Pilots

He was the last surviving pilot from the “Bloody Hundredth.”

He was one of four Tuskegee Airmen who shot down three enemy planes in a single day.

Cummings was both a national swimming champion and a World War II pilot.

McBride flew the first-ever space shuttle mission with seven people on board.

Engle flew multiple missions in the X-15, an experimental spaceplane.

He won the men’s singles title at Wimbledon in 1953.

He orbited the moon on Apollo 8 in 1968.

Anderson shot down over 16 enemy pilots and made the rank of major at age 22.

His brother designed the plane in which he made his groundbreaking flight.

He was head of NASA when the famous “Pale Blue Dot” photo was captured.