Famous Person by Wikipedia Entry - Aviators - Statistics

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Wikipedia Entry Notable Person % Correct
American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first person to walk on the Moon Neil Armstrong
100%
Fascination with her life, career, and disappearance continues to this day Amelia Earhart
88%
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. Wilbur Wright
68%
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 Charles Lindbergh
60%
In 1947, he became the first pilot confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. Chuck Yeager
40%
He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Manfred von Richthofen
35%
His first business venture, at the age of 16, was a magazine called Student Richard Branson
18%
The first viable American helicopter, which pioneered the rotor configuration used by most helicopters today Igor Sikorsky
16%
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 John Travolta
14%
The demonstration was performed at the royal palace in Versailles, before King Louis XVI of France Joseph Montgolfier
12%
He is credited with single-handedly inventing the turbojet engine. Frank Whittle
11%
She flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary and died during a ferry flight. Amy Johnson
9%
In December 1931, while attempting some aerobatics, he crashed and lost both his legs. Douglas Bader
9%
In 1909 he became world-famous for making the first airplane flight across the English Channel, Louis Bleriot
9%
As planned, during descent _______ ejected from the capsule and parachuted to the ground Yuri Gagarin
5%
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