States),Construction,Propeller,,,,(Canada),Aviator,,72,Igor Sikorsky,25 May 1889,Russian Empire,Science,Propeller,"Designed and constructed the first four-engine aircraft, the Russky Vityaz cabin biplane, flew (13 May 1913); and the Ilya Muromets, prototype for a commercial airplane (1914); first brief flight in a practical helicopter (14 Sep 1939).",,26-Oct-72,(Russia),Design,Rotor,,,,(United States),Construction,,,,,,Manufacture,,,,,,Aviator,,73,Sir Charles Kingsford Smith,9 Feb 1897,Australia,Aviator,Propeller,"First transpacific flight from the United States to Australia in the Southern Cross (31 May  9 Jun 1928); first non-stop Australian transcontinental flight (Aug 1928); first trans-Tasman flight (10/11 Sep 1928); ( disappeared) Lady Southern Cross, over the Bay of Bengal.",,08-Nov-35,(Great Britain),,,,,,(United States),,,,,,(Australia),,,74,Sir Thomas Sopwith,18 Jan 1888,England,Design(?),Propeller,"Royal Aero Club license No. 31 (22 Nov 1910); won 4000 Baron de Forest prize for the longest flight from England to the Continent in a British-built aeroplane, (169 miles (272km) in 3 hours 40 minutes) in a Howard Wright 1910 Biplane (18 Dec 1910); established the Sopwith Aviation Company with Fred Sigrist (1912); and a Sopwith floatplane won the secondSchneider Trophy race 1913). The company produced more than 18,000 aircraft during World War I, including the Sopwith Camel fighter. Post war founded Hawker Aircraft.",,27-Jan-89,,Construction,,,,,,Manufacture,,,,,,Aviator,,75,Eduard Spelterini,2 Jun 1852,Switzerland,Science,Balloon,Licensed by the Acadmie d'Arostation mtorologique de France as a balloon pilot (1877);[citation needed] Swiss pioneer of ballooning and aerial photography; multiple crossings of the Alps; assisted in medical research (1902).,,16-Jun-31,(France),Aviator,,,,,(Switzerland),,,,,,(Denmark),,,76,Emile Taddoli,8 Mar 1879,Switzerland,Design,Propeller,"Swiss flight certificate No.2 (10 Oct 1910); pioneer of flying boats (e.g., SIAI S.13); chief seaplane pilot for Ad Astra Aero;[citation needed] first seaplane crossing of the Alps (12 Jul 1919); () (Savoia flying boat) demonstration flight, Romanshorn, Switzerland.",,24-May-20,,Construction,,,,,,Aviator,,77,Shivkar Bapuji Talpade,1864,India,Design,?,Reportedly launched an unmanned airplane (Marutsakh?) (1895)[citation needed],,1916,,Construction,,78,Czes?aw Ta?ski,17 Jul 1862,Poland,Science,Glider,First successful model glider in Poland (1894); first glider flight in Poland (1896); biplane flight (1911).,,24-Feb-42,,Design,Rotor,,,,,Construction,Propeller,,,,,Aviator,,79,Nicholas A. Teleshov,1828,Russia,Science,Propeller,"Received patent (with Gustave de Struve) for a steam-engine powered flying machine capable of carrying 120 people (i.e., commercial passenger aircraft) (1864), and for a navigable balloon (1883).",,1895,,Design,,,,,,Construction,,80,E. Lilian Todd,1865,United States,Designer,Propeller,First female aircraft designer (c. 1906).,,26-Sep-37,,Construction,,81,Juan Trippe,27 Jun 1899,United States,Manufacture(?),n/a,"Founded several airlines including Colonial Air Transport (1926) and the Aviation Corporation of the Americas (1927) which would become Pan American Airways; created economy class to encourage travel; proponent of jet aircraft ordering Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 aircraft; requested a larger airplane resulting in the Boeing 747; recipient, Tony Jannus Award (1965).",,03-Apr-81,,Support,,82,Jules Vdrines,21 Dec 1881,France,Aviator,Propeller,"First pilot to fly at more than 100 miles per hour (160km/h) on 2 Feb 1912, won Gordon Bennett Trophy race in 1912 flying a Deperdussin Monocoque. St Rambert d'Albon near Lyon en route for Rome flying a Caudron C-23.",,21-Apr-19,,,,83,Alfred V. Verville,16 Nov 1890,United States,Design,Propeller,"Designed the Verville-Packard R-1 Racer (1919), which won the first Pulitzer Speed Trophy (1920); the M-1 Massenger (1921); the Verville-Sperry R-3 Racer (1922), the second aircraft with retractable landing gear (after the Dayton-Wright Racer); member, U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics (194661).",,10-Mar-70,,Manufacture,,,,,,Support,,84,Aurel Vlaicu,19 Nov 1882,Romania,Design,Glider,"Designed, built, and flew a glider (1909); a powered airplane Vlaicu Nr. I (17 Jun 1910); () Vlaicu Nr. II, near Cmpina, attempting to cross the Carpathian Mountains in flight for the first time.",,13-Sep-13,,Construction,Propeller,,,,,Aviator,,85,Gabriel Voisin,5 Feb 1880,France,Design,Glider,"With brother Charles, built gliders for Ernest Archdeacon (1902); designed and constructed the first French powered aircraft (Voisin 1907 biplane) to achieve sustained controlled flight (1 Oct 1907); founded Appareils d'Aviation Les Frres Voisin, the first aircraft manufacturing company (1906).[citation needed]",,25-Dec-73,,Construction,Propeller,,,,,Manufacture,,,,,,Aviator,,86,Traian Vuia,17 Aug 1872,Romania,Design,Propeller,Flight in tractor monoplane (France) (6 Mar 1906).,,03-Sep-50,(France),Construction,Rotor,,,,,Aviator(?),,87,Preston Watson,17 May 1880,Scotland,Design,Glider,"On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Wright Brothers historic flight (1953) and thirty-eight years after Watsons death, his brother James claimed that Preston had achieved powered flight before the Wrights. He recanted in 1955 stating he had never claimed it was powered flight.",,30-Jun-15,,Construction,Propeller,,,,,Aviator,,88,Francis Herbert Wenham,1824,United Kingdom,Science,Glider,The first scientist to deduce the main properties of cambered aerofoil. Built gliders and with John Browning the world's first wind tunnel in 1871.,,1908,,Constructor,,89,Gustave Whitehead (Weikopf),1 Jan 1874,Germany,Design,Glider,"Designed and constructed a powered airplane (mid 1901); claims to have made the first (1899), second (14 Aug 1901), and third (17 Jan 1902) controlled powered airplane flights. This claim has long since been in dispute.",,10-Oct-27,(United States),Construction,Propeller,,,,,Aviator,,90,Jan Wn?k,1828,Poland,Design,Glider,"Allegedly designed, constructed, flew a controllable glider (1866);.[citation needed]",,10 Jul 1869,,Construction,,91,Wright brothers,19 Aug 1871,United States,Science,Glider,"Together, designed and constructed biplane kite (1899); invented wing warping for flight control (c. 1899) and the aeronautical concept of three-axis control. designed and constructed the 1900, 1901, and 1902 Gliders; and the powered 1903 Flyer; first powered, controlled, sustained flight (Orville) for 12 seconds covering 37 meters (17 Dec 1903) and documented; (Wilbur) first complete circle in a powered manned airplane (20 Sep 1904); (Wilbur) Wright Flyer III circular flight of 38.9km (24 m) (23 Jun 1905).",Orville,30-Jan-48,,Design,Propeller,,and,and,,Construction,,,Wilbur,16 Apr 1867,,Manufacture,,,,30-May-12,,Aviator,,,,,,Support,,92,Czes?aw Zbiera?ski,6 Dec 1885,Poland,Design,Propeller,"With Stanislaw Cywi?ski designed and constructed Polands first airplane (May 1911), flown (25 Sep 1911).",,31May1982,(Poland),Construction,,,,,(United States),Aviator(?),,,,,,,,For other more formats kindly visit : www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,,,,,,,,,,Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_pioneers,,,,,,