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Glenn L. Martin in a Pusher biplane Glenn L. Martin at his Santa Ana flying field in June 1911 at the controls of a pusher powered by a Hall-Scott engine. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin.

F-1 Flying Boat Malcolm Loughead (left) and Allan Loughead (right) in F-1 flying boat. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin.

Jimmy Doolittle with “Shell 400” Forerunner of the fleet of King Air Beechcrafts operated decades later by Shell Aviation was the “Shell 400” flown by Jimmy Doolittle (pictured), who called it “The finest airplane I have ever flown.” Photo courtesy of Raytheon Company.

Amelia Earhart With Her Friends and Plane. Amelia Earhart is best known for being the first woman to cross the Atlantic on 17 June 1928. In January 1935, she outdid her Atlantic solo by making a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a much longer distance than the Canada-England flight. She became the first pilot to successfully fly that route. Photo courtesy of the National Air & Space Museum.

Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae Wiley Post, famous aviator, set around-the-world records in a Vega called the Winnie Mae. (Records: LA to Chicago –9 hours, 9 minutes, 4 seconds, August 27, 1930; Around the world - 8 days, 15 hours, 51 minutes, June 23 to July 1, 1931; Around the world - 7 days, 18 minutes.) Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin.