Thomas H. Friedkin
Billionaire businessman, airplane pilot, stuntman, founder of Gulf States Toyota Distributors
Amelia Earhart
Aviator, US Distinguished Flying Cross, first solo female aviator to cross the Atlantic Ocean
1897-1937 (40)
ameliaearhart.com
Charles Lindbergh
aviator aka The Lone Ostrich, awarded the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York to Paris, military officer, author, inventor, political activist
1902-1974 (72)
charleslindbergh.com
Dan Friedkin living
Billionaire heir of Gulf States Toyota Distributors car dealerships, businessman, autos, landowner, film director at Imperative, owner and CEO of the Friedkin Group (Gulf States Toyota), Imperative Entertainment, 30West, sports team owner of A.S. Roma football club, founder and chairman of the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation
1965- (59)
Najeeb Halaby
Aviator who flew the first transcontinental jet flight in American history, US federal aviation administrator from 1961-1965, businessman, chairman of Pan Am from 1969-1972, father of Queen Noor of Jordan
1915-2003 (88)
Orville Wright
Co-inventor of the first airplane / aeroplane in 1903, one of The Wright Brothers, aeronautical engineer
Samuel P. Langley
Astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer, aviation pioneer, aviator, 3rd secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, director of Allegheny Observatory
1834-1906 (72)
sil.si.edu
Wilbur Wright
Co-inventor of the first airplane / aeroplane in 1903, one of The Wright Brothers, aeronautical engineer
William E. Boeing
Aviator, founder of The Boeing Company in 1916
1881-1956 (75)
historylink.org