Here she encountered early aviators from a variety of nations, and began to search for an instructor.

The Crehore family was a family of very early aviators.

The site became a known landing spot for early aviators.

"The earliest aviators flew by the seat of their pants," Kris remarked.

His father was one of the world's earliest aviators, trained as a pilot by Louis Blériot.

Meyer was one of the early German military aviators, volunteering on 1 February 1916.

Stinson's oldest sister, Katherine, was an early female aviator.

Better known as the "Golden Eagles," the association was founded in 1956 to provide a living memorial to early naval aviators.

As a pioneering early aviator he was regarded in much the same heroic way as the astronauts a generation later.

Much controversy persists over the many competing claims of early aviators.