The pioneers who built and flew the first aeroplanes in the years before the First World War, in the United States, Britain, France, Denmark, Brazil, New Zealand, Slovenia and China. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the person an aviation pioneer, flight pioneer or builder of an early aeroplane. It excludes women aviators and military pilots. 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: Gustave Whitehead
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Gustave Albin Whitehead (born Gustav Albin Weisskopf; 1 January 1874-10 October 1927) was a German-American aviation pioneer.
Wikipedia: Richard Pearse
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Richard William Pearse (3 December 1877-29 July 1953) was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering aviation experiments.
Jacob Ellehammer (Wikipedia)
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Jacob Christian Hansen-Ellehammer (14 June 1871-20 May 1946) was a Danish inventor and aviation pioneer.
Wikipedia: Louis Bleriot
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Louis Charles Joseph Blériot (English: BLERR-ee-oh, also US: BLAY-ree-oh, -OH, blair-YOH, French: [lwi ʃaʁl ʒozɛf bleʁjo]; 1 July 1872-1 August 1936) was a French aviator, inventor, and engineer.
Wikipedia: Alberto Santos-Dumont
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Alberto Santos-Dumont (self-stylised as Alberto Santos=Dumont; 20 July 1873-23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft.
Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen (Wikipedia)
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Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen (7 June 1890-3 June 1965) was a Norwegian aviation pioneer, military officer, polar explorer and businessman.
Wright brothers (Wikipedia)
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The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871, January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867, May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.
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The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871, January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867, May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.
View the SourceJan Nagórski (Wikipedia)
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was a Polish engineer and pioneer of aviation, the first person to fly an airplane in the Arctic and the first aviator to perform a loop with a flying boat.
Edvard Rusjan (Wikipedia)
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Edvard Rusjan (6 June 1886-9 January 1911) was a Slovenian-Friulian flight pioneer and airplane constructor from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Feng Ru (Wikipedia)
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Feng Ru (simplified Chinese: 冯如; traditional Chinese: 馮如; pinyin: Féng Rú; Jyutping: Fung4 Jyu4; 1883-1912), also known as Fung Joe Guey (Chinese: 馮珠九), was a pioneering Chinese aviator and aircraft designer.
Silvio Pettirossi (Wikipedia)
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Silvio Pettirossi Pereira (16 June, 1887-17 October, 1916) was a Paraguayan airplane pilot and aviation pioneer.
Sacadura Cabral (Wikipedia)
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Artur de Sacadura Freire Cabral, GCTE (23 May 1881-15 November 1924), known simply as Sacadura Cabral (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐkɐˈðuɾɐ kɐˈβɾal]), was a Portuguese aviation pioneer.
Charles Terres Weymann (Wikipedia)
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Charles Terres Weymann (2 August 1889-1976) was a Haitian-born early aeroplane racing pilot and businessman.
Frederick Walker Baldwin (Wikipedia)
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Frederick Walker Baldwin (January 2, 1882, August 7, 1948), also known as Casey Baldwin, paternal grandson of Canadian reform leader Robert Baldwin, was a hydrofoil and aviation pioneer and partner of the famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
Gago Coutinho (Wikipedia)
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An aviation pioneer
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