Earhart, American aviator (lost 1937 on flight) 15 August – Ludovic Arrachart, French aviator (died 1933 in aviation accident) 1898 18 January – George McCubbin, South African fighter pilot and cricketer (died 1944) 22 November – Wiley Post, American aviator (died 1935 in aviation accident) 1899 17 January – Nevil Shute (Norway), English-born novelist and aeronautical engineer (died 1960) 24 January – Hoyt Vandenberg, American military aviator (died 1954) 9 April – James Smith McDonnell, American aircraft manufacturer (died 1980) 1 August – Jimmie Angel, American aviator (died 1956) 24 August – Max Näther, German fighter ace (died 1919 in combat) Notes References Crouch, Tom, The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright. New York: W. W. Norton, 1989. Gibbs-Smith, C.H., Aviation. London: NMSI, 2003. Hallion, Richard P. Taking Flight, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Holmes, Richard, Falling Upwards. London: Collinis, 2014. Layman, R.D., Before the Aircraft Carrier: The Development of Aviation Vessels 1849-1922, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1989, Lewis, Peter British Aircraft 1809-1914, London: Putnam, 1962. Robinson, Douglas H., Giants in the Sky, Henley-on Thames: Foulis, 1973. Whitehouse, Arch, The Zeppelin Fighters, New York: Ace Books, 1966. 1801 19th century in transport