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2003 William McCool, astronaut, pilot of Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41
2001 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer/pilot, ", Gift from the Sea, ", dies at 94 1999 EgyptAir flight 990 crashes 60m off coast of Nantucket, killing 217, likely cause was an Islamist suicide replacement pilot 1996 W G G Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot, dies at 82 1996 Alfred William Bill Bedford, test Pilot, dies at 75 1996 Joseph Roy George Ralston, pilot, dies at 81 1996 Harald James Penrose, pilot, dies at 92 1996 Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot, dies at 93 1996 John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot, dies at 50 1996 Ronald George Woodman, pilot, dies at 82 1996 David W. Howe, test pilot, dies at 77 1996 Jessica Dubroff, attempting to be youngest pilot, dies in crash at 7 1996 Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, Test pilot, dies at 83 1995 Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker, dies at 75 1995 Jack Mann, pilot/hostage, dies at 81 1995 Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74 1995 Henry Iliffe Cozens, pilot, dies at 91 1995 James Eric Storrar, fighter Pilot, dies at 74 1994 4 Moslem fundamentalists capture Air France pilot in Algiers 1994 Clive Robertson Caldwell, British fighter pilot, dies at 84 1994 1st Jordanian plane to fly over Israeli airspace (King Hussein pilot) 1994 Nicholas Warner, test Pilot, dies at 51 1994 Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot, dies at 92 1994 Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot, dies at 72 1993 Joseph Towers, U.S. pilot, dies 1993 Milton "Milt" Thompson, U.S. NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer, dies at 67 1993 Peter Bierdrager, Dutch Fokker's-test pilot, dies in air crash 1993 Paul Brickhill, Dutch/US WW II pilot/physician, dies 1992 1964 "Gilligan's Island" TV pilot 1st shown on TV (TBS) 1991 Gloria Holden, actress (Dracula's Daughter, Test Pilot), dies at 73 1991 Operation Desert Storm: 1st U.S. pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn) 1989 Roland Winters, actor (Jet Pilot, Meet Millie), dies at 84 1989 Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern picket lines 1989 Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists 1988 Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer 1987 Thomas G Lanphier, Jr., U.S. WW II pilot, dies at 71 1987 West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia 1987 Mathias Rust, 19, W. German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in U.S.S.R. 1986 NASA releases transcript from doomed Challenger, pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, "Uh-oh!" as spacecraft disintegrated 1985 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69 1984 Syria frees captured U.S. pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson 1981 Jeannette Ridlon Piccard, 1st U.S. woman free balloon pilot, dies 1980 Jacqueline Cochrane, U.S. pilot/1st female faster than sound, dies at 70 1977 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premieres on TV 1977 Francis Gary Powers, U.S. U-2 pilot, dies at 47 1976 Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet 1976 Michael V. Love, U.S. test pilot, X-24, dies in F-4 crash at 37 1975 Michael John Shea, USMC-lt/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed in Vietnam 1975 John B McKay, U.S. test pilot (X-15), dies 1973 Eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82 1973 Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at 78 1971 29 pilot whales beach themselves and die at San Clemente Island, California 1970 Michael B Enyaer, writer, Pilot One 1970 Blanche Stuart Scott, U.S. pilot, dies at 84 1969 Stafford and Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surface 1967 Michael James Adams, USAF pilot (X-15), dies in X-15 crash at 37 1965 Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" 1964 Shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek 1964 Shooting starts for "Star Trek" pilot "The Cage" (Menagerie) 1964 1st draft of Star Trek's pilot "Cage" released 1963 NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km) 1963 NASA civilian Test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km 1963 Vostok 6 launched, pilot is 1st woman cosmonaut 1963 1st Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely 1962 Rudolph Anderson, U-2 pilot, shot down over Cuba 1962 NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m 1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m 1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1962 NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m 1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m 1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m 1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m 1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m 1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m 1962 A NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m 1961 Helene Dutrieu, comedienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian pilot, dies 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m) 1957 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a U.S. scheduled passenger airline 1956 Kevin R Kregel, born in New York City, New York, Pilot/astronaut, STS-70, 78, 87 1956 Mark L Polansky, Paterson, New Jersey, pilot/astronaut 1955 Mike Smith, born in Britain, British DJ, radio presenter, racing car driver, pilot, businessman, Breakfast Show Presenter of BBC Radio One 1986 - 1988, used on-air nickname 'Smithy' 1955 1st pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds announced 1954 Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer/pilot, dies at 54 1954 1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina 1953 Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea 1950 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines 1949 Norah Ellen O'Neill, airline pilot, Flying Tigers 1948 Samuel S Hinds, actor (Raven, Test Pilot), dies at 73 1947 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8 1945 John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot 1944 Walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies 1944 Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French pilot/writer (Small Prince), dies at 44 1944 Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle 1944 Robert H Iseley, U.S. pilot/lt-comdr (Saipan), dies in battle 1944 Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, German major/pilot, shot down 1943 Edward H "Butch" O'hare, U.S. pilot/lt-comdr, dies in battle 1943 Lt Charles Hall, becomes 1st black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane 1943 Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash 1943 Nicholas Warner, test Pilot 1942 Robert Sullivan becomes 1st pilot to fly Atlantic 100 times 1941 Iida, Japanese pilot/lt, dies in battle at 28 1941 Dutch Prince Bernhard becomes an RAF pilot 1940 Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/Governor-General of Libya, dies at 44 1940 Dany Saval, born in Oakland California, actress, Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot 1938 Michael V. Love, U.S. test pilot, X-24 1937 Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atlantic, dies at 40 1934 Helen Richey becomes 1st woman to pilot an airmail transport 1933 Bruce A Peterson, U.S. test pilot, M2, HL-10 1933 Walter Paulis, mineworker/pilot/Dutch MP, CDA 1932 Einar K Enevoldson, U.S., Nasa test pilot, X-24B 1932 F Gregory Neubeck, USAF pilot 1931 John A Manke, U.S. test pilot, HL-10 1931 Lachlan Macleay, USAF/pilot 1931 Maxine Dunlap becomes 1st U.S. women to earn a glider pilot license 1930 Ruth Nichols becomes 1st woman pilot to cross continent 1930 William H Dana, born in Pasadena, California, test pilot, X-15 1930 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, New York to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days 1930 William H Dana, pilot, X-15 1930 Neil Armstrong, born in Ohio, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker, Gemini 8, Apollo 11 1930 1st airplane catapulted from a dirigible, Charles Nicholson, pilot 1930 Michael James Adams, USAF pilot, X-15 1929 William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot, X-15 1929 Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36 1926 Milton "Milt" Thompson, U.S. NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer, X-15 1924 Robert A Rushworth, Madison Maine, test pilot, X-15 1924 Robert Michael White, New York City, test pilot, X-15 1924 Brian Trubshaw, British test pilot 1923 Lord Laing, English biscuit manufacturer/pilot/multi-millionaire 1923 Chuck Yeager, U.S. test pilot, 1st man to break sound barrier 1923 Chalmers Goodlin, U.S. test pilot, XS-1 1922 Arthur R Hawkins, U.S. pilot/captain, WW II, downed 14 Japanese planes 1922 John B McKay, U.S. test pilot, X-15 1922 Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot 1922 Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot, downed 352 Russian aircrafts 1922 Neville Duke, English test pilot 1921 A Scott Crossfield, U.S. Test pilot, XS-1 1921 Leonard Overton, British glider pilot, Arnhem 1944 1921 Peter Twiss, test pilot 1921 Bessie Coleman reaches France as U.S. 1st black pilot 1921 Joseph Albert Walker, Washington D.C., test pilot, X-15 1920 Alfred William Bedford, test pilot 1920 Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman 1920 James Eric Storrar, fighter Pilot 1920 Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker 1919 John Alcock, pilot (1st non-stop over Atlantic), dies in crash at 27 1918 Douglas Campbell is 1st U.S. ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane) 1918 S. Potter becomes 1st U.S. pilot to shoot down a German seaplane 1918 1st U.S. pilot to down an enemy airplane, Stephen W. Thompson 1917 Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22 1917 French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft 1916 Victor Chapman, U.S. legionaire/WW I pilot, killed 1916 Max Immelmann, German pilot (WW I), killed 1916 U.S. pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker 1916 U.S. pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft 1915 Peter Guy Wykeham-Barnes, fighter Pilot 1915 Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit 1915 Joseph Roy George Ralston, pilot 1914 Jack Mann, pilot/hostage 1914 Ronald George Woodman, pilot 1914 W G G Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot 1914 1st scheduled airline flight, St. Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot) 1913 1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pegoud-France) 1913 Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, Test pilot 1912 Henry L "Hank" Miller, U.S. pilot/Lieutenant-Admiral, WW II-Pacific 1912 Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel 1912 Adolf Galland, fighter Pilot 1912 Duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot 1911 Beatrix van Rijk becomes 1st licensed Dutch woman pilot 1911 Earl Ovington becomes 1st air mail pilot 1910 Stephen Jurika, Jr., U.S. pilot/captain, WW II, Santa Cruz, Navy Cross 1910 Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies 1910 Clive Robertson Caldwell, British fighter pilot 1910 Walter Brookins becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude 1910 Pilot Charles Hamilton makes 1st 1-day round-trip from New York to Philadelphia 1910 William I Martin, U.S. pilot/Vice-Admiral, WW II 1910 Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris is 1st licensed female pilot 1910 Douglas R S Bader, British pilot, WW II 1910 David McCampbell, U.S. pilot/captain, WW II-Pacific-downed 34 Japanese planes 1908 Gerben Sonderman, Dutch test pilot, Fokker 1908 Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot, BI-1 1908 French pilot Henry Farman is 1st European to fly roundtrip 1907 Janet Harmon Bragg, U.S. pilot/columnist, Chicago Defender 1905 Fitzhugh Lee, U.S. pilot/Vice-Admiral, WW II, Navy Cross 1905 John S "Jimmy" Thach, U.S. pilot/admiral, WW II 1904 Harald James Penrose, pilot 1904 Henry Iliffe Cozens, pilot 1903 Amy Johnson, British pilot 1903 Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot 1903 James S. Russell, U.S. pilot/admiral, WW II Pacific Ocean 1902 Charles Lindbergh, born in Detroit, Michigan, pilot, 1st fly solo across Atlantic 1901 Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot 1900 Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer/pilot 1898 Jay C. Flippen, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay 1896 Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/Governor-General of Libya, La marcia su Rome 1894 Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot, Eagle of Flanders 1894 Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot 1893 Bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot 1892 John Alcock, English pilot, 1st non-stop flight across Atlantic Ocean 1892 Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer 1892 Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot 1877 Helene Dutrieu, comedienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian female pilot 1864 Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft. Davidson), Missouri: 1700 killed/injured 1492 Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus |
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