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Orville and Wilbur Wright are famous because they created the first successful airplane. The Wright Brothers focused on controlling the aircraft instead of increasing its power. They established principles that are still used today. |
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Manfred Von Richthofen was the leading German ace of World War I. He had 80 victories. He became famous from the “Peanuts” comic strip. He was also known as “The Red Baron” because he painted his airplane that color, red. |
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Eddie Rickenbacker was America’s most success ace during World War I with 26 victories. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1931. He was the commander of the 94 Aero Pursuit Squadron, the first All-American squadron to see action in World War I. |
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| Charles Lindbergh is famous for piloting the first solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris in 1927, in his airplane the Spirit of St. Louis. He was presented the Medal of Honor for his historic trans-Atlantic flight. |
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Amelia Earhart was the first women to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic in 1932. She was also the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to California. She is most famous for her attempt to fly around the World in 1937. She had completed about 22,000 miles of the journey and the remaining 7,000 miles would be over the Pacific Ocean. She disappeared near Howland Island on July 2, 1937. | |
| Jimmy Doolittle is famous for a bomb raid that he led on April 18, 1942, on Tokyo. The news of this raid raised American’s spirits after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Jimmy Doolittle was awarded the Medal of Honor for this raid. |
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Chuck Yeager is most famous for being the first person to fly faster then the speed of sound. Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, in a rocket powered plane. He was also the first American pilot to shoot down 5 enemy aircraft in one mission during World War II. | |
| Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan are famous for piloting the first nonstop flight around-the-world in the Voyager aircraft, in 1986. The flight took 9 days, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds. |
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