Dr. Eckener moved up from being an airship publicist to becoming operational chief in the Zeppelin Company. He was the driving force behind the resurgence of passenger dirigibles in Germany in the 1920s. He passed away in 1954.

Charles A. Lindbergh. An instant hero after his solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic.

On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright made the first heavier-than-air, machine-powered flight in the history of the world.

World War II ace and fighter pilot, born in 1923. First man to break the sound barrier, flying Bell X-1. Biography can be found in the book and movie, "The Right Stuff."