General pilots Memorial

1878 ~ September 10, 1909
Pilot in First Air Race, Rheims, France, August 22-29, 1909, flying French-built Wright Flyer

Juvisy-Sur-Orge,
Wright Flyer

John Bevins Moisant
Pioneer Aviator & Air Racer
Participant, Statue of Liberty Race
Participant, 2nd Place, Gordon Bennett Cup Race
Raced his Bleriot Monoplane Against a Packard Automobile December 30, 1910. Died the following day when thrown from his Bleriot while practicing for Prize flight
25 April 1868 – 31 December 1910
Kenner, Lousiana

Wilbur Wright
April 16, 1867 ~ May 30, 1912
Co-designer with brother Orville of Wright Biplanes.
A Wright Biplane was featured at the First Air Race in Rheims, France, August, 1909

Hubert Latham
January 10, 1883 ~ July 6, 1912
Pilot in First Air Race at Rheims, France, August 22 - 29, 1909.

Harry Hawker
January 22, 1889 ~ July 12, 1921
Aircraft Designer
Pioneer Aviator
Cross Country Air Racer

Nieuport "Goshawk"

B.H. DeLay
Pioneer Aviator, Barnstormer & Air Racer
Venice Beach, California
August 12, 1891 ~ July 4, 1923
Aircraft Sabotaged

Dec 5 1931 while attempting the landplane speed record at Wayne County airport in DETROIT MICHIGAN
Gee Bee Model Z

Charles "Speed" Holman
1920s ~ 30s Air Racer
Omaha, Nebraska 1898 ~ 1931
Thompson Trophy Race Winner 1930
Northwest Airlines' First Pilot

Edward Bayard Heath
1888 ~ February, !931
Designer, Test PIlot and Air Racer
"Baby Bullet"
Winner, National Air Races
Also Designed Heath Parosols
Test Flight
Chicago, Illinois

Amy Johnson
Long Distance Record Setting Pilot
WWII ATA Ferry Pilot
Participant, England to Australia Air Race 1934
July 1, 1903 ~ January 5, 1941
Thames Estuary

Louis William Greve
November 2, 1882 ~ February 2, 1942
Aeronautical Engineer, Air Race Founder
Cleveland, Ohio

Comte de Lambert
1865 ~ 1944
Pilot in First Air Race, Rheims, France, August 22-1909

Paul Tissandier
February 19, 1881 ~ February 26, 1944
Pilot in First Air Race, Rheims, France, August 22-1909

Roy Orlando Hunt
May 29, 1897 ~ February 4, 1944
Fourth Place, 1935 Bendix Trophy Race
Plane Crash
Elkins, West Virginia

Louis Paulhan
July 19, 1884 ~ 1963
Pilot in First Air Race at Rheims, France, August 22-29, 1909

Thea Rasche
August 12, 1899 ~ February 25, 1971
Pioneering German Aviator
Germany's First Woman Pilot
First German Pilot to Join the Ninety-Nines
Cross Country Racer

Victor S. Baker
AT-6 Class
Cape May, New Jersey June 5, 1971
Race 6
NAA SNJ-5

Terry Gent-Eggett
International Formula One (IF1)
near Northweald, England
Race 2, Richochet
Owl Racer

Michael Allen Geren
Unlimiteds
San Diego, California July 18, 1971
Race 44,
Grumman F-8F Bearcat

Radoslav Kostelnik
Crew, Unlimiteds, AT-6
Lakeview, Oregon September, 1971
Race 47, AT-6G

Howard Mercer
Crew, Unlimiteds, AT-6
Lakeview, Oregon September, 1971
Race 47, AT-6G

Richard "Dick" Minges
AT-6 Class
Cape May, New Jersey June 5, 1971
Race 33
NAA AT-6D

Joseph Quinn
AT-6 Class
Cape May, New Jersey June 5, 1971
Race 35, SNJ-4

Edwin H. Snyder, Jr.
AT-6 Class
Cape May, New Jersey June 5, 1971
Race 99, SNJ-5

Hugh Alexander
International Formula One (IF1), AT-6 Class
Washington, D.C. (Dulles Virginia) June 3, 1972
IF1 Race 70, Bennet's Magic
Cassutt

Dr. William Sherman Cooper
Unlimiteds, Sport Biplane
Merced, California May 10, 1972
Pitts Special

Paul Deschamps
Sport Biplanes
Perris Valley, California May 9, 1972
Pitts Special

Richard "Dick" Kestle
Unlimiteds
Atlanta, Georgia June 4, 1972
Race 13, Miss Diet Rite Cola
NAA P-51D Mustang N6303T

Henry "Hank" Kennedy
Crew Chief, Unlimiteds
Long Beach, California May 8, 1972
Bellanca

Herman E. "Tommy" Thomas
Sport Biplanes
Reno, Nevada September 17, 1972
Race 7, Miss Q
Thomas Biplane

Walter M. "Bud" Fountain, Jr.
Mojave, California October, 1973
Race 24, Hawke Duster's
Grumman F-8F Bearcat, N148F

Jerry Hibbards
International Formula One (IF1)
Cable, California 1974
Race 22, Yellow Peril
Owl Racer

Bob Downey
International Formula One (IF1)
Reno, Nevada September 16, 1981
Race 28, Falcon
Williams

Blanche Noyes
Pilot
June 23, 1900 – October 1981
Winner of the Bendix Trophy Race with Louise Thaden in a Beechcraft Staggerwing (1936)

John Sandberg
September, 1991
Unlimited Class Air Racers Tipsy Miss, Platinum Plus and Tsunami

Tsunami, Race 1

Rick Brickert
Reno, September, 1993
Unlimited Class Air Racers Dreadnought (National Champion), Dago Red and the Pond Rutan Racer

Pond Racer

1st Lt Gregory Riddle
International Formula One (IF1)
circa 1993
Murietta, California

Erik Schilling
Original AVG "Flying Tiger"
International Formula One (IF1)
March 28, 1916 ~ March 18, 2002

Bobbi (Evelyn) Trout
Closed Course and Cross Country Air Racer
Record Setting Aviatrix
Co-founder, Ninety-Nines
January 7, 1906 ~ January 24, 2003

Mark Pritchard Bratton
Pilot, Sport Class,
20 August 1924 ~ 9 February 2004
in Corpus Christi, Texas
Died from injuries as a result of plane crash, San Antonio, Texas, four months earlier.


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		Memorial 1909 Eugene Levebvre 1878 ~ September 10, 1909 Pilot in First Air Race, Rheims, France, August 22-29, 1909, flying French-built Wright Flyer Juvisy-Sur-Orge, Wright Flyer 1910 John Bevins Moisant Pioneer Aviator & Air Racer Participant, Statue of Liberty Race Participant, 2nd Place, Gordon Bennett Cup Race Raced his Bleriot Monoplane Against a Packard Automobile December 30, 1910. Died the following day when thrown from his Bleriot while practicing for Prize flight 25 April 1868 – 31 December 1910 Kenner, Lousiana 1912 Wilbur Wright April 16, 1867 ~ May 30, 1912 Co-designer with brother Orville of Wright Biplanes. A Wright Biplane was featured at the First Air Race in Rheims, France, August, 1909 Hubert Latham January 10, 1883 ~ July 6, 1912 Pilot in First Air Race at Rheims, France, August 22 - 29, 1909. 1921 Harry Hawker January 22, 1889 ~ July 12, 1921 Aircraft Designer Pioneer Aviator Cross Country Air Racer Nieuport "Goshawk" 1923 B.H. DeLay Pioneer Aviator, Barnstormer & Air Racer Venice Beach, California August 12, 1891 ~ July 4, 1923 Aircraft Sabotaged 1931 Lowell Bayles 1930s Air Racer Dec 5 1931 while attempting the landplane speed record at Wayne County airport in DETROIT MICHIGAN Gee Bee Model Z Charles "Speed" Holman 1920s ~ 30s Air Racer Omaha, Nebraska 1898 ~ 1931 Thompson Trophy Race Winner 1930 Northwest Airlines' First Pilot Edward Bayard Heath 1888 ~ February, !931 Designer, Test PIlot and Air Racer "Baby Bullet" Winner, National Air Races Also Designed Heath Parosols Test Flight Chicago, Illinois 1941 Amy Johnson Long Distance Record Setting Pilot WWII ATA Ferry Pilot Participant, England to Australia Air Race 1934 July 1, 1903 ~ January 5, 1941 Thames Estuary 1942 Louis William Greve November 2, 1882 ~ February 2, 1942 Aeronautical Engineer, Air Race Founder Cleveland, Ohio 1944 Comte de Lambert 1865 ~ 1944 Pilot in First Air Race, Rheims, France, August 22-1909 Paul Tissandier February 19, 1881 ~ February 26, 1944 Pilot in First Air Race, Rheims, France, August 22-1909 Roy Orlando Hunt May 29, 1897 ~ February 4, 1944 Fourth Place, 1935 Bendix Trophy Race Plane Crash Elkins, West Virginia 1963 Louis Paulhan July 19, 1884 ~ 1963 Pilot in First Air Race at Rheims, France, August 22-29, 1909 1971 Thea Rasche August 12, 1899 ~ February 25, 1971 Pioneering German Aviator Germany's First Woman Pilot First German Pilot to Join the Ninety-Nines Cross Country Racer Victor S. Baker AT-6 Class Cape May, New Jersey June 5, 1971 Race 6 NAA SNJ-5 Terry Gent-Eggett International Formula One (IF1) near Northweald, England Race 2, Richochet Owl Racer Michael Allen Geren Unlimiteds San Diego, California July 18, 1971 Race 44, Grumman F-8F Bearcat Radoslav Kostelnik Crew, Unlimiteds, AT-6 Lakeview, Oregon September, 1971 Race 47, AT-6G Howard Mercer Crew, Unlimiteds, AT-6 Lakeview, Oregon September, 1971 Race 47, AT-6G Richard "Dick" Minges AT-6 Class Cape May, New Jersey June 5, 1971 Race 33 NAA AT-6D Joseph Quinn AT-6 Class Cape May, New Jersey June 5, 1971 Race 35, SNJ-4 Edwin H. Snyder, Jr. AT-6 Class Cape May, New Jersey June 5, 1971 Race 99, SNJ-5 Roy Berry Formula One 1971 General Aviation Accident 1972 Hugh Alexander International Formula One (IF1), AT-6 Class Washington, D.C. (Dulles Virginia) June 3, 1972 IF1 Race 70, Bennet's Magic Cassutt Dr. William Sherman Cooper Unlimiteds, Sport Biplane Merced, California May 10, 1972 Pitts Special Paul Deschamps Sport Biplanes Perris Valley, California May 9, 1972 Pitts Special Richard "Dick" Kestle Unlimiteds Atlanta, Georgia June 4, 1972 Race 13, Miss Diet Rite Cola NAA P-51D Mustang N6303T Henry "Hank" Kennedy Crew Chief, Unlimiteds Long Beach, California May 8, 1972 Bellanca Herman E. "Tommy" Thomas Sport Biplanes Reno, Nevada September 17, 1972 Race 7, Miss Q Thomas Biplane Robert "Skip" Volk Jackson Ranch May 12, 1972 Pitts Special 1973 Walter M. "Bud" Fountain, Jr. Mojave, California October, 1973 Race 24, Hawke Duster's Grumman F-8F Bearcat, N148F 1974 Irvin Branch "Bud" Smith Sport Biplane Fall, 1974 Jerry Hibbards International Formula One (IF1) Cable, California 1974 Race 22, Yellow Peril Owl Racer Thomas Granville Aircraft Designer May, 1974 1981 Bob Downey International Formula One (IF1) Reno, Nevada September 16, 1981 Race 28, Falcon Williams Blanche Noyes Pilot June 23, 1900 – October 1981 Winner of the Bendix Trophy Race with Louise Thaden in a Beechcraft Staggerwing (1936) 1983 Jim Maloney Unlimited Class Pilot d. May 21, 1983 Mesa, Arizona Ryan PT-22 Jim Orton Unlimited Class Pilot d. May 21, 1983 Mesa, Arizona Ryan PT-22 1991 John Sandberg September, 1991 Unlimited Class Air Racers Tipsy Miss, Platinum Plus and Tsunami Tsunami, Race 1 1993 Rick Brickert Reno, September, 1993 Unlimited Class Air Racers Dreadnought (National Champion), Dago Red and the Pond Rutan Racer Pond Racer Ralph Twombly Reno, September 1993 AT-6 Class Racer AT-6 Texan 1st Lt Gregory Riddle International Formula One (IF1) circa 1993 Murietta, California Race 55, "Bummer's Bullet," Grove GR-7 2002 Erik Schilling Original AVG "Flying Tiger" International Formula One (IF1) March 28, 1916 ~ March 18, 2002 Tommy Rose Sport Class Reno, Nevada September 2002 Race 5 Questaire Venture 2003 Bobbi (Evelyn) Trout Closed Course and Cross Country Air Racer Record Setting Aviatrix Co-founder, Ninety-Nines January 7, 1906 ~ January 24, 2003 2004 Mark Pritchard Bratton Pilot, Sport Class, 20 August 1924 ~ 9 February 2004 in Corpus Christi, Texas Died from injuries as a result of plane crash, San Antonio, Texas, four months earlier.







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