Aviators Posters “Co...-Cu...-”
for the classroom and home schoolers.

Alan John Cobham
Jacqueline Cochran
Bessie Coleman

Eileen Collins
Michael Collins
Jean Louis Conneau

Sir Alan John Cobham, Aviator, and His Singapore Flying Boat, Giclee Print

Alan John Cobham
b. 5-6-1894; London, England
d. 10-21-1973; Bournemouth, Dorset

Pioneer long distance aviator Sir Alan John Cobham served in the Royal Flying Corps during WWI.

Candidate Jackie Cochran Flying Her Private Plane During Campaign Tour, Photographic Print

Jacqueline Cochran, née Bessie Lee Pittman
b. 5-11-1906; Muscogee, Florida
d. 8-9-1980; Indio, California

Jackie Cochran, best remembered as a racing pilot and her work on getting women pilots involved in WWII, was also the first woman to break the sound barrier.

Bessie Coleman
b. 1-26-1892; Atlanta, TX
d. 4-30-1926; Jacksonville, FL (air accident)

Bessie Coleman was the first female pilot of African American descent and the first person of African American descent to hold an international pilot license.

Eileen Collins
b. 11-19-1956; Elmira, NY

Astronaut Eileen Collins was the first female pilot and first female commander of a Space Shuttle (STS-63 & STS-93). Collins has also served as a professor of mathematics and flight instructor at the US Air Force Academy.

Collins has been recognized as one of the top 300 women in history by the Encyclopedia Britannica and inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame.

Michael Collins, Gemini 10 Astronaut, Photographic Print

Michael Collins
b. 10-31-1930; Rome, Italy

Michael Collins, one of only 24 people to fly to the moon, was in lunar orbit as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first and second humans to set foot on the moon. Collins first space flight was in Gemini 10 with John Young. Collins took two Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) popularly known as spacewalks.

Pope Pius X Watching the Airplane of Andre Beaumont Flying over Rome from the Vatican Terrace, Giclee Print

Jean Louis Conneau, aka Andre Beaumont
b. 2-8-1880; Lodève, France
d. 8-5-1937; Lodève

Aviation pioneer Jean Louis Conneau used the name Andre Beaumont for his pilot activities.

Astronaut LeRoy G. Cooper Flying F-102 Jet Plane for Flight Practice, Photographic Print

LeRoy Gordon “Gordo” Cooper
b. 3-6-1927; Shawnee, OK
d. 10-4-2004; California (Parkinson's Disease)

“Gordo” Cooper was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, and flew 222 hours in space. He was the first US astronaut to sleep in space and to be seen live on TV; Cooper also asserted his belief in UFOs in Leap of Faith: An Astronaut's Journey into the Unknown.

Glenn Hammond Curtiss
b. 5-21-1878; Hammondsport, NY
d. 7-23-1930; Buffalo

Glenn H. Curtiss, aviation pioneer, was the winner in the world's first air meet (August 1909, France) and on May 29, 1910 he won the $10,000 first prize offered by Joseph Pulitizer for his 153 minute flight from Albany to New York City (137 miles). His victory lap was flying over Manhattan and circling the Statue of Liberty.

Curtis had the first U.S. pilot license (1911) and was the founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. The Curtiss “Jenny” is associated with the training of pilots for World War I.