This article is: about engineers in the: fields of aeronautics. And astronautics. For people in other disciplines, see Lists of engineers.
This is a list of notable aerospace engineers, people who were trained in. Or practiced aerospace engineering and design.
Aβ»
- Talbert Abrams (1895β1990) β aerial photography and "plexiglas pioneer," designer of theββAbrams P-1 Explorer
- Gerd Achgelis (1908β1991) β helicopter pioneer
- Jakob Ackeret (1898β1981)
- ClΓ©ment Ader (1841β1925) β early aviation pioneer
- Bruce Aikenhead (1923β2019) β Avro Canada, NASA
- Buzz Aldrin (born 1930) β astronaut, mechanical engineer and second personββto walk on the Moon
- Rostislav Alexeyev (1916β1980) β ground effect vehicle designer
- Edmund T. Allen (1896β1943) β engineer, test pilot
- Harry Julian Allen (1910β1977) β NASA, inventor of blunt body re-entry vehicles
- Gwen Alston (1907β1993) β aerodynamicist
- BjΓΆrn Andreasson [sv] (1917β1993)
- Oleg Antonov (1906β1984) β founder of the OKB-153 Antonov design bureau
- Neil Armstrong (1930β2012) β astronaut, aeronautical engineer and first personββto walk on the Moon
- Yuri Artsutanov (1929β2019) β space elevator pioneer
- Holt Ashley (1923β2006) β researched aeroelasticity
- Lee Atwood (1904β1999) β North American Aviation engineer
Bβ»
- Brunolf Baade (1904β1969) β lead designer of the Baade 152
- Erich Bachem (1906β1960) β designer of the Bachem Ba 349 Natter rocket plane
- Leonard Bairstow (1880β1963) β National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) researcher
- Herman Barkey (1909β2005) β led the design team for the McDonnell Aircraft F-4 Phantom
- V. P. Barmin (1909β1993) β designer of the rocket launch complex
- Frank Barnwell (1880β1938) β chief engineer Bristol Aeroplane Company
- Robert Ludvigovich Bartini (1897β1974) β designer of the Bartini Beriev VVA-14 and other experimental projects, founder of the OKB-86 design bureau
- L. E. Baynes (1902β1989) β designer of the Baynes Bat tank glider
- Ermanno Bazzocchi [it] (1914β2005) β Aermacchi MB-326 designer
- Jim Bede (1933β2015)
- Rex Beisel (1893β1972) β lead engineer at Curtiss and Vought
- Giuseppe Mario Bellanca (1886β1960) β aircraft pioneer, blended wing designer
- Dwight Henry Bennett (1917β2002) β developed Fly-by-wire technology, helped design the F2Y, F-102, F-4 Phantom, F/A-18
- Thomas W. Benoist (1874β1917) β early airline entrepreneur
- Igor Bensen (1917β2000) β autogyro designer
- Max Bentele (1909β2006) β jet engine pioneer
- Aleksandr Bereznyak (1912β1974) β designer of the BI-1 rocket plane
- Georgy Beriev (1903β1979) β founder of the OKB-49 Beriev design bureau
- J. D. Bernal (1901β1971) β invented the Bernal sphere for space habitation
- Albert Betz (1885β1968) β designer and researcher
- Paul Bevilaqua (born 1945) β lift fan inventor
- Ronald Eric Bishop (1903β1989) - chief designer of the de Havilland Mosquito
- Matus Bisnovat (1905β1977) β missile designer
- Robert Blackburn (1885β1955) β aviation pioneer
- Louis BlΓ©riot (1872β1936) β aviation pioneer
- George Eugene Bockrath (1911β1998) β researched fracture mechanics
- Hendrik Wade Bode (1905β1982) β NASA advisor
- Jenny Body β former President of the Royal Aeronautical Society
- William Boeing (1881β1956) β founder of Boeing
- Charles Bolden (born 1946) β NASA Administrator
- Viktor Bolkhovitinov (1899β1970) β lead designer of the Bolkhovitinov DB-A bomber, founder of the OKB-293 design bureau
- Ludwig BΓΆlkow (1912β2003) β aerodynamicist for the Me 262
- Alan Bond (born 1944) β designed spaceplanes and an SST
- Philip Bono (1921β1993) β space launcher developer
- Frank Borman (1928-2023) β commanded first mission to circle the Moon
- Karel Bossart (1904β1975) β lead designer of the Atlas ICBM
- Enea Bossi Sr. (1888β1963) β aviation pioneer
- William Hawley Bowlus (1896β1967) β glider designer
- John Boyd (1927β1997) β created the energyβmaneuverability theory
- Frances Bradfield (1895β1967) β wind tunnel researcher
- Ferdinand Brandner (1903β1986) β aircraft engine designer
- Vance Breese (1904β1973) β engineer and test pilot
- Louis Charles Breguet (1880β1955) β aviation pioneer, founder of BrΓ©guet Aviation
- Maurice Brennan (1913β1986) β designer of flying boats, "helicopters," transports, "rockets," hovercraft
- Yvonne Brill (1924β2013) β electrothermal hydrazine thruster
- Arthur E. Bryson (born 1925) β "father of modern optimal control theory"
- Carl Clemens BΓΌcker [de] (1895β1976) β founder of BΓΌcker-Flugzeugbau GmbH
- Viktor Bugaisky [ru] (1912β1994) β designed the Functional Cargo Block of several space missions
- Isabelle Buret β engineer specializing in telecommunications and astronautics
- Vincent Burnelli (1895β1964) β blended wing and lifting body designer
- Anne Burns (1915β2001) β wind shear expert
- Adolf Busemann (1901β1986) β swept wing
- Robert W. Bussard (1928β2007) β designer of nuclear thermal rocket engines
- Fedor Ivanovich Bylinkin β aviation pioneer
Cβ»
- Sydney Camm (1893β1966) β Hawker Hurricane designer
- Secondo Campini (1904β1980) β jet engine pioneer
- Giovanni Caproni (1886β1957) β founder of Caproni
- Albert Caquot (1881β1976) β aviation pioneer
- Robert Castello [fr] (1906β1976) β chief engineer at Dewoitine, designer at Fouga
- Mario Castoldi (1888β1968) β chief designer at Aeronautica Macchi
- Beatrice Mabel Cave-Browne-Cave (1874β1947) β undertook pioneering work in the mathematics of aeronautics
- George Cayley (1773β1857) β notable for his research in aerodynamics
- Clyde Cessna (1879β1954) β early aircraft designer and founder of Cessna
- Roy Chadwick (1893β1947) β design engineer for the Avro Company
- Roger Chaffee (1935β1967) β Apollo 1 fire victim on January 27, 1967
- George Henry Challenger (1881β1947) β engineer with the Bristol Aeroplane Company and later with Vickers
- Jim Chamberlin (1915β1981) β Avro Canada, NASA
- Roy Chaplin (1899β1988) β Hawker Aircraft
- George Chapline Jr. (born 1942) β proposer of a fission-fragment rocket
- Kalpana Chawla (1961β2003) β died in the Columbia disaster
- Vladimir Chelomey (1914β1984) β founder of the OKB-52 rocket design bureau
- Chen Yijian [zh] (born 1930) β participated in the design of the Shenyang JJ-1
- Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky (1896β1960) β flying wing designer
- S. L. Chernyshev [ru] (born 1955) β aerodynamicist
- Boris Chertok (1912β2011) β space program control systems designer
- Chu Chia-Jen (1900β1985)
- Thomas P. Christie (born 1934) β mathematician, co-creator of the Energyβmaneuverability theory with John Boyd
- ZbysΕaw CioΕkosz (1902β1960) β introduced the use of shaft turbine power for helicopters
- John Drury Clark (1907β1988) β developer of jet and rocket fuel
- Val Cleaver (1917β1977) β rocket engineer
- Henri CoandΔ (1886β1972) β inventor of the jet engine
- Richard Coar (1921β2013) β RJ10 rocket engine designer
- Christopher Cockerell (1910β1999) β hovercraft inventor
- Dandridge MacFarlan Cole (1921β1965) β Titan II designer
- Giuseppe Colombo (1920β1984) β developed the gravitational assist profile used in the Mariner 10 mission to Mercury, invented the space tether
- Nicholas Comper (1897β1939) β designer of the Comper Swift
- Philip M. Condit (born 1941) β former CEO of Boeing
- RenΓ© Couzinet (1904β1956) β invented retractable landing gear
- Eugene E. Covert (1926β2015) β wind tunnel designer
- Gaetano Crocco (1877β1968) β rocketry pioneer
- Scott Crossfield (1921β2006) β first man to fly faster than twice the speed of sound in NAA's X-15
- Alwyn Crow (1894β1965) β rocket designer
- Irv Culver (1911β1999) β P-38 designer
- Glenn Curtiss (1878β1930) β founder of the US aircraft industry
- Kazimierz Czarnecki (1916β2005) β NACA and NASA engineer
Dβ»
- Werner Dahm (1917β2008)
- Frederick Dallenbach β Auxiliary power unit designer
- Louis Damblanc [fr] (1889β1969) β developed solid fuel rocket fuel
- Corradino D'Ascanio (1891β1981) β helicopter pioneer
- Marcel Dassault (1892β1986)
- Serge Dassault (1925β2018)
- Arthur Davenport (1891β1976) β Westland Aircraft
- Fred David (1898β1992) β designer at Heinkel, Mitsubishi, Aichi Kokuki and Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
- Stuart Davies (1906β1995) β designed the Avro Lancaster and Vulcan
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452β1519)
- Geoffrey de Havilland (1882β1965)
- Louis de Monge (1890β1977) β blended wing inventor
- Juan de la Cierva (1895β1936) β inventor of the autogyro
- Satish Dhawan (1920β2002)
- Walter Stuart Diehl (1893β1976) β created US Navy test facilities, authored Engineering Aerodynamics
- Paul Bernard Dilworth (1915β2007)
- Wilhelm Dirks [de] (born 1947) β sailplane designer
- Heini Dittmar (1911β1960) β record-breaking pilot
- Jurgis DobkeviΔius (1900β1926) β Lithuanian aviation constructor, military pilot
- Takeo Doi (1904β1996) β designer for Kawasaki Aircraft Industries
- Tom Dolan β developed the lunar orbit rendezvous concept for the Apollo program
- Roy Dommett (1933β2015) β the United Kingdom's Chief Missile Scientist
- Charles J. Donlan (1916β2011) β NASA manager
- Allen F. Donovan (1914β1995) WW2 aircraft, Atlas and Titan missiles, nuclear rockets
- Jimmy Doolittle (1896β1993) β instrument flying developer
- Γtienne Dormoy (1885β1959) β airplane and autogyro designer
- Claude Dornier (1884β1969)
- Anatoly Dorodnitsyn (1910β1994) β researched meteorology, vortex wing theory, boundary layer theory in a compressible gas. And supersonic gas dynamics
- Donald W. Douglas (1892β1981) β founder of the Douglas Aircraft Company
- George Dowty (1901β1975) β designer of aircraft components
- Charles Stark Draper (1901β1987) β developed inertial navigation
- Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898β1965) β researcher and NASA administrator
- Guy du Merle (1908β1993) β engineer, test flew captured Bf 109 and He 111 in Spain
- Alberto Santos Dumont (1873β1932) β inventor of the dirigible; aeronautics pioneer
- J. W. Dunne (1875β1949) β invented the first delta wing
- Pedro Duque (born 1963) β engineer and astronaut
- William F. Durand (1859β1958) β propeller designer, NACA chair
- Ludwig DΓΌrr (1878β1956) β airship designer
- Leonid Dushkin (1910β1990) β rocket engine designer
Eβ»
- George Edwards (1908β2003) β designer at Vickers-Armstrongs and BAC
- Alfred J. Eggers (1922β2006) β NACA / NASA researcher, developed re-entry bodies and compression lift, managed Pioneer program
- Joe Engle (born 1932)
- Richard Eppler [de] (1924β2021) β sailplane designer
- Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1881β1957) β aviation and rocketry pioneer, invented the center stick
- Walter Extra (born 1954) β aerobatic aircraft designer
Fβ»
- AndrΓ‘s FΓ‘biΓ‘n [hu] (1909β1944) - designer of the RepΓΌlΕgΓ©pgyΓ‘r Levente II
- Maxime Faget (1921β2004) β designer of the Project Mercury spacecraft
- Ole Fahlin (1901β1992) β propeller and prototype airplane developer
- Sherman Fairchild (1896β1971) β founded Fairchild Aircraft
- Charles Richard Fairey (1857β1956) β founder of the Fairey Aviation Company
- Farman Brothers
- Robert W. Farquhar (1932β2015) β NASA engineer, inventor of the halo orbit
- Roy Fedden (1885β1973) β British engine designer for Bristol Engine Company
- Bobak Ferdowsi (born 1979) β JPL flight engineer
- Antonio Ferri (1912β1975) β created the Ferri scoop used on the jet intakes of the XF-103, F-105, XF8U-3, and SSM-N-9 Regulus II cruise missile, and the diverterless supersonic inlet used on the F-35
- Gerhard Fieseler (1896β1987) β German aircraft designer
- Harold Finger (born 1924) β Project NERVA lead engineer
- Hanno Fischer [de] (born 1924) β ducted fan aircraft designer
- Gary Flandro (born 1934) β NASA researcher, conceived the Planetary Grand Tour fulfilled by, the Voyager program
- Alexander H. Flax (1921β2014) β developer of tandem helicopters and reconnaissance satellites
- Anton Flettner (1885β1961) β helicopter pioneer
- Nicolas Florine (1891β1972) β helicopter pioneer
- James C. Floyd (born 1914) β Avro Canada designer
- Henrich Focke (1890β1979) β helicopter pioneer
- Anthony Fokker (1890β1939)
- Henry Folland (1889β1954) β chief designer at Nieuport, Gloster, and Folland Aircraft
- Edward Forman (1912β1973) β co-founder of JPL, Aerojet
- Robert L. Forward (1932β2002) β designer of solar sails and space tethers
- Harlan D. Fowler (1895β1982) β Fowler flap inventor
- John Fozard (1928β1996) β Hawker Siddeley Harrier designer
- Anselm Franz (1900β1994) β jet engine pioneer
- Stelio Frati (1919β2010) β designer of several aircraft inc the SIAI-Marchetti SF.260
- Otto Frenzl [de] (1909β1996) β first inventor of the area rule
- Leslie Frise (1895β1979) β designed the Type 156 Bristol Beaufighter
- John Carver Meadows Frost (1915β1979) β chief designer of the Avro Canada CF-100 and several VTOL projects
- Michimasa Fujino (born 1960) β Hondajet designer
Gβ»
- Giuseppe Gabrielli (1903β1987) β aircraft designer
- Giovanni Galasso [it] β designer of the STOL IMAM Ro.63
- Jean Galtier [fr] (1902β1971)
- Robert Gilruth (1913β2000) β engineer, NACA and NASA administrator
- Peter Glaser (1923β2014) β developed the solar power satellite
- John Glenn (1921β2016) β first American man to orbit the Earth in 1962
- Valentin Glushko (1908β1989)
- Robert Goddard (1882β1945) β scientist who developed the first liquid-fueled rocket 3-16-26
- Tadeusz GΓ³ra (1918β2010)
- Vladimir P. Gorbunov [ru] (1903β1945) β co-developer of the LaGG-3
- Sergei Petrovich Gorbunov [ru] (1902β1933) β designer and factory manager
- Viktor Gorokhov [ru] (born 1952) β liquid rocket engine designer at the Chemical Automatics Design Bureau
- Fritz Gosslau (1898β1965) β V-1 flying bomb designer
- Arthur Gouge (1890β1962) β designed the "C-class" Empire and Sunderland flying boats, invented the Gouge flap
- Granville Brothers β GeeBee racers
- Jay Greene (1942β2017)
- Alan Arnold Griffith (1893β1963) β jet engine designer
- Gus Grissom (1926β1967) β Apollo 1 fire victim on January 27, 1967
- Gordon G. Grose (1925β1993) β integrated fly-by-wire controls with engine inlets/nozzles and advanced pilot displays
- Gu Songfen (born 1930) β participated in the design of the Shenyang JJ-1, chief designer of the Shenyang J-8 and Shenyang J-8II
- Guan De (1932β2018) β aeroelasticity engineer, participated in the "design and development of the Shenyang JJ-1," the Shenyang J-8 and the Shenyang J-8II
- Mikhail Ivanovich Gudkov [ru] (1904β1983) β co-developer of the LaGG-3
- Leroy Grumman (1895β1982) β founder of Grumman Aircraft
- Siegfried and Walter GΓΌnter (1899β1969)(1899β1937) β jet aircraft pioneers
- Mikhail Gurevich (1893β1976) β co-founder of the OKB-155 MiG design bureau
- Bartolomeu de GusmΓ£o (1685β1724) β Portuguese priest, aircraft designer
- Antanas Gustaitis (1898β1941) β Lithuanian aircraft designer, Brigadier General, Commander-in-Chief of Lithuanian Air Force
Hβ»
- Wolfgang Haack (1902β1994)
- B. J. Habibie (1936β2019)
- Raoul Hafner (1905β1980) β helicopter pioneer
- Edward N. Hall (1914β2006) β Minuteman ICBM engineer
- Eugen HΓ€nle [de] (1924β1975) β sailplane designer
- Julius Hatry (1906β2000) β built the first rocket plane
- Harry Hawker (1889β1921) β test pilot, formed Hawker Aircraft
- Willis Hawkins (1913β2004) β design lead of the L-133 and C-130
- Clinton H. Havill (1892β1953) β researched airships and propellers
- Richard E. Hayden (born 1946) β noise reduction developer
- Wallace D. Hayes (1918β2001) β discoverer of the area rule and hypersonics
- Martin Heide [de] (born 1954) β sailplane designer
- Edward H. Heinemann (1908β1991) β Chief Engineer for Douglas Aircraft, designed 20 military aircraft
- Ernst Heinkel (1888β1958) β developed first jet rocket aircraft
- Chris Heintz (1938β2021) β kit plane designer
- Hall Hibbard (1903β1996) β Lockheed engineer
- Homer Hickam (born 1943) β NASA engineer, model rocketry enthusiast
- Stanley Hiller (1924β2006) β founder Hiller Aircraft
- Hellmuth Hirth (1886β1938) β aircraft engine designer, brother of Wolf Hirth
- Wolf Hirth (1900β1959) β sailplane designer, brother of Hellmuth Hirth
- Leonard S. Hobbs (1896β1977) β engine designer
- John Hodge (1929β2021) β Avro Canada, NASA
- Sighard F. Hoerner (1906β1971) β aerodynamicist, assisted the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch design
- Nicholas J. Hoff (1906β1997)
- Samuel Kurtz Hoffman (1902β1995) β rocket engine designer
- Kurt Hohenemser (1906β2001) β helicopter pioneer
- Walter Hohmann (1880β1945) β invented the Hohmann transfer orbit
- Peter K. Homer (born 1961)
- Stanley Hooker (1907β1984) β British engine engineer for Rolls-Royce Aerospace
- Ralph Hooper (1926β2022) β Hawker Siddeley Harrier developer
- Jiro Horikoshi (1903β1982) β chief engineer for the Mitsubishi A6M
- Horten brothers (1913β1998) (1915β1994) β flying wing designers
- John Houbolt (1919β2014) β NASA engineer, lunar orbit rendezvous proponent
- Kathleen Howell β known for her contributions to dynamical systems theory applied to spacecraft trajectory
- Hsue-Chu Tsien (1914β1997) β aeronautical engineer
- Howard Hughes (1905β1976) β aerospace engineer, owned RKO movie studio
- Huang Zhiqian (1914β1965) β lead designer of the Shenyang J-8
- Jerome Clarke Hunsaker (1886β1984) β pioneer of heavier and lighter than air aircraft
- Rick Husband (1957β2003) β died in the Columbia disaster
- FranΓ§ois Hussenot (1912β1951) β inventor of one of the early forms of the flight recorder
- Wolfgang HΓΌtter [de] (1909β1990) β sailplane designer
Iβ»
- Sergey Ilyushin (1894β1977) β founder of the OKB-39 Ilyushin design bureau
- Aleksei Isaev (1908β1971) β rocket engine designer
- Hideo Itokawa (1912β1999) β aircraft and rocket designer at Nakajima Aircraft Company
- Sergey Izotov (1917β1983) β aircraft engine designer, founder of the OKB-117 design bureau
Jβ»
- Mary Jackson (1921β2005) β NASA engineer
- Eastman Jacobs (1902β1987) β advanced wind tunnels, airfoils, turbulence, boundary layers, and Schlieren photography
- Hans Jacobs (1907β1994) β sailplane pioneer
- Jack James (1920β2001) β Mariner program manager
- Antony Jameson (born 1934) β pioneered computational fluid dynamics
- Robert P. Johannes (1934β2004) β developed Fly-by-wire technology
- Clarence "Kelly" Johnson (1910β1990) β formed Lockheed's Skunk Works and led the design of the SR-71, U-2, F-117A, F-104, C-130, T-33, P-38, and Constellations
- Katherine Johnson (1918β2020) β mathematician who worked as an aerospace technologist at NASA
- Robert Thomas Jones (1910β1999) β aeronautical engineer at NASA
- Drago Jovanovich (1916β1983) β rotorcraft designer
- Charles Joy (1911β1989) β engineer at Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Gloster Aircraft Company. and Handley Page
- Hugo Junkers (1859β1935) β pioneered the design of all-metal airplanes
Kβ»
- Rudolf Kaiser (1922β1991) β sailplane designer
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931β2015) β former President of India, "Missile Man of India"
- Charles Kaman (1919β2011) β helicopter pioneer
- Nikolai Kamov (1902β1973) β founder of the Kamov design bureau
- Abraham Karem (born 1937) β founder of UAV (drone) technology
- Alexander Kartveli (1896β1974) β Chief Engineer at Republic Aviation, contributor to first aerospace vehicle prototypes
- Otto Kauba (1908-1962) β designer of the Ε koda-Kauba SK 257, co-designer of the Ε koda-Kauba P14
- Harold R. Kaufman (1926-2018) β developed first ion thrusters
- David Keith-Lucas (1911β1997) β engineer at Short Brothers
- Mstislav Keldysh (1911β1978) β rocket and spacecraft designer
- W. Wallace Kellett (1891β1951) β Kellett Autogiro Corporation
- Thomas J. Kelly (1929β2002) β leader of the Apollo Lunar Module design team
- Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921β2003) β mechanical engineer who is best known for designing Lunokhod 1, the first lunar rover
- Sergey Khristianovich (1908β2000) β aerodynamicst
- Shizuo Kikuhara [jp] (1906β1991) β designer at Kawanishi Aircraft Company and ShinMaywa
- Hidemasa Kimura [jp] (1904β1986) β YS-11 designer
- Dutch Kindelberger (1895β1962) β Chief Engineer at Douglas Aircraft and head of North American Aviation
- Klapmeier brothers (born 1958) (born 1961) β founders of Cirrus Aircraft
- Milton Klein (1924β2022) β nuclear rocket engineer
- Hanns Klemm [de] (1885β1961) β founded the Klemm Light Aircraft Company
- Vladimir Yakovlevich Klimov [ru] β aircraft engine designer, founder of the OKB-45 Klimov design bureau
- Ave K. Kludze, Jr. (born 1967?) β NASA engineer
- Heinz-Hermann Koelle (1925β2011) β von Braun associate
- Yuri Kondratyuk (1897β1942) β first developer of the lunar orbit rendezvous concept
- Alexander Konopatov [ru] (1922β2004) β aircraft and rocket designer at OKB-154
- Otto C. Koppen (1901β1991) β MIT professor, designer for Ford and Helio Courier
- Yuri Koptev (born 1940) β engineer, former Roscosmos General Director
- Sergey Korolev (1907β1966) β Korolev rocket design bureau founder
- Semyon Kosberg (1903β1965) β lead engine designer at OKB-154
- Gleb Kotelnikov (1872β1944) β parachute pioneer
- Frank Kozloski (1916β2003) β rotorcraft and missile developer
- Chris Kraft (1924β2019) β NASA administrator
- Eugene Kranz (born 1933) β aeronautical engineer
- Werner KrΓΌger (1910β2003) β inventor of the Krueger flap
- Dietrich KΓΌchemann (1911β1976) β aerodynamicist
- Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (1911β1995) β engine designer, founder of the OKB-276 Kuznetsov design bureau
Lβ»
- Gustav Lachmann (1896β1966) β designer at Handley-Page
- Barry Laight (1920β2012) β designer of the Blackburn Buccaneer
- Aarne Lakomaa (1914β2001) β involved in the design of the Saab 35 Draken and the Saab 37 Viggen
- Frederick W. Lanchester (1868β1946) β aerodynamicist
- Geoffrey A. Landis (born 1955) β NASA engineer, interplanetary exploration
- Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834β1906) β aircraft pioneer
- Agnew E. Larsen (1897β1969) β engineer at Curtiss and Pitcairn
- Conrad Lau (1921β1964) β lead designer of the XF8U-3 and A-7 Corsair
- Semyon Lavochkin (1900β1960) β founder of the OKB-301 Lavochkin design bureau
- Lovell Lawrence Jr. (1915β1971) β co-founder of Reaction Motors
- Bill Lear (1902β1978) β founder of Learjet
- Jerome F. Lederer (1902β2004) β aviation-safety pioneer
- RenΓ© Leduc (1898β1968) β designer of the ramjet-powered Leduc 0.10
- Diane Lemaire (1923β2012) β first woman to graduate from the University of Melbourne with a degree in engineering
- LΓ©on Levavasseur (1863β1922) β aviation pioneer
- David S. Lewis (1917β2003) β F-4 Phantom II program manager
- George W. Lewis (1882β1948) β NACA administrator
- Gordon Lewis (1924β2010) β turbine engine designer
- Fuk Li β JPL Mars Exploration Directorate manager
- Robert Lickley (1912β1998) β Chief Engineer at Fairey Aviation Company
- Robert H. Liebeck β airfoil and blended wing body designer
- Otto Lilienthal (1848β1896)
- Charles Lindbergh (1902β1974) β made first solo transatlantic airplane flight from NY to Paris in 1927 on Spirit of St. Louis
- Per Lindstrand (born 1948) β balloons and other aircraft
- Alexander Lippisch (1894β1976)
- Claude Lipscomb (1887β1974) β designer of the Short Stirling
- Boris Lisunov (1898β1946) β engineered a copy of the DC-3
- William Littlewood β contributed to the design and operational requirements of transport aircraft
- Allan Lockheed (1889β1969) β co-founder of the Lockheed Corporation
- Malcolm Lockheed (1886β1958) β co-founder of the Lockheed Corporation
- Grover Loening (1888β1976) β awarded first ever degree in aeronautical engineering
- Robert Loewy (born 1926) β rotor-wing VTOL aircraft designer
- Roy LoPresti (1929β2002) β general aviation designer
- Samuel Jasper Loring (1914β1963) β researched aeroelastic flutter problems
- George Low (1926β1984) β aerodynamicist and NASA administrator
- Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy (1909β2001) β General Designer of the NPO Molniya design bureau, lead designer of the Buran space shuttle
- Lu Xiaopeng (1920β2000) β designer of the Nanchang Q-5 and the Nanchang J-12
- Heinrich LΓΌbbe (1884β1940) β Anthony Fokker collaborator
- Glynn Lunney (1936β2021) β Apollo program
- Robert Lusser (1899β1969) β designer at Messerschmitt, Heinkel, and Fieseler
- Jean-Marie Luton (1942β2020) β ESA Director General
- Andrey Lyapin [ru] (1912β1985) β chief missile designer at OKB-134, now Vympel NPO
- Arkhip Lyulka (1908β1984) β engine designer, founder of the OKB-165 Lyulka design bureau
- Lev Lyulyev (1908β1985) β artillery, rocket, and missile designer, founder of the OKB-8 design bureau
Mβ»
- Paul MacCready (1925β2007) β human-powered aircraft designer
- Elsie MacGill (1905β1980)
- Ernst Mach (1838β1916)
- Georg Hans Madelung (1889β1972) β V-1 designer
- Otto Mader [de] (1880β1944) β inventor of the Junkers flap
- Peyton M. Magruder (1911β1982) β lead designer of the Martin B-26
- Viktor Makeyev (1924β1985) β SLBM designer
- Frank Malina (1912β1981) β rocket engineer, JPL administrator
- John C. Mankins β NASA space-based solar power researcher
- Frank E. Marble (1918β2014)
- Frederick Marriott (1805β1884)
- Glenn L. Martin (1886β1955) β founder of the Glenn L. Martin Company
- Pierre Mauboussin [fr] (1900β1984) β co-designer of the Fouga CM.170 Magister
- Hans Mauch (1906β1984) β jet engine pioneer, artificial limb developer
- Mark D. Maughmer (born 1950) β aerodynamicist
- Owen Maynard (1924β2000) β Avro Canada, NASA
- Alessandro Mazzoni [it] (1931β2016) β Piaggio chief engineer
- William C. McCool (1961β2003) β died in the Columbia disaster
- James Smith McDonnell (1899β1980) β founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
- Colin R. McInnes (born 1968) β solar sail researcher
- Marion O. McKinney Jr. (1921β1999) β NACA and NASA engineer, researched VTOL flight
- William B. McLean (1914β1976) β lead designer of the AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile
- George J. Mead (1891β1949) β engine designer
- William C. Mentzer (1907β1971) β contributed to aircraft maintenance and economics
- Wilhelm Messerschmitt (1898β1978) β designed Bf 109 and jet powered Me 262
- Artem Mikoyan (1905β1970) β co-founder of the OKB-155 MiG design bureau
- Mikhail Mil (1909β1970) β founder and general designer of the OKB-329 Mil design bureau
- Alexander Mikulin (1895β1985) β engine designer, founded the OKB-24 Mikulin design bureau
- Frederick George Miles (1903β1976) β designer at Miles Aircraft, husband of Maxine Blossom Miles
- John W. Miles (1920β2008) β pioneer in theoretical fluid mechanics
- Maxine Blossom Miles (1901β1984) β pilot, designer, draughtswoman, aerodynamicist and stress engineer, designer of the Miles Hawk
- Clark Blanchard Millikan (1903β1966) β professor of aeronautics
- Arseny Mironov (1917β2019) β Russian scientist, aerospace engineer and aircraft pilot
- Don Mitchell (1915β1993) β sailplane designer
- R. J. Mitchell (1895β1937) β designed the Spitfire aircraft
- Swati Mohan β Mars 2020 engineer
- Paul Moller (born 1936) β circular aircraft designer
- Montgolfier brothers (1740β1810) (1745β1799) β inventors of the hot air balloon
- John J. Montgomery (1858β1911)
- Albert Mooney (1906β1986) β general aviation designer
- Hans Moravec (born 1948) β space tether developer
- Morien Morgan (1912β1978) β 'Father of the Concorde'
- George Mueller (1918β2015) β NASA administrator
- Alan Mulally (born 1945) β Boeing executive and President of Ford
- Hans Multhopp (1913β1972)
- Elon Musk (born 1971) β founder of SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla
- Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev (1902β1978) β founder of the OKB-23 Myasishchev design bureau
Nβ»
- Aleksandr Nadiradze (1914β1987) β Soviet Georgian ballistic missile and rocket engineer
- James C. Nance (1927β2019) β aircraft nuclear propulsion engineer
- Gerhard Neumann (1917β1997) β engineer for General Electric, contributed to the design of the J79
- Γdouard Nieuport (1875β1911) β aviation pioneer
- No Kum-sok aka Kenneth H. Rowe (1932β2022) β North Korean MiG-15 pilot defector, US aeronautical engineer and professor
- Umberto Nobile (1885β1978) β semi-rigid airship designer
- John Dudley North (1893β1968) β chief engineer at Boulton Paul Aircraft
- Robert B. C. Noorduyn (1893β1959) β Noorduyn Norseman designer
- Jack Northrop (1895β1981) β founded Northrop Corporation in 1939 and later the Flying Wing
Oβ»
- Hermann Oberth (1894β1989) β rocketry pioneer
- William C. Ocker (1880β1942) β instrument flying pioneer
- Wendy Okolo (born 1984?) β NASA engineer
- Gerard K. O'Neill (1927β1992) β developer of the O'Neill cylinder for space colonization
- Minoru Εta (aeronautical engineer) [jp] β Nakajima Aircraft Company
Pβ»
- Frederick Page (1917β2005) β lead designer of the English Electric Lightning and the BAC TSR-2
- Mark Page (born 1956) β blended wing body and UAV designer
- Thomas O. Paine (1921β1992) β engineer, scientist, NASA administrator
- Antonino Parano (aeronautical engineer) [it] (1904β1952)
- Paul C. Paris (1930β2017) β known for introducing fracture mechanics to the aviation industry
- Bob Parkinson (born 1941) β HOTOL spaceplane developer
- Jack Parsons (1914β1952) β rocket engineer, chemist, JPL founder
- Vladimir Pavlecka (1901β1980) β invented flush rivets, designed the ZMC-2 rigid airship and pressurized transports
- Nicolas Roland Payen (1914β2004) β delta wing developer
- Richard Pearse (1877β1953) β early New Zealand aircraft builder
- Jerome Pearson (1938β2021) β space elevator developer
- George Edward Pendray (1901β1987) β co-founder of Reaction Motors
- Harald Penrose (1904β1996) β test pilot and glider designer
- Edgar Percival (1897β1984) β founder of the Percival Aircraft Company
- Bruce Peterson (1933β2006) β NASA engineer and test pilot
- Anatoly Perminov (born 1945) β former Roscosmos General Director
- Vladimir Petlyakov (1891β1942) β founder of the Petlyakov design bureau
- W. E. W. (Teddy) Petter (1908β1968) β designer at Westland, English Electric, and Folland
- Frank Piasecki (1919β2008) β helicopter pioneer
- William Hayward Pickering (1910β2004) β rocketry pioneer, JPL director
- Percy Pilcher (1867β1899)
- Harold Frederick Pitcairn (1897β1960) β autogyro developer
- Curtis Pitts (1915β2005)
- Paul Poberezny (1921β2013) β founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association
- Mikhail Pogosyan (born 1956) β general director of Sukhoi and United Aircraft Corporation
- Hermann Pohlmann (1894β1991) β designer of the Ju 87 Stuka
- Nikolai Polikarpov (1892β1944) β founded the Polikarpov design bureau
- Boris Popov β invented one of the first successful aircraft ballistic parachute systems
- Henry Potez (1891β1981)
- Herman PotoΔnik (1892β1929)
- Ludwig Prandtl (1875β1953)
- Ronald F. Probstein (1928β2021) β researched hypersonics including re-entry vehicle design
- Ralph V. Pruitt (1936β1983) β integrated fly-by-wire controls with engine inlets/nozzles and advanced pilot displays
- Palmer Cosslett Putnam (1900β1984) β wind-power pioneer
Qβ»
- Qian Xuesen (1911β2009)
Rβ»
- Fritz Raab [de] (1909β1989) β motorglider designer
- Vladimir Rachuk [ru] (born 1936) β liquid rocket engine designer at the Chemical Automatics Design Bureau
- Arthur Emmons Raymond (1899β1999) β lead designer of the DC-3
- R. Dale Reed (1930β2005) β NASA lifting body designer
- Wendell E. Reed β developed jet engine controls
- Wilfrid Thomas Reid (1887β1968)
- Frederick Rentschler (1887β1956) β aircraft engine designer
- Judith Resnik (1949β1986)
- Osborne Reynolds (1842β1912)
- Richard V. Rhode (1904β1994) β researched aerodynamic loading
- Georges Ricard [fr] (1906β1981) β designer at BrΓ©guet Aviation
- Ben Rich (1925β1995) β director of Lockheed's Skunk Works; contributed to SR-71 and F-117 development
- G. Tilghman Richards (1884β1960) β annular wing designer
- John M. Riebe (1921β2011)
- Norbert Riedel (1912β1963) β developed jet engine starting motors
- Robert brothers (1758β1820) (1760β1820) β balloonists
- Tecwyn Roberts (1925β1988) β Avro Canada, NASA
- Frank D. Robinson (1930β2022) β helicopter designer
- Alliott Verdon Roe (1877β1956)
- Francis Rogallo (1912β2009) β NASA engineer, created the Rogallo wing which led to hang-gliding
- Gertrude Rogallo (1914β2008) β wife and collaborator of Francis Rogallo
- Frank E. Rom (1926β2012) β NASA nuclear propulsion engineer
- Harold Rosen (1926β2017) β electrical engineer known as "the father of the geostationary satellite"
- Milton Rosen (1915β2014) β lead designer of the Vanguard rocket
- Jan Roskam (1930β2022)
- Ludwig Roth (1909β1967)
- Carlo Rubbia (born 1934) β fission-fragment rocket proposer
- Edward J. Ruppelt (1923β1960) β director of Project Blue Book
- Archibald Russell (1904β1995) β designed the Concorde, Blenheim, Britannia, and Type 188
- Burt Rutan (born 1943) β airplane and spacecraft designer
- Tubal Claude Ryan (1898β1982) β founder of the Ryan Aeronautical Company
- Yuri Alekseevich Ryzhov (1930β2017) β aerodynamicist
Sβ»
- Friedrich Wilhelm Sander (1885β1938) β pyrotechnics and rocket technology engineer
- Eugen SΓ€nger (1905β1964) β spaceplane designer
- Irene SΓ€nger-Bredt (1911β1983) β wife and collaborator of Eugen SΓ€nger
- George S. Schairer (1913β2004) β lead designer at Consolidated and Boeing
- Helmut Schelp β jet engine pioneer
- Alexander Schleicher (1901β1968) β sailplane designer
- Paul Schmidt (1898β1976) β V-1 engine designer
- Edgar Schmued (1899β1985) β lead engineer on the P-51, F-86, F-100, F-5, T-38
- Raemer Schreiber (1910β1998) β nuclear rocket engine designer
- Bernard Schriever (1910β2005) β managed ICBM development
- Schweizer brothers β sailplane designers
- William T. Schwendler (1904-1978) β co-founder of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
- Robert Seamans (1918β2008) β engineer, NACA and NASA administrator
- William R. Sears (1913β2002) β flying wing designer
- Ernest Edwin Sechler (1905β1979) β researched thin-shell structures
- Anita Sengupta β led the JPL team that designed the Curiosity Mars rover parachute system
- Lucien Servanty (1909β1973) β SO.6000 Triton and Concorde designer
- Alexander P. de Seversky (1894β1974) β founder of Seversky Aircraft, later Republic Aviation
- Joseph Francis Shea (1925β1999) β NASA Administrator for the Apollo Program
- Beatrice Shilling (1909β1990) β perfected the carburetor on the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine
- Leonid Shkadov (1927β2003) β aircraft development and optimization engineer
- Nevil Shute (1899β1960) β aeronautical engineer and author
- Arkady Shvetsov (1892β1953) β chief engine designer at the OKB-19 design bureau
- Igor Sikorsky (1889β1972) β pioneered helicopters
- Ozires Silva (born 1931) β founder of Embraer
- Abe Silverstein (1908β2001) β engineer, NACA and NASA administrator
- Apollo M. O. Smith (1911β1997) β Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak, F3D, and F4D designer, pioneer in computational fluid dynamics
- Herbert Smith (1889β1977) β designer of the Sopwith Triplane
- John Maynard Smith (1920β2004) β military aircraft designer, later evolutionary biologist and geneticist
- Joseph Smith (1897β1956) β designer at Supermarine
- Ted R. Smith (1906β1976) β designer of the Aero Commander and Aerostar
- Pavel Solovyov (1917β1996) β chief engine designer at the OKB-19 design bureau
- Song Wencong (1930β2016) β lead designer of the Chengdu J-10
- Thomas Sopwith (1888β1989) β Sopwith Aviation Company
- Tony Spear β Mars Pathfinder project manager
- Percival H. Spencer (1897β1995) β designer of the Republic RC-3 Seabee
- Dorothy Spicer (1908β1946) β aeronautical engineer
- Reginald Stafford (1903β1980) β designer of the Handley Page Victor
- John Stack (1906β1972) β Bell X-1 designer
- Lloyd Stearman (1898β1975) β founder of Stearman Aircraft
- Adam Steltzner (born 1963) β JPL engineer for Mars rovers' entry, descent, and landing
- Alan Stern (born 1957) β engineer and planetary scientist, principal investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto
- Homer Joseph Stewart (1915β2007) β helped develop Explorer 1, Pioneer 4, and several rockets
- Edward Stinson (1893β1932) β founder of the Stinson Aircraft Company
- Luigi Stipa (1900β1992) β invented the "intubed propeller"
- Harrison Storms (1915β1992) β directed North American Aviation's Apollo Program
- William Bushnell Stout (1880β1956) β Ford Trimotor designer
- Ernst Stuhlinger (1913β2008) β ion engine developer
- Pavel Sukhoi (1895β1975) β founded the OKB-51 Sukhoi design bureau
- Martin Summerfield (1916β1996) - co-founder of Aerojet
- Sun Cong (born 1961) - chief designer of the FC-31 and Shenyang J-15
- Joe Sutter (1921β2016) β chief engineer for the Boeing 747
- Ed Swearingen (1925β2014) β general aviation designer
- G. P. Swischjov [ru] (1912β1999) β aerodynamicist
- Clarence Syvertson (1926β2010) β NACA / NASA researcher, developed sounding rockets, compression lift, lifting bodies
- Victor Szebehely (1921β1977) β aerospace engineering and celestial mechanics
Tβ»
- Max Taitz (1904β1980) β scientist in aerodynamics and flight testing of aircraft, one of the founders of Gromov Flight Research Institute
- Kurt Tank (1898β1983) β designer of aircraft in Germany, Argentina, and India
- Clarence Gilbert Taylor (1898β1988) β designer of the Piper Cub
- Moulton Taylor (1912β1965) β experimental aircraft pioneer
- Peter Theisinger (born 1945) β JPL Mars Exploration Rover project manager
- Theodore Theodorsen (1897β1978) β aerodynamicist at NACA
- Richard G. Thomas (1930β2006) β aeronautical engineer and test pilot
- Mikhail Tikhonravov (1900β1974) β rocket and spacecraft pioneer
- Milton Orville Thompson (1926β1993) β NASA engineer and test pilot
- Grigori Tokaty (1909β2003) β rocket engineer
- Alessandro Tonini (1885β1932) β designer at Gabardini, Macchi, and IMAM
- Ivan I. Toropov [ru] (1907β1977) β chief missile designer at OKB-132, now Vympel NPO
- Myron Tribus (1921β2016) β deicer developer, heat transfer researcher
- Robert Truax (1917β2010) β Aerojet engineer, designer of the Sea Dragon heavy launch vehicle
- Richard Truly (born 1937) β former astronaut and head of NASA
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857β1935) β rocketry pioneer
- Tu Jida (1927β2011) β participated in the development of the Shenyang JJ-1, chief designer of the Nanchang CJ-6, Shenyang J-5A, Chengdu JJ-5, and several variants of the J-7 fighter, including the Chengdu J-7M
- Sergey Tumansky (1901β1973) β engine designer, founder of the OKB-300 Tumansky design bureau
- Andrei Tupolev (1888β1972) β founder of the OKB-156 Tupolev design bureau
Uβ»
- Dana Ulery (born 1938) β JPL scientist, automated tracking of deep space probes
- Ralph Hazlett Upson (1888β1968) β designed the world's only all-metal stressed-skin airship
- Oskar Ursinus (1877β1952) β sailplane designer
- Celestino Usuelli [it] (1877β1926) β dirigible designer
Vβ»
- Sitaram Rao Valluri (1924β2019) β researched metal fatigue
- Kermit Van Every (1915β1998) β high-speed aircraft designer, Douglas Aircraft
- Richard VanGrunsven (born 1939) β prolific kit aircraft engineer
- Vandi Verma β JPL robot engineer
- Vladimir Vetchinkin (1888β1950) β aerodynamicist
- Walter G. Vincenti (1917β2019) β hypersonic aircraft designer
- Aurel Vlaicu (1882β1913)
- Richard Vogt (1894β1979) β designer of asymmetrical aircraft
- Gabriel Voisin (1880β1973) β aviation pioneer
- George Volkert (1891β1978) β designed the Handley-Page Halifax
- Wernher von Braun (1912β1977) β German rocket pioneer
- Theodore von KΓ‘rmΓ‘n (1881β1963)
- Hans von Ohain (1911β1998)
- Fritz von Opel (1899β1971) β rocketry pioneer
- Chance M. Vought (1890β1930) β founder of Vought Aircraft
- Traian Vuia (1872β1950) β first flight with no other ground devices
- Gerald Vultee (1900-1938) β engineer, founder of Vultee Aircraft
Wβ»
- Lawrence Wackett (1896β1982) β "father of the Australian aircraft industry", lead designer of the CAC Boomerang
- Gerhard Waibel (born 1938) β sailplane designer
- Dwane Wallace (1911β1989) β early Cessna CEO and designer
- Richard Walker (1900β1982) β main designer for jet aircraft of Gloster Aircraft Company
- Barnes Wallis (1887β1979)
- Ken Wallis (1916β2013) β autogyro
- Hellmuth Walter (1900β1980) β rocket engines
- Joseph F. Ware Jr. (1916β2012) β Lockheed engineer and test pilot
- Edward Pearson Warner (1894β1958) β NACA research engineer
- KyΕ«ichirΕ Washizu (1921β1981)
- Frank Wattendorf (1906β1986) β von Karman assistant, wind tunnel designer
- Johanna Weber (1910β2014) β aerodynamicist for the Handley-Page Victor and Concorde
- Fred Weick (1899β1993) β airmail pilot, NACA research engineer who designed the NACA cowl, and designer of the Ercoupe and Piper Cherokee
- Daniel Weihs (born 1942)
- Edward Curtis Wells (1910β1986) β Boeing executive and designer
- Ted A. Wells (1907β1991) β co-founder of Beech Aircraft Corporation
- Michael J. Wendl (born 1934) β developed terrain following technology, energy management theory, and integrated fly-by-wire controls with engine inlets/nozzles and advanced pilot displays
- GΓΌnter Wendt (1924β2010) β McDonnell Aircraft and North American Aviation engineer; pad leader, prepared all crewed Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft
- Alexander Weygers (1901β1989) β discopter designer
- Ray Wheeler (1927β2019) β Saunders-Roe designer of rockets and hovercraft
- Orville A. Wheelon (1906β1966) β invented the Verson-Wheelon process for aircraft sheet-metal forming, introduced titanium fabrication
- Richard Whitcomb (1921β2009) β NACA/NASA inventor of the area rule, supercritical airfoil, and winglet
- Ed White (1930β1967) β Apollo 1 fire victim on January 27, 1967
- Gustave Whitehead (1874β1927) β aviation pioneer
- Frank Whittle (1907β1996) β pioneer of the jet engine
- Michel Wibault (1897β1963) β invented vectored thrust
- Robert H. Widmer (1916β2011) β lead designer on the B-36, B-58, F-111, and F-16
- Sheila Widnall (born 1938) β fluid mechanics researcher
- StanisΕaw Wigura (1901β1932)
- Geoff Wilde (1917β2007) β Rolls-Royce engine designer
- Heather Willauer (born 1974) β United States Naval Research Laboratory researcher of jet fuel manufacture from seawater
- Oswald S. Williams Jr. (1921β2005)
- Sam B. Williams (1921β2009) β small fanjet engine developer
- Thornton Wilson (1921β1999) β B-47, B-52, and Minuteman missile designer
- Steve Wittman (1904β1995) β air-racer and aircraft designer
- Julian Wolkovitch (1932β1991) β promoted the closed wing
- Homer J. Wood β auxiliary power unit designer
- Pete Worden (born 1949) β NASA director
- Wright brothers (1871β1948) (1867β1912) β made first powered airplane flight on Dec 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, NC
- Theodore Paul Wright (1895β1970) β engineer and administrator
- Georg Wulf (1895β1927) β aviation pioneer
- James Hart Wyld (1912β1954) β co-founder of Reaction Motors, designed the rocket engines for the Bell X-1 and RTV-A-2 Hiroc
Xβ»
- Xu Shunshou (1917β1968) β oversaw the development of the Shenyang JJ-1 and participated in the design of the Nanchang CJ-6, the Nanchang Q-5, and the Xian H-6, died from mistreatment during the Cultural Revolution
Yβ»
- Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906β1989) β founder of the OKB-115 Yakovlev design bureau
- Mikhail Yangel (1911β1971) β founder of the OKB-586 design bureau
- Ye Zhengda (1927β2017) β participated in the design of the Shenyang JJ-1
- Chuck Yeager (1923β2020) β test pilot and first to break the sound barrier
- Vladimir Yermolaev (1909β1944) β lead designer at OKB-240
- Ed Yost (1919β2007) β developer of the modern hot air balloon
- Arthur M. Young (1905β1995) β designer of the first Bell helicopter
Zβ»
- Albert Francis Zahm (1862β1954) β aeronautical experimenter and chief of the Aeronautical Division of the U.S. Library of Congress
- Stephen Joseph Zand (1898β1963) β solved many early aviation vibrations problems
- Friedrich Zander (1887β1933) β rocket designer, solar sail and gavitational assist developer
- Filippo Zappata (1894β1994) β worked for Gabardini, Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (CANT), BlΓ©riot, Breda, and Agusta
- Engelbert Zaschka (1895β1955) β one of the first German helicopter pioneers
- Helmut Zborowski (1905β1969) β rocket and VTOL designer
- Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838β1917) β airship designer
- Nikolay Zhukovsky (1847β1921) β researcher
- Henri Ziegler (1906β1998) β father of the Airbus program
- Charles H. Zimmerman (1908β1996) β experimental aircraft designer
- Robert Zubrin (born 1952) β Mars Society founder, designer of the theoretical nuclear salt-water rocket
- Fritz Zwicky (1898β1974) β astronomer, patented several jet engine features
See alsoβ»
- Boeing School of Aeronautics Β§ Notable students
- List of Germans relocated to the US via the Operation Paperclip
- List of Russian aerospace engineers
- List of SETP members (test pilots)
- Project Orion (nuclear propulsion) Β§ Notable personnel
Referencesβ»
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