I can't help but think this question almost ends up seeming a little pointless as there are just so many significant names to post?
Some pioneers from the past and those of today that are following in their footsteps.
Anyway,
The Ripper wrote:
From a British perspective:
here's a few of the following that may have been omitted?
Gp Capt Hamish Mahaddie
Stefan Kowalski
Mike Woodley
Ormond Haydon Baille
John Watts
Paul Warren Wilson
Arthur Gibson
John (Jeff) Hawke
Neil Williams
Carl Schofield
Lindsey Walton
Maurice Hammond
Me
Everyone I've ever worked or flown with in Warbirds.
Hoof & Lee Proudfoot
Paul Morgan
Ian Arnold
Fred, Harold and Andrew Panton
Andrew Dixon
Brian Smith
Smudger Smith
Bill Kelly
Colin and Dave
Eddie Coventry
Arnold Glass
Mike Collett
Peter Hoare
Alan Goldsmith
Keith Sissons
Clive Denney
Charlie Brown
Shaun Patrick
Steve Jones
John Dodd
Jon Corley
Paul Bonhomme
Kenneth & Mette Aarkvisla
All the Red Bull outfit
Dodge Bailey
Karel Bos
Raymond Baxter
Graham Warner
Steve Vizard and all the Airframe Assemblies people
Craig Charleston
Tony Ditheridge
Peter, Gladys and son Ray Thomas
Sir William Roberts
Robs Lamplough
Paul Raymond
Colin & Dave Swann
Rob Davies
Anders Saether
Lars Ness
Sir Adrian Swire
The Honourable Patrick Lindsay
John Larcome and his daughter Jane
John Munn and all the other fine people that have been involved at the Shuttleworth Collection
All the Red Bull outfit
Edwin Boschoff and all the other Duke of Brabant people
and I could go on and on and on ad-nauseum...…………..which is why I think this is a somewhat pointless exercise as there are just toooo many people!!!
I can't say I saw the Friedkin families name mentioned
And what about Paul Mantz aka Tallmantz Aviation
The Ripper wrote:
-Ray and Mark Hanna
-John Romain
-Pete Kynsey
-Guy Black
-Peter Monk
-Stephen and Nick Grey
-Richard Grace
-Tony Ditheridge
-Air Marshal (ret'd) Cliff Spink
-Stu Goldspink
-Ron Souch
-Elly Salingboe
-Doug and David Arnold
And from all over the world:
-The Salis family
-The Meier family
-Steve and 'Stevo' Hinton
-Nelson Ezell
-John Sessions
-Stew Dawson
This is why I feel thsi is almost a pointless exercise