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Aviation Pioneers : An Anthology

Last updated : February 11, 2006

The Editor would especially like to thank Philippe Gervais (Fr), Dave and Carol Lam (Be), Paul Dunlop (NZ), Tim Hayward-Brown (Aus) and Gary Bradshaw, David Dodge, Debbie Winegarten, Nanette Malher, Loree Hirschman, Chris and Maureen Lynch, Bill and Joan Hannan and Deborah (Denny) McBride and Reginald Denny Jr. (USA) for their enthusiasm and specific text and image contributions to this site.

and be sure to also see

'A Tale of no Tail' : An Anthology of the 'Flying Wing'

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Fathers of Aviation

Clément Ader
William Bland
Frederick Brearey
Jean-Marie Le Bris
George Cayley
Octave Chanute
Glenn Curtiss
Butler & Edwards
Henri Giffard
Lawrence Hargrave
William Henson
Otto Lilienthal
Etienne-Jules Marey
Louis Mouillard
Thomas Moy
Alexander Mozhaisky
Alphonse Pénaud
Horatio Phillips
Percy Pilcher
Charles Renard
John Stringfellow
Emmanuel Swedenborg
Victor Tatin
Felix du Temple de la Croix
Nikolaj Teleshov
Thomas Walker
Francis Wenham
John Wise
Wilbur & Orville Wright

Pioneers listed in boldface are directly linked to external, definitive websites


Major Manufacturers

Astra, Astra Wright
Louis Blériot
Louis Breguet
Bristol Aeroplane Co.
Gianni Caproni
Gaston & René Caudron
Armand Deperdussin
Henry & Maurice Farman
Anthony Fokker
Martin & Handasyde
René Hanriot
Geoffrey de Havilland
Frederick G Miles
Édouard de Nieuport
Frederick Handley Page
Robert Esnault-Pelterie
Edgar Percival
Alliot Verdon Roe
Morane & Saulnier
Short Brothers
T.O.M. Sopwith
'Chance' Vought
Charles & Gabriel Voisin
Zodiac

Pioneers listed in boldface are directly linked to external, definitive websites


Smaller Manufacturers

Ernest Archdeacon
René Arnoux
Henry L. Call
Rev. Burrell Cannon
Henri Coanda
Samuel F. Cody
Reginald Denny
John & Reginald Duigan
Henri & Armand Dufaux
Alberto Santos-Dumont
John Dunne
Stefan K. Drzewiecki
Marquis d'Ecquevilly
Jacob Ellehammer
Igo Etrich
Henri Fabre
Capt. Ferdinand Ferber
Renè Gasnier de Fresne
Ambroise Goupy
Hans Grade
Augustus M. Herring
Karl Jatho
Arthur C. Krebs
S.F.W. Koolhoven
Wilhelm Kress
Samuel P. Langley
Paul & Pierre Lebaudy
Laurie Marshall
Hiram S. Maxim
Gastambide & Mengin
John J. Montgomery
Chuhachi Ninomiya
M. Péan
Richard Pearse
Joseph Pline
John Valentine Pliska - New - Jul.26
Pischof & Koechlin
Yves Le Prieur
Louis Schreck
George Taylor
Albert & Gaston Tissandier
Emile Train
Gustav Trouvé
Trajan Vuia
Jose Weiss
C. Graham-White
Gustav Whitehead

Pioneers listed in boldface are directly linked to external, definitive websites


'The Scientists'

Stories of those who though not with a primary aviation focus, developed technology for avaition usage

Kalman Tihanyi - Television Guidance Systems


'One Off Wonders'

Images of those who dreamed, built and flew? during the first decade of powered flight only, in most cases, to disappear from the history books - until now that is !


Pioneer Aviation in Colour

Images from the earliest days of aviation using the 'new' and still somewhat experimental, colour photographic processes


Aviators : Test Pilots, Racers, Barnstormers and Explorers

Ernest Archdeacon [Voisin]
Louis Blériot [Blériot]
Alcock & Brown [Vickers]
J.T.C.Moore-Brabazon [Short & Voisin]
R.G. Carey [Farman]
Glenn Curtiss [Curtiss]
Léon Delagrange [Voisin]
Henry & Maurice Farman
Roland Garros [Morane-Saulnier]
Harry Hawker [Sopwith]
Bert Hinkler [AVRO]
Harry Houdini [Voisin]
Eugène Lefebvre [Wright]
Charles Lindbergh [Ryan]
Louis Paulhan [Paulhan]
C. Adolphe Pègoud [Blériot]
C.Howard Pixton [Sopwith]
Maurice Prévost [Deperdussin]
Charles Rolls [Wright]
C.E Kingsford-Smith [Fokker]
Jules Védrines [Morane-Saulnier]
René Vidart [Blériot]
Sir Hubert Wilkins [Lockheed]
C. Graham-White [CGW, Farman]

Pioneers listed in boldface are directly linked to external, definitive websites


Aviatrices : Yep, the Girls were up there too!

Pioneers : In development during 2003/4

Rosemary Arnold
Alana Arnot
Liesel Bach
Lady Mary Bailey
Florence 'Pancho' Barnes
Maryse Bastié
Jean Batten [de Havilland, Percival]
Dutchess of Bedford
Amelie 'Melli' Beese
Elly Beinhorn
Edith (Hart O.) Berg
Nancy Bird [de Havilland]
Vera von Bissing
Mabel Boll
Adrienne Bolland
Lores Bonney [de Havilland]
Hélène Boucher
Betty Browning
Alys McKey Bryant
Monique Caillard
Marcelle Choisnet
Katherine Cheung
Bessie Coleman [Curtiss]
Marvel Crosson
Nadeshda Degtereva
Suzanne Deutsch
Lilli Dillenz
Sophie A. Dolgorunaya
Hèléne Dutrieu [SDumont]
Amelia Earhart [Lockheed]
Ruth Elder
Marga von Etzdorf
Claire Fahy
Rosina Ferrario
Edith Foltz (Stearns)
Sabiha Gokcen
Lyubov A. Golanchikova
Valentina Grizodubova
Mary 'Mae' Haislip
Lady Mary Heath
Jeanne Herveu
Hilda Hewlett
Maryse Hilsz
Laura Ingalls
Amy Johnson/Mollison
Elise de Laroche [Voisin]
Ruth Law [Wright]
Peggy Mckillop [de Havilland]
Beryl Markham [Percival]
Marie Marvingt - [Dep, Ant.]
Yvette Mazellier
Suzanne Melk
Bernetta Miller
Jessie Miller [de Havilland]
Jerrie Mock
Matilde Moisant [Bleriot]
Gaby Morlay
Carina Negrone
Ruth Nichols
Blanche Noyes
Phoebe Omlie
Paulina Ossipenko
Therese Peltier
Gertrud Pfister
Harriet Quimby [Bleriot]
Bessica Raiche
Thea Rasche
Helen P. Samsonova
Blanche S. Scott [Curtiss]
Sheila Scott
Violette Selfridge
Eugenie Shakhovskaya
Elinor Smith
Neta Snook
K & M Stinson [Various]
Louise Thaden [Stinson]
Evelyn 'Bobbi' Trout
Beate Uhse
Vera Dawn Walker
Emily H.H. Warner
Edna Gardner Whyte
Lidia Zvereva

Pioneers listed in boldface are directly linked to external, definitive websites


Entertainers: Aerobats, Barnstormers, Wing Walkers, Parachutists

Betty Skelton
Dolly Shepherd
Patty Wagstaff
Jessie E. Woods

Pioneers listed in boldface are directly linked to external, definitive websites


Warriors : In development 2005-6

Most of our pioneer aviatrices suffered gender bias (and continue to do nearly a century later), especially in the armed forces. My research shows that all that was (and still is wanted), is equality, nothing more, nothing less. Hopefully these pages will further that quest by focussing on the often overlooked positives and not the random, yet at the time far more 'sensational' negatives.

WW1

Air Combat Pilots of WW1
Marie Marvingt


WW2

Groups

UK : Air Transport Auxiliary
site 1  |   site 2

USA : Women Airforce Service Pilots
site 1  |   site 2  |   site 3  |   site 4
site 5

USSR : 586/87/88 Aviation Regiments
site 1

Individuals

Jacqueline Auriol
Jacqueline 'Jackie' Cochran
Lettice Curtis
Cornelia Clark Fort
Pauline Gower
Lidiya Litviak
Nancy H. Love
Hanna Reitsch
Evelyn Sharp
Melitta Schiller
Diana Barnato Walker

Pioneers listed in boldface are directly linked to external, definitive websites


Late 20C and early 21C

USA

Julie Antonacci
Molly 'B'
Kristin L. Bass
Watts and Bates
Carrie Bell
Jeanne Marie Buchanan
Marie T. Rossi-Cayton
Mary "Missy" Cummings
Kelly Flinn
Jeannie Flynn
Cathy De La Garza
Sara "Goalie"
Kathryn "Kate" M. Gries
Natalia Henriquez
Loree Draude Hirschman
Kara "Revlon" Hultgreen
Kristin "Rosie" Jungbluth
Kerry Kane
Mann and Kutschera
Cheryl Lamoureux
Melony Lynch
Alexis L. McCabe
Martha McSally
Lesley "Mumbles"
Jacquelyn S."Jackie" Parker
Korina Saltz
Keri Lynn Schubert
"Sixpack"
Amy Lynn Svoboda
Careen "Sweaty" Palm
Barbara Ann (Allen) Rainey
Christine Westrich
Kendra Williams

Further reading

Training. Squadron 7 USN
Female Graduates : 1989-2001

Women in the US Military

Russia

Svetlana Protassova

Australia

Gordon and Crane
Chivers and Fifield
Natalee J. McDougall
Joanne 'Jo' Mein
Harman and Weston
Robyn Williams

Further reading

Women in the Aus. Military

Pioneers listed in boldface are directly linked to external, definitive websites


Astronauts and Cosmonauts : In development 2003/4

USA 1961

'The Mercury 13'
Site 1  |  Site 2

Geraldyn M. "Jerrie" Cobb
Mary Wallace "Wally" Funk

USA 'Today'

Eileen Collins

USSR 'Vostok 6 to STS-84'

Elena Kondakova
Svetlana Savitskaya
Valentina Tereshkova

Pioneers listed in boldface are directly linked to external, definitive websites


Bibliography and 'Further Reading' page

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