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Flight instructors
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The list Flight instructors includes
Jake Pavelka, Les Crane, Gus Grissom, John Glenn and Alan Shepard.
The list consists of 100 members
and 7 sublists.
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Jake Pavelka
American television personality
Overview: Jacob Lynn "Jake" Pavelka (born January 27, 1978) is an American television personality who appeared on six reality TV programs, most notably The Bachelor.Date of birth: 27 January 1978Age: 47Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Reality TVGender: MaleHeight: 5' 10" (178 cm)
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Les Crane
American talk-show host
Overview: Les Crane (born Lesley Stein; December 3, 1933 – July 13, 2008) was a radio announcer and television talk show host, a pioneer in interactive broadcasting who also scored a spoken word hit with his 1971 ...Date of birth: 3 December 1933Date of death: 13 July 2008Age: 74 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Talk Show HostGender: Male 0
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Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad
Jordanian princess
Overview: Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad Otoom (Arabic: الأميرة بسمة بني أحمد; born 1979) is the second wife of Prince Hamzah bin Hussein of Jordan. 0
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Gus Grissom
American astronaut
Overview: Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was a United States Air Force (USAF) pilot and a member of the Mercury Seven selected by National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ...Date of birth: 3 April 1926Date of death: 27 January 1967Age: 40 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AstronautGender: MaleHeight: 5' 5" (165 cm) 0
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Alan Shepard
American astronaut
Overview: Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961, he became the first American to travel into space ...Date of birth: 18 November 1923Date of death: 22 July 1998Age: 74 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AstronautGender: MaleHeight: 5' 11" (180 cm) 0
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John Glenn
American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)
Overview: John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American ...Date of birth: 18 July 1921Date of death: 8 December 2016Age: 95 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AstronautGender: MaleHeight: 5' 10" (178 cm) 0
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Jimmy Doolittle
United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient
Overview: James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer. He made early coast-to-coast flights, won many flying races, and helped develop i ...Date of birth: 14 December 1896Date of death: 27 September 1993Age: 96 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: MilitaryGender: Male 0
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Story Musgrave
American physician and astronaut (born 1935)
Overview: Franklin Story Musgrave, M.D. (born August 19, 1935) is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in ... 0
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Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten
Dutch aviator
Overview: Jacob Louis Veldhuyzen van Zanten (5 February 1927 – 27 March 1977) was a Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor. As captain of the KLM Boeing 747, he died in the Tenerife airport disaster, the ...Date of birth: 5 February 1927Date of death: 27 March 1977Age: 50 (age at death)Nationality: DutchOccupation: Aviator 0
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Bruce McCandless II
American astronaut
Overview: Bruce McCandless II (born Byron Willis McCandless; June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017) was a United States Navy officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. In 1984, during the first of ...Date of birth: 8 June 1937Date of death: 21 December 2017Age: 80 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AstronautGender: Male 0
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Rick Husband
American astronaut
Overview: Rick Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) (Colonel, USAF) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot. He traveled into space twice: as Pilot of STS-96 and Commander of STS-107. He and the ...Date of birth: 12 July 1957Date of death: 1 February 2003Age: 45 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AstronautGender: Male 0
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Deke Slayton
Astronaut
Overview: Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was a United States Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, and test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts ...Date of birth: 1 March 1924Date of death: 13 June 1993Age: 69 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AstronautGender: MaleHeight: 5' 11" (180 cm) 0
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Charles Conrad
American astronaut
Overview: Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and commanded the Apollo 12 space mission, on which ...Date of birth: 2 June 1930Date of death: 8 July 1999Age: 69 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AstronautGender: Male 0
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Frank Borman
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1928–2023)
Overview: Frank Frederick Borman II (March 14, 1928 - November 7, 2023) was an American retired United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman. He was ...Date of birth: 14 March 1928Date of death: 7 November 2023Age: 95 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AstronautGender: Male 0
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Charles Duke
United States general
Overview: Charles Moss Duke Jr. (born October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut, U.S. Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot. As lunar module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the tenth (and as of 2020 ...Date of birth: 3 October 1935Age: 89Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AstronautGender: MalePartner: Dorothy Meade Claiborne (Married) 0
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Wally Funk
American astronaut
Overview: Mary Wallace "Wally" Funk (born February 1, 1939) is an American aviator and Goodwill Ambassador. She was the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, the first ... 0
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B.H. De Lay
American actor
Overview: Beverly Homer DeLay (August 12, 1891 – July 4, 1923) was an American aviator who pioneered many of the popular stunts used in the early barnstorming air-shows. He soon adapted them for the movies, where ...Date of birth: 12 August 1891Date of death: 4 July 1923Age: 31 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ActorGender: Male 0
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Hilda Hewlett
Aviator and business entrepreneur
Overview: Hilda Beatrice Hewlett (17 February 1864 – 21 August 1943) was an early aviator and aviation entrepreneur. She was the first British woman to earn a pilot's licence. She founded and ran two related bu ...Date of birth: 17 February 1864Date of death: 21 August 1943Age: 79 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: AviatorGender: Female 0
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Edward Givens
American astronaut
Overview: Major Edward Galen Givens Jr., USAF (January 5, 1930 – June 6, 1967) was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. Selected by NASA in 1966 as a member of the fifth astronaut group ...Date of birth: 5 January 1930Date of death: 6 June 1967Age: 37 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AstronautGender: Male 0
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Richard A. Searfoss
American astronaut
Overview: Richard Alan Searfoss (June 5, 1956 – September 29, 2018) was an American aviator who was United States Air Force colonel, NASA astronaut and test pilot.Date of birth: 5 June 1956Date of death: 29 September 2018Age: 62 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AstronautGender: Male 0
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