Who was also an aviator, Mark Rydell or Susan Oliver?
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Mark Rydell Mark Rydell (born March 23, 1928) is an American actor, film director and producer. He has directed many Academy Award-nominated films including "The Fox" (1967), "The Reivers" (1969), "Cinderella Liberty" (1973), "The Rose" (1979), "The River" (1984) and "For the Boys" (1991). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for "On Golden Pond" (1981). Mark Rydell also studied Acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.
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Susan Oliver Susan Oliver (February 13, 1932 – May 10, 1990) was an American actress, television director and aviator.
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William Abercrombie Ensign William Warner Abercrombie, USN (24 July 1914 – 4 June 1942) was a United States Navy officer and Naval Aviator during World War II, who received the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions at the Battle of Midway.
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Oliver Parks Oliver L. "Lafe" Parks (June 10, 1899 - February 28, 1985) was a pioneer in the fields of pilot training and aviation studies in the early decades of aviation.
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Neil Riddell Neil Anthony Riddell (born 16 July 1947) is a former English cricketer. Riddell was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Staindrop, County Durham.
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Michael Rycroft Michael John Rycroft (born July 15, 1938) is an ionospheric physicist. His first degree was from Imperial College London and his PhD was in Meteorological Physics from Churchill College Cambridge (1964). His research is principally in atmospheric electricity, with a focus on ionospheric physics and low frequency radio wave propagation. In 1977 he was a British finalist in a selection process for European astronauts. He began his career at Southampton University (1966-1979) and then moved to the British Antarctic Survey (1979-1990), where he became Director of Physical Science. Subsequently he was professor of aerospace sciences at Cranfield University (1990-1994), then at the International Space University where he remains emeritus professor. He is a member of the Academia Europea.
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Joan Meakin Joan Meakin (January 7, 1910 – November 11, 1977 born Marjorie Joan) became the first female glider pilot to fly over the English Channel on April 5, 1934. She was also the only female flyer in Sir Alan Cobham's Flying Circus.
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Ann Bonfoey Taylor Ann Bonfoey Taylor (3 December 1910 – 28 October 2007) was an American aviator, flight instructor and fashion designer.
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Oliver George Simmons Oliver George Simmons (July 14, 1878 – April 9, 1948) was an early airplane mechanic and aviator.
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USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) USS "Stephen W. Groves" (FFG-29), twenty-first ship of the "Oliver Hazard Perry"-class of guided missile frigates, was named for Ensign Stephen W. Groves (1917–1942), a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism at the Battle of Midway during World War II.
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Cornelia Fort Cornelia Clark Fort (February 5, 1919 – March 21, 1943) was a US aviator who became famous for two aviation-related events. While conducting a civilian training flight at Pearl Harbor, she was the first US pilot to encounter the Japanese air fleet during the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and narrowly escaped a strafing attack after landing. The next year, Fort became the second member of what became the Women Airforce Service Pilots, and was working as a ferry pilot when she became the first female pilot in American history to die on active duty.
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Ralph M. Rich Ralph McMaster Rich (22 January 1916 - 18 June 1942) was an aviator of the United States Navy during World War II.
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United States Aeronautical Reserve The United States Aeronautical Reserve (U.S.A.R.) was an early aviation organization created by Harvard University’s Aero Club on September 8, 1910. The founder was John H. Ryan, and the General Secretary Richard R. Sinclair. The earliest aviators and others to enroll near the founding date were: “Glen H. Curtiss, Wilbur Wright, Harry S. Harkness, Augustus Post, Clifford B. Harmon, Allan R. Ryan, Herbert L. Saterlee, ex-governor Curtis Guild, Jr., Edwin Gould, Charles K. Hamilton, Horace F. Karnay, John G. Stratton, George M. Cox, Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Commodore John H. Hubbard, Charles F. Willard, Charles J. Glidden, Walter Brookins, Ralph J. Stone, William Hilliard, Cromwell Dixon, Samuel F. Perkins, Capt. Thomas F. Baldwin, Greeley S. Curtiss, General W. A. Bancroft, and Adams D. Clafton.”, Recruiting stations were at Harvard University, in Boston, Massachusetts; Mineola, Long Island; and Belmont Park, Long Island (Belmont Park is most known for its racetrack but it also has quite an early aviation history that became U.S.A.R.'s earliest members such as Glenn Curtiss and Wilber Wright of the Wright Bros).
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Amelie Beese Amelie Hedwig Boutard-Beese (13 September 1886 – 22 December 1925), also known as Melli Beese, was an early German female aviator. She was born in , on the outskirts of Dresden, Saxony.
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Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth (16 July 1909–2 August 1940) was a racing motorist, aviator and prolific collector of veteran cars and aircraft. His collection forms the nucleus of the Shuttleworth Collection. He was killed in an air crash on an RAF training exercise in 1940.
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Marlboro Airport Marlboro Airport, (IATA: MXG, FAA LID: 9B1) in Marlboro, Massachusetts, is a public airport currently owned by Sandra A. Stetson, widow of G. Robert Stetson, Jr. He died on April 27, 2012, at the age of 66. It has one runway, averages 37 flights per day, and has approximately 40 aircraft based on its field.
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Oliver Kite Oliver Kite (1920–1968) was a master flyfisherman, writer, broadcaster, naturalist and television personality of the 1960s. He was born on 27 November 1920 in Castleton, Monmouthshire, and his family later moved to Lancashire. He joined the army (Royal Engineers) in 1941 and served as an officer in India, Burma, Malaya and Singapore. He married Norah Fallon in Singapore in July 1947. After a number of postings, including witnessing an atomic bomb test in Maralinga, Australia, where he suffered a heart attack at the age of 35, he settled in Wiltshire in 1958 and retired from the army in 1965.
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Oliver Bowen Oliver Bowen, (b. Amber Valley, Alberta), is a Canadian engineer and architect who designed Calgary's first C-Train. The City of Calgary acknowledged his engineering work by naming an Light Rail Transit (LRT) maintenance facility in his honour.
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Tony Gaze Frederick Anthony Owen "Tony" Gaze, (3 February 1920 – 29 July 2013) was an Australian fighter pilot and racing driver. He flew with the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, was a flying ace credited with 12.5 confirmed victories (11 and 3 shared), and later enjoyed a successful racing career in the UK, Europe and Australia.
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Cathcart Wight-Boycott Air Commodore Cathcart Michael Wight-Boycott CBE DSO and bar MA, RAF R’td (18 August 1910 – December 1998) was a British fighter pilot during the Second World War and a senior Royal Air Force officer during the post-war years. As an air commodore in 1961, Wight-Boycott became the 10th Commandant Royal Observer Corps.
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William John Yendell Rear Admiral William John Yendell CB (1903–1988) was a British Royal Navy officer.
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Tracey Curtis-Taylor Tracey Curtis-Taylor (born 1962) is a British aviator who has organised and piloted multiple flight expeditions with historic aircraft across Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia and America.