They also left Out Chuck Yeager, The Spirit of St Louis, The X-15, The Spitfire, and The WONDERFUL DC-10.
And the WW1 Jenny.
What were their criteria, I wonder.
“What were their criteria, I wonder.”
Political Correctness obviously. Very little is factual with aviation.
Yeager mentioned in 1947, broken ribs and all.
I have a warm place in my heart for the DC-10. My Grandmother was a Rosie Riveter during WWII and was one of the very few Women kept on after the war. She was a kick butt hard ass women that didn’t take crap off anyone. She started off building DC-3’s/C-47’s during the war, and the last plane she was involved with was the DC-10.
I flew home from Kuwait on a MD-11 which is the descendant of the DC-10. I like to think that Grandma was watching over that flight, and she would have personally drop kicked anyone that screwed up.
Supermarine Spitfire is there in 1936.
What about the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942, which was the first major sea battle fought entirely with carrier based aircraft.