Founders of aircraft makers and airlines and the managers of the airship companies that built air transport as an industry. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the person an aviation pioneer, entrepreneur or industrialist, or the manager of an airship company. It excludes aircraft designers and engineers. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Wikipedia: Juan Trippe
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Juan Terry Trippe (June 27, 1899, April 3, 1981) was an American commercial aviation pioneer, entrepreneur and the founder of Pan American World Airways, one of the iconic airlines of the 20th century.
Wikipedia: Hugo Eckener
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was the manager of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history.
William E. Boeing (Wikipedia)
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William Edward Böing (anglicized as Boeing) (; October 1, 1881, September 28, 1956) was an American aviation pioneer.
Wikipedia: Anthony Fokker
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Anton Herman Gerard "Anthony" Fokker (6 April 1890-23 December 1939) was a Dutch aviation pioneer, aviation entrepreneur, aircraft designer, and aircraft manufacturer.
JRD Tata (Wikipedia)
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Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (29 July 1904-29 November 1993) was a French-born Indian industrialist, and aviator, who was the chairman of Tata Sons and Tata Group from 1938 to 1991.
Wikipedia: Donald Douglas
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Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (April 6, 1892, February 1, 1981) was an American aircraft industrialist and engineer.
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