Charles Lindbergh
In 1927, at the age of 25, Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly solo nonstop from New York to Paris across the Atlantic, a distance of 3,610 miles. For achieving this feat, Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize and a lifetime of fame. Lindbergh’s custom built airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, is now on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
In 1929, Lindbergh received the Congressional Medal of Honor. During World War II, he flew combat missions in the Pacific while in an advisory role for the USMC and US Army Air Corps.
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You could add another to your list Canadian WW1 flying Ace Billy Bishop.
Yes he may have embellished a few of his reported kills and how they happened …. even if you disqualify some , he still shot down a lot of planes in WW1. Also helped put a training program in effect to train better pilots.
Google Billy Bishop read his Bio and please add him to your list of Distingquished Aviators and pioneers in early aviation history.
Regards,
Eric