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• - Frederick J. Noonan, pioneer aviator and navigator, helped Pan American Airways establish trans-Pacific air routes. Navigation officer for the survey flights to Hawaii, Wake, Guam, and Philippines. Lost with Amelia Earhart in 1937.
  
• - Information about the life and career of Lincoln Beachey, who flew professionally between 1905 and 1915.
  
• - A narrative memoir of Lanky Ahmad, a pilot in the Pakistan Military. Includes a photo gallery.
  
• - History of Mario Calderara, Italian aviator. Includes historic aviation links.
  
• - Information and photos focused on the birth of naval aviation, based on writings and photos of John H. Whitney, Curtiss' personal secretary and photographer.
  
• - Walter E. Lees, Pioneer Pilot, soloed in 1912 and continued in aviation until 1945.
  
• - Vintage writing about flying from biographies of pilots - Beryl Markham, the Lindberghs, Roald Dahl, Nevil Shute, st. Exupéry and many lesser known aviators.
  
• - Pioneer of aviation, Italian pilot license n.1 and first military pilot in the world. First Italian to be trained by the Wright brothers. Site in English, Italian and French.
  
• - This site details Thomas Smith's bold transatlantic flight of 1939 in his 65hp "Baby Clipper," later found at Newfoundland, Canada. Smith however was never found. Here's the man, the aircraft, and the last minutes of his fateful flight.
  
• - John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were two British fliers and the first people to fly an aircraft non-stop across the Atlantic ocean.
  
• - Quotes from, and about, early aviator, aeroplane constructor and general mad inventor Anthony Fokker.
  
• - Information about the great aerobatic pilot, with movie clips from his airshow performance.
  
• - A brief summary of the life and achievements of Samuel Franklin Cody, showman, kite developer and aviator.
  
• - Public information site on the life and accomplishments of Emilio Carranza. Contains a biography and photo gallery.
  
• - Information on the Stearman World Flight with the "Super 450 Stearman."
  
• - This site celebrates the life and work of Lawrence Hargrave, 1850 - 1915, one of Australia's aviation pioneers.
  
• - Commander of the 1986 flight of the Voyager as it made the first non-stop, unfueled flight around the word. Biography and activities.