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Aviation pioneer candidates/suggestions

Aviation pioneer candidates/suggestions list 1
Name	DOB DOD	Country birth (work)	Pioneer	Type	Achievements
al Jawhari-IsmailIsmail ibn Hammad al-Jawhari†	975--- c. 1005	Kazakhstan	Design Construction Aviator	Glider	1005(†) attempted flight from the roof of the Nishapur Mosque in Khorosan (c. 1005).^[1]
Andree-SalomonSalomon August Andrée†	1854-10-1818 Oct 1854 Oct 1897	Sweden			1897-07-11Expedition to the North Pole with Knut Frænkel and Nils Strindberg (11 Jul 1897) (†) Kvitøya, Norway.
Antonov-OlegOleg Antonov	1906-02-077 Feb 1906 4 Apr 1984	Russia
Archdeacon-ErnestErnest Archdeacon	1863-03-2828 Mar 1863 3 Jan 1950	France	Support		Co-founder, Aéro-Club de France (20 Oct 1898)
Armstrong-NeilNeil Armstrong	1930-08-055 Aug 1930 25 Aug 2012	United States
Beachey-LincolnLincoln Beachey†	1887-03-033 Mar 1887 14 Mar 1915	United States
BladudBladud	DOBDOB DOD	POB	Design Construction Aviator	Glider	-852According to Historia Regum Britanniae (written c. 1138 by Geoffrey of Monmouth), Bladud, a legendary King of Britain, reportedly made wings from feathers and attempted an aerial flight (852BC).^[2]^[3]^{[nb 1]}
Boeing-WilliamWilliam Boeing	1881-10-011 Oct 1881 28 Sep 1956	United States
Breguet-LouisLouis Breguet	1880-01-022 Jan 1880 4 May 1955	France
Byrd-RichardRichard Byrd	1888-10-2525 Oct 1888 11 Mar 1957	United States
Chanute-OctaveOctave Chanute	1832-02-1818 Feb 1832 23 Nov 1910	France
Chavez-JorgeJorge Chávez†	1887-01-1313 Jan 1887 27 Sep 1910	France
Coleman-BessieBessie Coleman†	1892-01-2626 Jan 1892 30 Apr 1926	United States	Aviator	Propeller	First African-American licensed aviator (15 Jun 1921).^[5]
de Caters-PierrePierre de Caters	1875-12-2525 Dec 1875 21 Mar 1944	Belgium
de Havilland-GeoffreyGeoffrey de Havilland	1882-07-2727 Jul 1882 21 May 1965	England
Deutsch de la Meurthe-HenriHenri Deutsch de la Meurthe	18461846 1919	France
Doolittle-JamesJames “Jimmy” Doolittle	1896-12-1414 Dec 1896 27 Sep 1993	United States
Douglas-DonaldDonald Douglas	1892-04-066 Apr 1892 1 Feb 1981	United States
Eilmer-of-MalmesburyEilmer of Malmesbury	984c. 984 ---	POB	Design Construction Aviator	Glider	1005Reportedly flew 200 meters from a tower^[2] using rigid wings (c. 1005).^[1]
Ellehammer-JacobJacob Ellehammer	1871-06-1414 Jun 1871 20 May 1946	Denmark
Etrich-IgoIgo Etrich	1879-12-2525 Dec 1879 4 Feb 1967	Austria-Hungary
Ferguson-HenryHarry Ferguson	1884-11-044 Nov 1884 25 Oct 1960	Ireland
Gagarin-YuriYuri Gagarin	1934-03-099 Mar 1934 27 Mar 1961	Russia
Garros-RolandRoland Garros†	1888-10-066 Oct 1888 5 Oct 1918	Réunion (French)
Grade-HansHans Grade	1879-05-1717 May 1879 22 Oct 1946	Poland (Germany)
Grahame-White-ClaudeClaude Grahame-White	DOB21 Aug 1879 19 Aug 1959	England

Hawker-HarryHarry Hawker†	1889-01-2222 Jan 1889 12 Jul 1921	Australia

Ibn Firnas-AbbasAbbas Ibn Firnas	810810 887	Spain	Design Construction Aviator	Glider	875A 9th century polymath covered himself with feathers and wings,^[2] and “flew faster than the phoenix in his flight when he dressed his body in the feathers of a vulture” (c. 875).^[1]
Immelmann-MaxMax Immelmann†	1890-09-2121 Sep 1890 18 Jun 1916	Germany
Junkers-HugoHugo Junkers	1859-02-033 Feb 1859 3 Feb 1935	Germany
Lana de Terzi-FrancescoFrancesco Lana de Terzi	16311631 1687	Italy	Science Design	Balloon(?)	1670Designed an airship based on the theory of using evacuated metal spheres to create a lighter-than-air vehicle (1670).^[2]^[1]
Levavasseur-LeonLéon Levavasseur	1863-01-088 Jan 1863 26 Feb 1922	France
LougheadAllan Haines Loughead and Malcolm Loughead	1889-01-2020 Jan 1889 26 May 1969 and 1887 1958	United States
Mitchell-WilliamWilliam “Billy” Mitchell	1879-12-2929 Dec 1879 19 Feb 1936	France
Paulhan-LouisLouis Paulhan	1883-07-1919 Jul 1883 10 Feb 1963	France
Pilatre de Rozier-Jean-FrancoisJean-François Pilâtre de Rozier	1754-03-3030 Mar 1754 15 Jun 1785	France
Pither-HerbertHerbert Pither???	18711871 DOD	England
Quimby-HarrietHarriet Quimby†	1875-05-1111 May 1875 1 Jul 1912	United States

Rickenbacker-EddieEddie Rickenbacker	1890-10-088 Oct 1890 23 Jul 1973	United States
Rodgers-CalbraithCal Rodgers†	1879-01-1212 Jan 1879 3 Apr 1912	United States
Roe-Alliott-VerdonAlliott Verdon Roe	1877-04-2626 Apr 1877 4 Jan 1958	England
Tereshkova-ValentinaValentina Tereshkova	1937-03-066 Mar 1937 ---	Russia
Warsitz-ErichErich Warsitz	1906-10-1818 Oct 1906 12 Jul 1983	Germany
Yakovlev-AlexanderAlexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev	1906-04-011 April 1906 22 Aug 1989	Russia
Yeager-ChuckChuck Yeager	1923-02-1313 Feb 1923 ---	United States
Zeppelin-FerdinandFerdinand von Zeppelin	1838-07-088 Jul 1838 8 Mar 1917	Germany

Notes

^ Geoffrey’s publication in 1138, almost 2,000 years after the alleged flight, is the first historical mention of Bladud.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d White, Jr., Lynn (1961). ‎ "Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh Century Aviator: A case study of technological innovation, its context and tradition". Technology and Culture. 2 (2): 97 –111. Retrieved 29 August 2013. {{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Laufer, Berthold (1928). ‎ "The Prehistory of Aviation". Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History. Anthropological Series. 18 (1): 1–97. Retrieved 24 August 2013. {{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)
^ Biddlecombe, C.H. (1928). "The Development of the Heavier-Than-Air Machine". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 67 (3): 297–305. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
^ Clark, John (1994). ‎ "The Archaeology of a Legend". Folklore. 105: 39–50. Retrieved 29 August 2013. {{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)
^ Creasman, Kim (1997). "Black Birds in the Sky: The legacies of Bessie Coleman and Dr. Mae Jemison". The Journal of Negro History. 82 (1). Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc.: 158–168. Retrieved 27 Aug 2013.

[5] Geoffrey’s publication in 1138, almost 2,000 years after the alleged flight, is the first historical mention of Bladud.^[4]

[Eilmer_of_Malmesbury-11C-1] White, Jr., Lynn (1961). ‎ "Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh Century Aviator: A case study of technological innovation, its context and tradition". Technology and Culture. 2 (2): 97 –111. Retrieved 29 August 2013. {{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)

[Prehistory_of_aviation-2] Laufer, Berthold (1928). ‎ "The Prehistory of Aviation". Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History. Anthropological Series. 18 (1): 1–97. Retrieved 24 August 2013. {{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)

[Development_of_the_heavier-3] Biddlecombe, C.H. (1928). "The Development of the Heavier-Than-Air Machine". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 67 (3): 297–305. Retrieved 24 August 2013.

[Archaeology_of_a_Legend-4] Clark, John (1994). ‎ "The Archaeology of a Legend". Folklore. 105: 39–50. Retrieved 29 August 2013. {{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)

[6] Creasman, Kim (1997). "Black Birds in the Sky: The legacies of Bessie Coleman and Dr. Mae Jemison". The Journal of Negro History. 82 (1). Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc.: 158–168. Retrieved 27 Aug 2013.

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