airwoman, aviatress, aviatrix - a woman aviator

airplane pilot, pilot - someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

skilled worker, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills

Bennett, Floyd Bennett - United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)

Bleriot, Louis Bleriot - French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936)

Cochran, Jacqueline Cochran - United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980)

Doolittle, James Harold Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle - United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993)

Amelia Earhart, Earhart - first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937)

Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughes, Hughes - United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)

Charles A. Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh, Lindbergh, Lucky Lindy - United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)

Billy Mitchell, William Mitchell, Mitchell - United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936)

Wiley Post, Post - United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)