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Willa Brown

Willa Brown was the first African American woman to earn a pilot license (1938) and a commercial license (1939).

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Willa Brown with Perry Young and his Mother

Willa Brown (center ) with Perry Young and his mother at Chicago’s Harlem airport.

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William A. Moffett

William A. Moffett was an articulate and effective advocate for naval aviation.

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William Campbell and Thurston Gaines

William Campbell (left) and Thurston Gaines adjust their survival gear before a mission.

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William E. Brown Jr.

Lt. William E. “Earl” Brown Jr. and his North American F-86 jet fighter, circa 1953. Brown flew 125 combat missions in the Korean War.

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William T. Piper

William Piper bought Taylor's company for $400, kept Taylor on and began thinking of how to build an inexpensive and simple aircraft.

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Willy Ley

Willy Ley, born in Berlin, Germany, in 1906, later became an American science writer. In Germany he popularized Oberth's work.

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Willy Ley, Klaus Riedel, Rudolf Nebel, and Edward Pendray

Willy Ley, Klaus Riedel, Rudolf Nebel, and Edward Pendray at the Raketenflugplatz amateur rocket test site in Berlin, 1931.

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Yakov Isidorovich Perel’man

Yakov Isidorovich Perel’man, born in Byelostok, Russian Empire, in 1882, popularized Konstantin Tsiolkovsky’s space travel ideas.

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Yuri Vasilievich Kondratyuk

Yuri Vasilievich Kondratyuk, born in Poltava, Ukraine, in 1897, joined Tsander and Tsiolkovsky in spreading the idea of rocketry.

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