FLIERS’ AND EXPLORERS’ GLOBE SIGNATURES
Signers of the Fliers’ & Explorers’ Globe over the years are men and women who have explored certain places on earth for the first time in recorded history, reached new extremes of height or depth, pioneered new means of travel, or set aviation records. Their accomplishments have been made at great personal physical risk. Among them are such people as Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Sir Edmund Hillary, William Beebe, the Apollo 8 astronauts and Neil Armstrong.
Each signature on the globe is detailed below, with links to a website that provides more information about the flier or explorer.
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Bryan Allen
Aviator. First person to fly a human-powered aircraft, Gossamer Albatross, 22 miles across the English Channel, 1979.
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William A. Anders
First lunar orbital mission, 1968, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 8, with Borman & Lovell.
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William R. Anderson
Commander of the submarine Nautilus, first vessel to cross the North Pole by water in 1958.
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Neil Armstrong
First man to walk on the moon, in 1969, as Mission Commander of Apollo 11, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
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Liv Arnesen
Explorer. One of the first women to ski and sail across the Antarctic landmass with Ann Bancroft in 2001.
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Fred L. Austin
Pilot. One of the first men to fly around the world over both Poles, Pole Cat, 1965, with Harrison Finch & Jack Martin.
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Ann Bancroft
Explorer. First woman to reach both the North Pole in 1986 by dog sled and the South Pole in 1993 on skis.
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