Aviator of the week
Patrick Pohler
8. february 2011 23:04 |Patrick Pohler is a private pilot, the creator of CircleToLand.com and the owner of Anecka, a Columbus, Ohio-based software development company. In January 2010, Pohler launched CircleToLand.com, a pilot-focused question and answer platform that allows aviators to communicate with one another and receive answers to their aviation-related questions.
Steve Fossett
3. august 2010 18:42 |Steve Fossett is one of the most famous adventurers in the world. He has made well over 100 world records of which almost half are still standing. Many of his records he made while flying balloons, airship and powered aircrafts. In addition he holds several gliding records.
Tony Fernandes
16. july 2010 18:59 |Anthony Francis Fernandes, known by most as Tony Fernandes is the CEO and part-owner of AirAsia. AirAsia. Tony has made AirAsia the largest low-cost airline in Asia. He was the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd. and later took over AirAsia in 2001 to make it a no-frills, low-cost airline based on the Southwest Airlines and Ryan Air business models.
Robert Esnault-Pelterie
16. july 2010 18:55 |Robert A. C. Esnault-Pelterie was born in Genevia November 8, 1881. Esnault-Pelterie became famous for its aircraft design and aeronautical and spaceflight theories. He studied Engineering at the University of Paris (Collège de Sorbonne). He has been credited for designing the aileron, now a standard in every aircraft, although Aerial Experiment Association in the United States has been credited for the same thing. Esnault-Pelterie made his first powered flight in 1907 in his Aerodrome Toussus-le-Noble, four years after the Wright Brothers. Esnault-Pelterie passed way in December, 1957.