[{"n": "Rostislav Alexeyev", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/rostislav-alexeyev/", "s": "Pioneer of hydrofoils and ground-effect vehicles."}, {"n": "Vearne C. Babcock", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/vearne-c-babcock/", "s": "Early aviator and designer of aircraft and gliders."}, {"n": "Albert Gillis von Baumhauer", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/albert-gillis-von-baumhauer/", "s": "Dutch aviation pioneer who designed the first Dutch helicopter."}, {"n": "Jim Bede", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/jim-bede/", "s": "The visionary who made personal aviation accessible through innovative kit designs."}, {"n": "Giuseppe Mario Bellanca", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/giuseppe-mario-bellanca/", "s": "Italian-American aviation pioneer known for innovative aircraft designs and long-distance records."}, {"n": "Albrecht Berblinger", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/albrecht-berblinger/", "s": "German inventor and craftsman known for an early hang glider."}, {"n": "Stanko Bloudek", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/stanko-bloudek/", "s": "Slovenian pioneer of flight, sports engineer, and Olympic administrator."}, {"n": "Enea Bossi Sr.", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/enea-bossi-sr/", "s": "Italian-American aviation pioneer; designed first stainless steel aircraft."}, {"n": "Lewis Archer Boswell", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/lewis-archer-boswell/", "s": "Early aviator whose flight claims predate the Wright Brothers."}, {"n": "Neil Burgess Jr.", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/neil-burgess-jr/", "s": "Co-developed the J79 engine, which powered the first operational Mach 2 fighter."}, {"n": "Frank W. Caldwell", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/frank-w-caldwell/", "s": "Leading American propeller engineer and designer."}, {"n": "George Cayley", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/george-cayley/", "s": "English engineer and aviator who pioneered heavier-than-air flight."}, {"n": "Lagâri Hasan Çelebi", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/lag-ri-hasan-elebi/", "s": "Ottoman aviator who reportedly flew a gunpowder rocket in 1633."}, {"n": "Octave Chanute", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/octave-chanute/", "s": "Civil engineer and aviation pioneer who advised the Wright brothers."}, {"n": "Henri Coandă", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/henri-coand/", "s": "Romanian inventor who discovered the Coandă effect."}, {"n": "Harry B. Combs", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/harry-b-combs/", "s": "Aviation pioneer, manufacturer, and author of the Golden and Jet Ages."}, {"n": "Paul Cornu", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/paul-cornu/", "s": "French engineer who flew the first manned helicopter."}, {"n": "Willard Ray Custer", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/willard-ray-custer/", "s": "American engineer who invented the channel wing concept."}, {"n": "Hugh DeHaven", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/hugh-dehaven/", "s": "American pilot and passive safety pioneer."}, {"n": "Victor Dibovsky", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/victor-dibovsky/", "s": "Russian aviation pioneer and co-inventor of synchronization gear."}, {"n": "Anastase Dragomir", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/anastase-dragomir/", "s": "Romanian inventor of an early ejection seat system."}, {"n": "Sherman Fairchild", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/sherman-fairchild/", "s": "Founder of over 70 companies, inventor of synchronized camera shutter."}, {"n": "Paul Fitts", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/paul-fitts/", "s": "American psychologist who developed Fitts's law of human movement."}, {"n": "Anthony Fokker", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/anthony-fokker/", "s": "Dutch aviation pioneer who built fighter aircraft for Germany in WWI."}, {"n": "Harlan D. Fowler", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/harlan-d-fowler/", "s": "American inventor of the Fowler flap used on commercial aircraft."}, {"n": "Edward Purkis Frost", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/edward-purkis-frost/", "s": "English aviation pioneer who built ornithopters."}, {"n": "Rodrig Goliescu", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/rodrig-goliescu/", "s": "Romanian inventor of the first airplane with a tubular fuselage."}, {"n": "Friedrich Harth", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/friedrich-harth/", "s": "German glider pioneer who mentored Willy Messerschmitt."}, {"n": "Chris Heintz (aeronautical engineer)", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/chris-heintz-aeronautical-engineer/", "s": "French-Canadian aeronautical engineer known for kit aircraft designs."}, {"n": "William Samuel Henson", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/william-samuel-henson/", "s": "Pre-Wright aviation pioneer and designer of the aerial steam carriage."}, {"n": "Augustus Moore Herring", "u": "/e/aviation-inventors/augustus-moore-herring/", "s": "American aviation pioneer whose 1898 flight claim remains disputed."}]