Pilots

Yeager tested the boundaries of flight, achieving ever-greater speed records.

He commanded the last mission to the Skylab Orbital Workshop.

In 1986, Warner led the first all-female flight crew in the U.S.

Feightner was a test pilot after the war and rose to rear admiral before his retirement from the U.S. Navy.

The command module pilot for Apollo 15

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Farnes was a sergeant during the battle, later promoted several times until he was wing commander as the war ended.

One of first African American women licensed to fly.

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