Famous Person by Wikipedia Entry - Aviators

American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first person to walk on the Moon

Fascination with her life, career, and disappearance continues to this day

She flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary and died during a ferry flight.

At age 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize

In 1909 he became world-famous for making the first airplane flight across the English Channel,

The demonstration was performed at the royal palace in Versailles, before King Louis XVI of France

The first viable American helicopter, which pioneered the rotor configuration used by most helicopters today

In December 1931, while attempting some aerobatics, he crashed and lost both his legs.

Their first U.S. patent did not claim invention of a flying machine, but a system of aerodynamic control that manipulated a flying machine's surfaces.

In 1947, he became the first pilot confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight.

His first business venture, at the age of 16, was a magazine called Student

His $4.9 million estate in the Jumbolair subdivision in Ocala, Florida, is situated on Greystone Airport with its own runway and taxiway right to his house

As planned, during descent _______ ejected from the capsule and parachuted to the ground

He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories.

He is credited with single-handedly inventing the turbojet engine.