* Douglas " Wrong Way " Corrigan, a private aviator who illustrates how call signs can commemorate past exploits.

More informally, it can refer to any member of an air force, or to any pilot, aviator, or aircrewman, military or civilian, male or female.

Gao Yang sponsored the flight ; Yuan Huangtou, a prisoner, is the unwilling aviator ; other imprisoned kite flyers also fly, but those die and Yuan survives.

Wilmer Stultz, famous native son aviator who piloted Amelia Earhart across the Atlantic, as a passenger and the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, is buried, with his wife, in the Presbyterian Cemetery near The Big Spring.

* Russell Maughan-pioneer aviator, first person to fly across America in a single day

The waterfall has been " Angel Falls " for most of the twentieth century, named after Jimmie Angel, a US aviator who was the first to fly over the falls in a plane.

She was a record-breaking balloonist, a pioneering aviator and during World War I became the first woman to fly combat missions as a bomber pilot.

The Orteig Prize was a $ 25, 000 reward ($ as of ) offered on May 19, 1919, by New York hotel owner Raymond Orteig to the first allied aviator ( s ) to fly non-stop from New York City to Paris or vice-versa.

In 1986, American actor and accomplished aviator Cliff Robertson, was contacted by the Hangar 21 group in Bridgeport and was asked to attempt to fly their reproduction No. 21 while under tow behind a sports car, for the benefit of the press.

Wiley Hardeman Post ( November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935 ) was a famed American aviator, the first pilot to fly solo around the world.

* 16 April – American aviator Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly the English Channel, making the crossing from Dover, England, to France in 59 minutes.

* March 10 – Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes announces a £ 10, 000 reward to the first aviator who will fly from the United Kingdom to Australia in less than 30 days.

He becomes the first aviator to fly around the world with a homebuilt aircraft.

He was also a pioneer aviator, becoming one of the first to build and fly his own aeroplane in the United Kingdom, and also went on develop four-wheel drive systems for cars including pioneering their use in Formula One racing cars.

In October 1909, de Laroche appealed to her friend, aviator and aeroplane builder Charles Voisin, to instruct her in how to fly.

Grandson of pioneering aviator Charles Lindbergh, who was the first person to fly non-stop between New York and Paris in 1927, in 2002 Erik honored the 75th anniversary of his grandfather's historic flight by retracing the journey in his own single-engine aircraft.

Extremely skilled aviator with an ability to fly almost any aircraft superlatively.

The name was derived from that of American aviator Charles Lindbergh, because he was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Following designation as a naval aviator, she received orders to fly EA-6A Prowlers with VAQ-33 at NAS Key West, Florida.

Kalkhoven is a licensed aviator and is known to fly his own Gulfstream 550 Transcontinental luxury jet all over the world.

In September 1936, Beryl Markham achieved fame by being the first solo female aviator to fly the Atlantic Ocean from East to West ( from England to America ), against the prevailing winds.

In 1932, James Banning, accompanied by Thomas C. Allen, became America's first black aviator to fly coast-to-coast.

Dreaming from boyhood of being a pilot, Banning eventually learned to fly from an army aviator after being repeatedly turned away from flight schools due to his race.

The Division is named after Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, a pioneer aviator, and the first pilot to fly across the Pacific Ocean.

There he contacted the aviator Jorge Newbery, who taught him to fly.

Hanna Reitsch ( 29 March 1912 – 24 August 1979 ) was a German aviator and the only woman awarded the Iron Cross First Class and the Luftwaffe Combined Pilots-Observation Badge in Gold with Diamonds during World War II.

One historic early aviator, Alberto Santos-Dumont, is known to have not only often used an equals sign (=) between his two surnames in place of a hyphen, but also seems to have preferred that practice, to display equal respect for his father's French ethnicity and the Brazilian ethnicity of his mother.

He liked to claim that he was the only U. S. Navy aviator who flew Spitfires during the Battle of Britain – but they were unarmed.

Throughout the narrative, Lindbergh interjects flashback memories of his childhood in Little Falls, Minnesota, his college years, his early years as an aviator barnstorming across the countryside, his aviation mentors and friends who flew the mail routes with him, and his family — especially his father, who was not only a congressman, but a respected and sage companion to his young son.

However, she was not an aviator at the date, and it was only six months later that Sabiha developed a passion for flying.

Another interview with Cunningham was featured on the 1987 PBS broadcast of the NOVA special " Top Gun And Beyond ", during which he recounted his engagement with the mysterious aviator known only by the name " Colonel Tomb ".

Bert Smallways becomes entangled in the German plot to bomb New York City when he accidentally falls into the hydrogen balloon of Alfred Butteridge, a British aviator who is apparently the only man with the " secret of the flying machine ".

They separated in 1918, their only child being the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, who also became an antiwar leader.

* 31 January – Employing an aircraft platform installed in November 1910 that had a hinged extension that could be lowered to sea level to assist Canadian civilian aviator John A. D. McCurdy if he had to land on the sea, the United States Navy destroyer Paulding recovers McCurdy after he is forced down at sea while he is attempting a flight from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba.

Haas baking sells a widely distributed, square and packaged version in a box that depicts a colorful, if anachronistic scene of aviator Charles Lindbergh's plane the Spirit of St. Louis flying past downtown St. Louis, the Gateway Arch and the modern cityscape in clouds.

The adjustable fly cutter is very useful for cutting large diameter holes and can be used to cut exact-size discs by reversing the cutter blade.

After Gagarin became the Greatest Man in the World, for a nation that does not believe in the cult of personality or in careerism, Moreland wrote me a letter in which he said: `` I am not interested in how long a bee can live in a vacuum, or how far it can fly.

An eagle will fly in the game near an area where the player has climbed to a high enough structure and there are nearby set pieces into which the player can jump, breaking the character's fall.

Wings are evolved forelimbs, and most bird species can fly.

During a sacrifice fly, a runner can attempt to advance bases right as a fielder touches the ball.

Fungi can be grown on many different substrates, such as electronic scrap, catalytic converters, and fly ash from municipal waste incineration.

Modern cruise missiles can travel at supersonic or high subsonic speeds, are self-navigating, and can fly on a non-ballistic, extremely low altitude trajectory.

Because fly ash addition allows a lower concrete water content, early strength can also be maintained.

Where good quality cheap fly ash is available, this can be an economic alternative to ordinary Portland cement.

That some confusion still exists in this matter can be seen from the regulation of May 4, 1927, which once again states that Danish merchant ships have to fly flags according to the regulation of 1748.

is a motorcycle that can have the airplane parts attached in order to fly, and then detached to drive on the road.

); a homemade shelter-ventilating pump ( a KAP ); large containers for water ; a plastic bottle of sodium hypochlorite bleach ; one or two KFMs and the knowledge to operate them ; at least a 2-week supply of compact, nonperishable food ; an efficient portable stove ; wooden matches in a waterproof container ; essential containers and utensils for storing, transporting, and cooking food ; a hose-vented 5-gallon can, with heavy plastic bags for liners, for use as a toilet ; tampons ; insect screen and fly bait ; any special medications needed by family members ; Pure potassium iodide, a 2-oz bottle, and a medicine-dropper ; A first-aid kit and a tube of antibiotic ointment ; long-burning candles ( with small wicks ) sufficient for at least 14 nights ; an oil lamp ; a flashlight and extra batteries ; and a transistor radio with extra batteries and a metal box to protect it from EMP.

Side-sticks, centre sticks, or conventional flight control yokes can be used to fly FBW aircraft.

With it, powers can be arbitrarily chosen on the fly, granting enhanced in-game flexibility.

A clearance always specifies a clearance limit, which is the farthest the aircraft can fly without a new clearance.

He can " fly " for short distances as his double-jump move allows him to use his ice slides.

This explains how a plane can fly upside down.

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is studied, again, because it is easy to grow for an animal, has various visible congenital traits and has a polytene ( giant ) chromosome in its salivary glands that can be examined under a light microscope.

Capcom's Mega Man X series featured mecha called " Ride Armor ", which can dash, fly and punch depending on what type of Ride Armor you use.

The gameplay as Nights is not completely 3D: players can only fly in the 2D plane of the screen, with their actual motion through the level determined by the automatic camera angle at that point in the Mare.

The number of bitplanes ( and resolution ) can be changed on the fly, usually by the copper.

: All organisms with wings can fly.