Crew Lounge: A Look into the Pilots of the Past

Discover history’s greatest pilots with this comprehensive list of the “10 All-Time Great Pilots.”

The article published by Air & Space Smithsonian magazine tells the stories of pilots ranging from James H. Doolittle, who performed the first ever outside loop, to Erich Hartmann, the WWII “Greatest Ace of All Time” who shot down more than 350 enemy aircraft. 

Jacqueline Auriol, who was the first woman pilot to be admitted into France's military Flight Test Center, and the only woman on the list also made the cut.

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