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BOOKS ON AVIATION & HUMAN FLIGHT
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Pancho Barnes, née Florence Leontine Lowe
b. 7-22-1901; Pasadena, California
d. 3-30-1975; Boron, California
Pancho Barnes, a pioneer in aviation, was a member of the Ninety-Nines, raced in the Women's Air Derby, broke Amelia Earhart's air speed record in 1930, was a stunt pilot, and owner of the Happy Bottom Riding Club.
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Walter H. & Olive Ann Beech
b. 1-30-1891 - 11-29-1950; Pulaski, TN
d. 9-25-1903/4 - 7-6-1993; near Waverly, KS
Walter and Olive Ann Beech were a remarkable couple whose careers spanned virtually the entire history of American aviation. Walter was a charming rascal, a hard-living barnstormer. Olive Ann was a shy small-town Kansas girl who hid that shyness behind an imperious manner and a backbone of steel. Together they founded Beech Aircraft Corporation during the Great Depression and guided their company to fame and fortune. (based on book description)
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Elly Beinhorn
b. 5-30-1907; Hanover, Germany
d. 11-28-2007; Ottobrunn, Germany
Elly Beinhorn used a small inheritance to take flying lessons. She was particularly interested in long distance flying.
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Sophie Blanchard
b. 3-25-1778; La Rochelle, France
d. 7-6-1819; Tivoli Gardens, Paris
Sophie Blanchard, the widow of French ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard, was the first woman to pilot her own balloon and work as a professional balloonist. She performed all around Europe, even crossing the Alps; she lost consciousness several times on high altitude flights and conducted experiements with parachutes.
FYI - Mme. Blanchard was also the first woman to be killed in an aviation accident when a fireworks display caused her balloon to fail.
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Jean-Pierre Blanchard
b. 7-7-1753; Les Andelys, France
d. 3-7-1809; The Hague, from injuries suffered in a fall from a balloon caused by a heart attack.
French ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard made the first crossing of the English Channel in a balloon with Boston physician John Jefferies on 1-7-1785. He also made the first balloon flight in North America in 1793. President George Washington saw the flight, as did future US Presidents Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. His widow, Sophie Blanchard, was also a balloonist.
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William Boeing
b. 10-1-1881; Detroit, MI
d. 9-28-1956
Aviation pioneer William Boeing founded The Boeing Company in 1916, today a multinational aerospace and defense corporation.
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Frank Borman
b. 3-14-1928; Gary, Indiana
Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman, along with James Lovell and Bill Anders, were the first to fly around the Moon in December, 1968.
The three astronauts were featured as Men of the Year / TIME Magazine Cover, Jan 3, 1969.
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Hélène Boucher
b. 5-23-1908; Paris, France
d. 11-30-1934; near Versailees
Hélène Boucher was a stunt flyer who was known as the “quickest woman of the world”. She died in a test flight, is buried in Les Invalides, and posthumously made a knight of the Légion d'honneur.
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Gregory “Pappy” Boyington
b. 12-4-1912; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
d. 1-11-1988; Fresno, California
“Pappy” Boyington was an American fighter ace and commander of a US Marine Corps squadron known as “The Black Sheep Squadron” in World War II.
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George Herbert Walker Bush (R)
(41th President, 1989-1993)
b. 6-12-1924; Milton, MA
George H. W. Bush, before he served as the 43rd Vice President under Ronald Reagan (1981-1989), a congressman, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and president, was a pilot in World War II, shot down over the Pacific.
• “Read my lips: no new taxes.”
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