List of SETP members

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The Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) is an international organization dedicated to improving air safety by supporting the education and professional development of test pilots. The society promotes sound aeronautical design and development techniques and encourages the exchange of ideas among its members.[1] SETP was initially formed in 1955 by a small group of US civilian test pilots at a café near Edwards Air Force Base and as of 2022 has grown to include over 2,400 members from over thirty countries.[2] The society hosts symposia and workshops in the United States, Canada, Europe, and India.[3] Member success is recognized and celebrated by yearly awards in areas including flight test performance, technical management, and flight test safety.[4] The society publishes a record of its activities in Cockpit magazine.[5]

SETP charter member Scott Crossfield in the cockpit of the second Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket built (NACA 144) just after the first ever flight to exceed Mach 2 on November 20, 1953

Notable members and friends

The following tables are drawn from living and deceased society members, honorary fellows, former members, and friends of the society.

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Status
AF Recognized as an associate fellow of SETP[6]
AM Recognized as an associate member of SETP[6]
CM Recognized as a charter or founding member of SETP[7]
F Recognized as a fellow of SETP[6]
FR Recognized as a friend of SETP[8]
HF Recognized as an honorary fellow of SETP[6]
M Recognized as a member of SETP[6]
P Served as a president of SETP[9]
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Members

The following table contains current members of the society and those who were members at the time of their death.

  *   Individual was killed in an aviation-related accident.

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Name Country Status Notability
Chuck Aaron USAUnited States M Helicopter flight test[10] and aerobatics[11]
Michael J. Adams* USAUnited States M 1965 USAF MOL Group, X-15 Flight 191[12][13]
Buzz Aldrin USAUnited States M Gemini 12, Apollo 11,[14] USAF Test Pilot School commandant[15][16]
Andrew M. Allen USAUnited States M STS-46, STS-62, STS-75[17]
William Anders USAUnited States M Apollo 8[18]
Bud Anderson USAUnited States F Triple ace of World War II,[19] FICON project[20]
Joseph T. Anderson USAUnited States M Harrier jump jet testing,[21][22] deputy director of Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center[23][24]
Neil Armstrong USAUnited States CM,F X-15, Gemini 8, Apollo 11, first person to walk on the Moon[25][7]
Michael A. Baker USAUnited States M LTV A-7 Corsair II, STS-43, STS-52, STS-68, STS-81[26]
Charles Bassett* USAUnited States AM NASA Astronaut Group 3[27][28]
Alan Bean USAUnited States M Apollo 12, Skylab 3[29]
Bill Bedford UKUnited Kingdom F First flights of the Hawker P.1127, Kestrel, and Harrier[30][28]
Robert Behler USAUnited States F Former Director, Operational Test and Evaluation[31][32]
John E. Blaha USAUnited States M STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79 (up), STS-81 (down)[33]
Brian Binnie USAUnited States AF SpaceShipOne flight 17P to win Ansari X Prize[34]
Karol J. Bobko USAUnited States F STS-6, STS-51-D, STS-51-J[35][32]
Eric A. Boe USAUnited States M STS-126, STS-133[36]
Vance D. Brand USAUnited States F Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35[37]
Daniel Brandenstein USAUnited States M STS-8, STS-51-G, STS-32, STS-49[38]
Bill Bridgeman* USAUnited States CM,M D-558-II speed and altitude records,[39] X-3 testing[40][41][7]
James E. Brown III USAUnited States P,F F-117[42] and F-22 flight test,[43] National Test Pilot School president[44][9][32]
John S. Bull USAUnited States M 1966 NASA Group 5[45][46]
Robert D. Cabana USAUnited States F STS-41, STS-53, STS-65, STS-88[47]
Robert Cardenas USAUnited States M B-29 pilot for sound barrier mission,[48] YB-49 testing[49]
Marion E. Carl USAUnited States F Triple ace of World War II, D-558/I/II testing and record attempts[50][28]
Gerald Carr USAUnited States M Skylab 4[51]
Sonny Carter* USAUnited States M STS-33[52][28]
John Casper USAUnited States M STS-36, STS-54, STS-62, STS-77[53]
Gene Cernan USAUnited States F Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17[54][32]
John Christiansen NORNorwayUnited States F First flights of S-3 and P-3[55][56][28]
Michael Coats USAUnited States M STS-41-D, STS-29, STS-39[57]
Kenneth Cockrell USAUnited States M STS-56, STS-69, STS-80, STS-98, STS-111[58]
Chuck Coleman USAUnited States AF Airshow[59] and test pilot on the BD-10, BD-12,[60] and Proteus[61][62][citation needed]
James F. Coleman USAUnited States CM,M First flight of the Convair XFY Pogo[63][7]
Michael Collins USAUnited States M Gemini 10, Apollo 11[64]
Pete Conrad USAUnited States F Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2[65]
David P. Cooley* USAUnited States AF Flight test of F-117 and F-22[66][28]
Gordon Cooper USAUnited States AF Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 5[67][citation needed]
Darrell Cornell* USAUnited States M Flight test and demonstration of the F-20[68][69]
Joseph F. Cotton USAUnited States M First flight of the XB-70[70][28]
Richard O. Covey USAUnited States F STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61[71][32]
Albert H. Crews USAUnited States F 1962 Dyna-Soar Group 2, 1965 USAF MOL Group 1[72][32]
Robert Crippen USAUnited States F STS-1, STS-7, STS-41-C, STS-41-G[73][74]
A. Scott Crossfield* USAUnited States CM,F First to fly at twice the speed of sound; X-15 design, development, and flight test[75][7]
Walter Cunningham USAUnited States M Apollo 7[76]
William H. Dana USAUnited States F X-15 Flight 174, X-15 Flight 197, lifting body testing[77][28]
Robert M. DeHaven USAUnited States CM,F Fighter ace of World War II, Hughes Aircraft Company test pilot[78][28][7]
Eugene P. Deatrick USAUnited States M Nuclear weapons testing,[79] USAF Test Pilot School commandant[80][28]
Alvin Drew USAUnited States M STS-118, STS-133[81]
Charles Duke USAUnited States M Apollo 16[82]
James Dutton USAUnited States M STS-131[83]
Joe F. Edwards USAUnited States M STS-89[84]
Donn F. Eisele USAUnited States M Apollo 7[85][28]
Donald D. Engen* USAUnited States F Former FAA Administrator and former Director of the National Air and Space Museum[86][28]
Joe Engle USAUnited States F X-15 Flight 138, X-15 Flight 143, X-15 Flight 153, ALT, STS-2, STS-51-I[87][32]
Frank K. Everest USAUnited States F X-plane testing, X-1 and X-2 speed and altitude records, "fastest man alive" in 1956[88][28]
Lou Everett* USAUnited States CM,M Ryan V/STOL aircraft flight test including the XV-5 Vertifan[89][90][7]
John L. Finley USAUnited States AM 1965 USAF MOL Group 1[91][28]
Jack D. Fischer USAUnited States M Soyuz MS-04 (Expedition 51/52)[92]
Patrick G. Forrester USAUnited States M STS-105, STS-117, STS-128[93]
Steve Fossett* USAUnited States M First solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft[94][95][28]
Theodore Freeman* USAUnited States AM 1963 NASA Group 3[96][28]
Stephen Frick USAUnited States M STS-110, STS-122[97]
C. Gordon Fullerton USAUnited States F ALT, STS-3, STS-51-F[98]
Fitzhugh L. Fulton USAUnited States F Piloted B-52 launch aircraft for multiple X-planes, XB-70 testing, Boeing 747 SCA testing[99][28]
Ronald J. Garan USAUnited States M STS-124, Soyuz TMA-21 (Expedition 27/28)[100]
Jerauld R. Gentry USAUnited States F Lifting body testing including first flight of the X-24A[101][28]
John Glenn USAUnited States F Mercury-Atlas 6, STS-95[102][32]
Richard F. Gordon USAUnited States AF Gemini 11, Apollo 12[103]
Frederick D. Gregory USAUnited States M STS-51-B, STS-33, STS-44, Deputy Administrator of NASA[104]
S. David Griggs* USAUnited States M STS-51-D[105]
Gus Grissom* USAUnited States M Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini 3, Apollo 1[106]
Sidney M. Gutierrez USAUnited States M STS-40, STS-59[107]
Chris Hadfield CANCanada M STS-74, STS-100, Soyuz TMA-07M (Expedition 34/35)[108]
Fred Haise USAUnited States F Apollo 13, ALT[109]
Kenneth Ham USAUnited States M STS-124, STS-132[110]
Henry Hartsfield USAUnited States F STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A[111][32]
Frederick Hauck USAUnited States F STS-7, STS-51-A, STS-26[112]
Thomas B. Hayward USAUnited States AM Chief of Naval Operations, 1978–1982[113][114]
J. Lynn Helms USAUnited States M Test pilot, former Piper CEO, and former FAA Administrator[115][28]
Bob Hoover USAUnited States P,F Transcontinental, time-to-climb, and speed records;[116] air show pilot[117][9][28]
Rick Husband* USAUnited States M STS-96, STS-107[118]
James Irwin USAUnited States M Apollo 15[119]
Dick Johnson USAUnited States CM,AF F-86 speed record, first flights of F-111, F-102, and F-106[120][7]
Gregory C. Johnson USAUnited States M STS-125[121]
Scott Kelly USAUnited States AF STS-103, STS-118, Soyuz TMA-16M/Soyuz TMA-18M (Exp 43/44/45/46, ISS year-long mission)[122]
Iven C. Kincheloe* USAUnited States M Double ace of the Korean War, first flight above 100,000 feet in Bell X‑2[123][28]
William J. Knight USAUnited States P,F Speed record on X-15 Flight 188, astronaut wings on X-15 Flight 190[124][9][28]
Timothy Kopra USAUnited States M STS-127/128 (Expedition 20), Soyuz TMA-19M (Expedition 46/47)[125]
Kelly Latimer USAUnited States F Test pilot on White Knight Two and Cosmic Girl[126][127]
Richard E. Lawyer USAUnited States F 1965 USAF MOL Group[128][28]
Tony LeVier USAUnited States CM,F Air racer and Lockheed test pilot with many first flights including XF-90, XF-104, and U-2[129][7]
Steven Lindsey USAUnited States M STS-87, STS-95, STS-104, STS-121, STS-133[130]
Paul Lockhart USAUnited States M STS-111, STS-113[131]
Christopher Loria USAUnited States M High angle of attack flight test, 1996 NASA Group[132]
Jim Lovell USAUnited States F Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13[133]
Donald L. Mallick USAUnited States F LLRV and XB-70 testing[134][135]
John A. Manke USAUnited States M First supersonic flight of a lifting body; first controlled landing of a lifting body; director of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center[136]
Nicole A. Mann USAUnited States M SpaceX Crew-5 (Expedition 67/68)[137]
Paul Mantz* USAUnited States M Air racer and movie precision pilot[138][28]
George J. Marrett USAUnited States F Hughes Aircraft Company test pilot, aviation author[139]
Ken Mattingly USAUnited States M Apollo 16, STS-4, STS-51-C[140]
Jon McBride USAUnited States M STS-41-G, STS-61-E (never flew)[141]
Michael J. McCulley USAUnited States M STS-34[142]
James McDivitt USAUnited States M Gemini 4, Apollo 9[143]
John B. McKay USAUnited States CM,M High-speed flight research programs,[144] astronaut wings for X-15 Flight 150[145][7]
Donald R. McMonagle USAUnited States M STS-39, STS-54, STS-66[146]
Thomas McMurtry USAUnited States P,F First flight of the NASA AD-1[147][9][28]
Carl J. Meade USAUnited States M STS-38, STS-50, STS-64[148]
Pamela Melroy USAUnited States F STS-92, STS-112, STS-120,[149] NASA deputy administrator[150][127]
Mike Melvill RSASouth AfricaUnited States F First commercial astronaut as pilot of SpaceShipOne flight 15P[151][152]
Edgar Mitchell USAUnited States M Apollo 14[153]
Arthur W. Murray USAUnited States F Bell X-1 and Bell X-5 testing[154][28]
Art Nalls USAUnited States M Air show pilot flying privately owned Harrier jump jet[155][156]
Lew A. Nelson USAUnited States CM,F T-38 and YA-9 first flights[157][7]
Julian Nott* UKUnited Kingdom AF Record-setting achievements in ballooning[158][28]
Stephen S. Oswald USAUnited States M STS-42, STS-56, STS-67[159]
Robert F. Overmyer* USAUnited States M STS-5, STS-51-B[160]
Allen Paulson USAUnited States M CEO of Gulfstream Aerospace[161][28]
Doug Pearson USAUnited States F First pilot to shoot down a satellite from an aircraft[162][32]
Forrest S. Petersen USAUnited States M X-15 flight testing[163][28]
Bruce Peterson USAUnited States F Lifting body flight testing[164][28]
Frank Piasecki USAUnited States M Helicopter aviation pioneer[165][28]
Alan G. Poindexter USAUnited States M STS-122, STS-131[166]
Mark L. Polansky USAUnited States M STS-98, STS-116, STS-127[167]
Charles J. Precourt USAUnited States AF STS-55, STS-71, STS-84, STS-91[168]
Steven M. Rainey USAUnited States P,F First USAF pilot to fly the F-22[169][9][32]
William F. Readdy USAUnited States F STS-42, STS-51, STS-79[170]
Kenneth S. Reightler Jr USAUnited States M STS-48, STS-60[171]
Richard N. Richards USAUnited States M STS-28, STS-41, STS-50, STS-64[172]
Russell L. Rogers* USAUnited States M 1960 Dyna-Soar Group 1[173][28]
Kent Rominger USAUnited States M STS-73, STS-80, STS-85, STS-96, STS-100[174]
Stuart Roosa USAUnited States M Apollo 14[175]
Yves Rossy SWISwitzerland M First to fly a jet engine-powered wing[176][177]
Robert A. Rushworth USAUnited States F Astronaut wings on X-15 Flight 87[178][28]
Burt Rutan USAUnited States F Designer of record-breaking aircraft[179] and spacecraft[180][181]
Dick Rutan USAUnited States F First non-stop, non-refueled around-the-world flight[182][32]
Herman Salmon* USAUnited States CM,F First flights of L-188 Electra, P-3 Orion, and YF-104A Starfighter[183][7]
Louis Schalk USAUnited States F First flight of the Lockheed A-12[184][28]
Wally Schirra USAUnited States F Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini 6A, Apollo 7[185]
Dick Scobee* USAUnited States M STS-41-C, STS-51-L (disaster)[186]
David Scott USAUnited States M Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15[187]
Richard A. Searfoss USAUnited States AF STS-58, STS-76, STS-90[188][28]
Elliot See* USAUnited States M 1962 NASA Group 2[189][28]
Doug Shane USAUnited States P,F Former president of Scaled Composites[190] and The Spaceship Company[191][9]
Alan Shepard USAUnited States F Mercury-Redstone 3, Apollo 14[192]
Peter Siebold USAUnited States AF Scaled Composites test pilot for SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo[193][194]
Deke Slayton USAUnited States F Apollo–Soyuz Test Project[195]
Sherwood C. Spring USAUnited States M STS-61-B[196]
Robert C. Springer USAUnited States M STS-29, STS-38[197]
Thomas P. Stafford USAUnited States F Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo–Soyuz Test Project[198]
Moye W. Stephens USAUnited States F Circumnavigation of the globe in 1931[199][200]
Robert L. Stephens USAUnited States P,F Speed and altitude records testing the YF-12[201][9]
Robert L. Stewart USAUnited States M STS-41-B, STS-51-J[202]
Mark P. Stucky USAUnited States P,F Piloted VSS Unity VP-03 above 50 miles[203][9]
Jack Swigert USAUnited States AF Apollo 13[204]
James M. Taylor* USAUnited States AM 1965 USAF MOL Group 1[205][28]
W. Paul Thayer USAUnited States F Fighter ace of World War II, former US Deputy Secretary of Defense[206][28]
Richard G. Thomas USAUnited States F First flights of the Tacit Blue and F-5F[207]
Milton O. Thompson USAUnited States M First person to fly a lifting body, X-15 flight test[208][28]
Scott D. Tingle USAUnited States M Soyuz MS-07 (Expedition 54/55)[209]
Robert F. Titus USAUnited States F Century Series flight testing including zero-length-launch tests[210][28]
Art Tomassetti USAUnited States P,F X-35[211] and F-35 flight test[212][9][32]
Guy M. Townsend USAUnited States F Co-pilot on the first flight of the B-52[213][28]
Brian Trubshaw UKUnited Kingdom F First British pilot to fly Concorde[214][28]
Richard H. Truly USAUnited States F First former astronaut to be NASA administrator[215][32]
Joseph J. Tymczyszyn USAUnited States CM,P,F Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 flight testing[216][7][9]
David M. Walker USAUnited States AF STS-51-A, STS-30, STS-53, STS-69[217]
Joseph A. Walker* USAUnited States CM,F Highest flights of the X-15 program—X-15 Flight 90, X-15 Flight 91[218][219][7]
Jim Wetherbee USAUnited States M STS-32, STS-52, STS-63, STS-86, STS-102, STS-113[220]
Douglas H. Wheelock USAUnited States M STS-120, Soyuz TMA-19 (Expedition 24/25)[221]
Alvin S. White USAUnited States P,F First flights of both XB-70s[222][28][9]
Ed White* USAUnited States M Gemini 4, Apollo 1[223][28]
Robert M. White USAUnited States M First "winged astronaut" on X-15 Flight 62[224][28]
Terrence W. Wilcutt USAUnited States M STS-68, STS-79, STS-89, STS-106[225]
Clifton Williams* USAUnited States AM 1963 NASA Group 3[226]
Donald E. Williams USAUnited States M STS-51-D, STS-34[227]
Jeffrey Williams USAUnited States M STS-101, Soyuz TMA-8 (Exp 13), Soyuz TMA-16 (Exp 21/22), Soyuz TMA-20M (Exp 47/48)[228]
Sunita Williams USAUnited States M STS-116/117 (Exp 14/15), Soyuz TMA-05M (Exp 32/33), Boeing Crewed Flight Test[229]
James W. Wood USAUnited States P,F 1960 Dyna-Soar Group 1[230][9]
Chuck Yeager USAUnited States F First pilot to exceed the speed of sound in level flight[231][28]
John Young USAUnited States F Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9[232][citation needed]
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Honorary fellows

The following table contains honorary fellows of the society both living and dead. A complete list of Honorary Fellows is published by the society.[200]

  *   Individual was killed in an aviation-related accident.

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Name Country Status Notability
Bryan Allen USAUnited States HF Pioneer in human powered flight[233][234][235]
Fred Ascani USAUnited States HF Father of systems engineering at Wright Field,[236] F-86 speed record[237]
Jacqueline Auriol FRAFrance HF Pioneering woman aviator who set several world speed records[238]
Roland Beamont UKUnited Kingdom HF First British pilot to exceed Mach 1 in a British aircraft in level flight[239]
Edward A. Bellande USAUnited States HF Early aviator who received the Airmail Flyers' Medal of Honor in 1935[240]
Albert Boyd USAUnited States HF Father of modern flight testing,[241][242] P-80 airspeed record[243]
Mark E. Bradley USAUnited States HF Pioneering test pilot and commander of USAF Logistics Command[244]
Vance Breese USAUnited States HF First flights of the N-1M[245] and XP-61[246]
Colin E. Brown UKUnited Kingdom HF Fourteen victory ace in World War I[247]
Eric M. Brown UKUnited Kingdom HF Flew more types of aircraft (487) than anyone else in history[248]
Jean-Loup Chrétien FRAFrance HF Soyuz T-6, Soyuz TM-7 / Mir Aragatz / Soyuz TM-6, STS-86[249]
Jacqueline Cochran USAUnited States HF Pioneering woman racing pilot,[250] multiple speed and altitude records[251]
Thomas F. Connolly USAUnited States HF Development of the F-14 Tomcat,[252] USN Test Pilot School director[253]
Lawrence C. Craigie USAUnited States HF First US military jet pilot, director of R&D at HQ USAF[254]
Irv Culver USAUnited States HF Helped design the USA's first operational jet fighter, named LM's Skunk Works[255]
John Cunningham UKUnited Kingdom HF Night fighter ace during World War II[256]
William V. Davis USAUnited States HF The Three Seahawks USN aerobatic team,[257] USN Test Pilot School director[258]
Jimmy Dell UKUnited Kingdom HF BAC TSR-2 testing[259]
Jimmy Doolittle USAUnited States HF Record-breaking speed flights, air racer, development and flight-test of instrument flying[260]
Neville Duke UKUnited Kingdom HF Fighter ace of World War II, 1953 air speed record, Hawker Hunter development[261]
Ira C. Eaker USAUnited States HF 1926 Pan American Goodwill Flight, 1929 world flight endurance record[262]
Edward L. Feightner USAUnited States HF Fighter ace of World War II, Vought F7U Cutlass flight test, Blue Angels solo[263]
Benjamin Foulois USAUnited States HF First US military aviator, first US radio/air reconnaissance[264]
Eduardo Gallarza SPASpain HF First flight from Madrid to Manila in 1926[265]
Chalmers Goodlin USAUnited States HF Bell X-1 flight testing[266]
Robert L. Hall USAUnited States HF Design and test of F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat[267]
Harold R. Harris USAUnited States HF First flight of the Barling Bomber,[268] first American military pilot saved by a parachute[269]
Alex Henshaw UKUnited Kingdom HF Distance records, chief test pilot for Vickers Armstrongs[270]
Stanley Hiller USAUnited States HF Pioneering developer of the helicopter[271]
Walter Horton GERGermany HF Co-designer of the world's first jet-powered flying wing, the Horten Ho 229[272]
Ben O. Howard USAUnited States HF Air racer[273] and flight test of multiple Douglas aircraft[274]
Howard Hughes USAUnited States HF Record-setting air racer, founder of Hughes Aircraft Company[275]
Jared Isaacman USAUnited States HF Pilot, commercial astronaut, and administrator of NASA[276]
Benjamin S. Kelsey USAUnited States HF Fighter development during World War II[277]
Charles Lindbergh USAUnited States HF First solo transatlantic flight[278]
Grover Loening GERGermanyUnited States HF Formed the Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation in 1917[279]
Donald S. Lopez Sr. USAUnited States HF Ace of World War II, early jet fighter testing, deputy director of National Air and Space Museum[280]
Neal V. Loving USAUnited States HF First double amputee to be licensed as a racing pilot[281]
John A. Macready USAUnited States HF Record setting flights for altitude, distance, and endurance[282]
Jimmie Mattern USAUnited States HF Aviation world record attempts, P-38 flight test[283]
William H. McAvoy USAUnited States HF First flight of the Grumman XFF-1[284]
Johnny Miller USAUnited States HF Autogyro pioneer[285][286]
Georgy Mosolov RUSRussia HF First flight in the prototype MiG-21[287]
Harald Penrose UKUnited Kingdom HF Former chief test pilot at Westland Aircraft and aviation author[288]
Robert B. Pirie USAUnited States HF Former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for air[289]
Paul Poberezny USAUnited States HF Founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)[290]
Jeffrey Quill UKUnited Kingdom HF Former chief test pilot for Vickers, aviation author[291]
Günther Rall GERGermany HF Third most successful fighter pilot in aviation history[292] with 275 victories[293]
Hanna Reitsch GERGermany HF Flight tested many of Germany's new aircraft during World War II[294]
T. Claude Ryan USAUnited States HF Founder of Ryan Aeronautical[295]
Jean-Marie Saget FRAFrance HF Former chief test pilot for Dassault Aviation[296]
Alexander P. de Seversky RUSRussiaUnited States HF Founder of the Seversky Aero Corporation[297]
Igor Sikorsky RUSRussiaUnited States HF Aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft[298]
Ozires Silva BRABrazil HF Founder of Embraer[299]
Thomas Sopwith UKUnited Kingdom HF Aviation pioneer and founder of Sopwith Aviation Company[300]
Percival H. Spencer USAUnited States HF Early aviator and inventor who made his first solo flight in 1914[301]
Robert Stanley* USAUnited States HF First American to fly a jet aircraft as a test pilot for Bell Aircraft[302][303]
James Stockdale USAUnited States HF USN test pilot awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War[304]
Russell Thaw USAUnited States HF First flight of the XF3D-1[305]
Frederick M. Trapnell USAUnited States HF First US Navy pilot to fly a jet aircraft, co-founder of USN Test Pilot School[306]
Roscoe Turner USAUnited States HF Three-time winner of the Thompson Trophy air race[307]
Peter Twiss UKUnited Kingdom HF First to fly a jet aircraft faster than 1,000 mph[308]
Alfred V. Verville USAUnited States HF Aviation pioneer responsible for retractable landing gear[309][310]
Ken Wallis UKUnited Kingdom HF Development of autogyros[311]
Ernest K. Warburton USAUnited States HF Chief of the Air Materiel Command's Flight Test Division at Wright Field[312]
Waldo Waterman USAUnited States HF Developed a tailless flying car known as the Waterman Arrowbile[313]
Frank Whittle UKUnited Kingdom HF Inventor of the turbojet engine[314]
Steve Wittman* USAUnited States HF Pioneering air-racer and aircraft engineer[315]
Henri Ziegler FRAFrance HF Founder and first president of Airbus[316]
Janusz Żurakowski POLPoland HF Flight test of Canadian supersonic aircraft[317]
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Former members

The following table contains former members of the society both living and dead. Members may resign from the society by submitting a written notice.[318] The society does not publish the names of former members so inclusion in this table must be determined by reliable sources other than the society itself (e.g. a public statement from the former member, biographies from a reliable source showing membership was dropped, etc).

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Name Country Status Notability
Scott Carpenter USAUnited States M Mercury-Atlas 7[319][320]
Brent W. Jett USAUnited States M STS-72, STS-81, STS-97, STS-115[321][322]
Rusty Schweickart USAUnited States M Apollo 9[323][324]
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Friends

The following table contains individuals who were not eligible for membership but assisted the society in its endeavors and were recognized as a friend of the society. A complete list of friends is published by the society.[325]

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Name Country Status Notability
Richard P. Hallion USAUnited States FR Author and former USAF historian[326]
David Hartman USAUnited States FR First host of ABC's Good Morning America,[327] SETP symposia moderator[328]
Barron Hilton USAUnited States FR Chairman of Hilton Hotels Corporation[329]
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