List of SETP members

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^[update] 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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Key

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]

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.

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

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.^[199]

  *   Individual was killed in an aviation-related accident.

Name	Country	Status	Notability
Fred Ascani	USA	HF	Father of systems engineering at Wright Field,[232] F-86 speed record[233]
Jacqueline Auriol	FRA	HF	Pioneering woman aviator who set several world speed records[234]
Roland Beamont	UK	HF	First British pilot to exceed Mach 1 in a British aircraft in level flight[235]
Edward A. Bellande	USA	HF	Early aviator who received the Airmail Flyers' Medal of Honor in 1935[236]
Albert Boyd	USA	HF	Father of modern flight testing,[237][238] P-80 airspeed record[239]
Mark E. Bradley	USA	HF	Pioneering test pilot and commander of USAF Logistics Command[240]
Vance Breese	USA	HF	First flights of the N-1M[241] and XP-61[242]
Colin E. Brown	UK	HF	Fourteen victory ace in World War I[243]
Eric M. Brown	UK	HF	Flew more types of aircraft (487) than anyone else in history[244]
Jean-Loup Chrétien	FRA	HF	Soyuz T-6, Soyuz TM-7 / Mir Aragatz / Soyuz TM-6, STS-86[245]
Jacqueline Cochran	USA	HF	Pioneering woman racing pilot,[246] multiple speed and altitude records[247]
Thomas F. Connolly	USA	HF	Development of the F-14 Tomcat,[248] USN Test Pilot School director[249]
Lawrence C. Craigie	USA	HF	First US military jet pilot, director of R&D at HQ USAF[250]
Irv Culver	USA	HF	Helped design the USA's first operational jet fighter, named LM's Skunk Works[251]
John Cunningham	UK	HF	Night fighter ace during World War II[252]
William V. Davis	USA	HF	The Three Seahawks USN aerobatic team,[253] USN Test Pilot School director[254]
Jimmy Dell	UK	HF	BAC TSR-2 testing[255]
Jimmy Doolittle	USA	HF	Record-breaking speed flights, air racer, development and flight-test of instrument flying[256]
Neville Duke	UK	HF	Fighter ace of World War II, 1953 air speed record, Hawker Hunter development[257]
Ira C. Eaker	USA	HF	1926 Pan American Goodwill Flight, 1929 world flight endurance record[258]
Edward L. Feightner	USA	HF	Fighter ace of World War II, Vought F7U Cutlass flight test, Blue Angels solo[259]
Benjamin Foulois	USA	HF	First US military aviator, first US radio/air reconnaissance[260]
Eduardo Gallarza	SPA	HF	First flight from Madrid to Manila in 1926[261]
Chalmers Goodlin	USA	HF	Bell X-1 flight testing[262]
Robert L. Hall	USA	HF	Design and test of F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat[263]
Harold R. Harris	USA	HF	First flight of the Barling Bomber,[264] first American military pilot saved by a parachute[265]
Alex Henshaw	UK	HF	Distance records, chief test pilot for Vickers Armstrongs[266]
Stanley Hiller	USA	HF	Pioneering developer of the helicopter[267]
Walter Horton	GER	HF	Co-designer of the world's first jet-powered flying wing, the Horten Ho 229[268]
Ben O. Howard	USA	HF	Air racer[269] and flight test of multiple Douglas aircraft[270]
Howard Hughes	USA	HF	Record-setting air racer, founder of Hughes Aircraft Company[271]
Benjamin S. Kelsey	USA	HF	Fighter development during World War II[272]
Charles Lindbergh	USA	HF	First solo transatlantic flight[273]
Grover Loening	GER	HF	Formed the Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation in 1917[274]
Donald S. Lopez Sr.	USA	HF	Ace of World War II, early jet fighter testing, deputy director of National Air and Space Museum[275]
Neal V. Loving	USA	HF	First double amputee to be licensed as a racing pilot[276]
John A. Macready	USA	HF	Record setting flights for altitude, distance, and endurance[277]
Jimmie Mattern	USA	HF	Aviation world record attempts, P-38 flight test[278]
William H. McAvoy	USA	HF	First flight of the Grumman XFF-1[279]
Johnny Miller	USA	HF	Autogyro pioneer[280][281]
Georgy Mosolov	RUS	HF	First flight in the prototype MiG-21[282]
Harald Penrose	UK	HF	Former chief test pilot at Westland Aircraft and aviation author[283]
Robert B. Pirie	USA	HF	Former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for air[284]
Paul Poberezny	USA	HF	Founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)[285]
Jeffrey Quill	UK	HF	Former chief test pilot for Vickers, aviation author[286]
Günther Rall	GER	HF	Third most successful fighter pilot in aviation history[287] with 275 victories[288]
Hanna Reitsch	GER	HF	Flight tested many of Germany's new aircraft during World War II[289]
T. Claude Ryan	USA	HF	Founder of Ryan Aeronautical[290]
Jean-Marie Saget	FRA	HF	Former chief test pilot for Dassault Aviation[291]
Alexander P. de Seversky	RUS	HF	Founder of the Seversky Aero Corporation[292]
Igor Sikorsky	RUS	HF	Aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft[293]
Ozires Silva	BRA	HF	Founder of Embraer[294]
Thomas Sopwith	UK	HF	Aviation pioneer and founder of Sopwith Aviation Company[295]
Percival H. Spencer	USA	HF	Early aviator and inventor who made his first solo flight in 1914[296]
Robert Stanley*	USA	HF	First American to fly a jet aircraft as a test pilot for Bell Aircraft[297][298]
James Stockdale	USA	HF	USN test pilot awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War[299]
Russell Thaw	USA	HF	First flight of the XF3D-1[300]
Frederick M. Trapnell	USA	HF	First US Navy pilot to fly a jet aircraft, co-founder of USN Test Pilot School[301]
Roscoe Turner	USA	HF	Three-time winner of the Thompson Trophy air race[302]
Peter Twiss	UK	HF	First to fly a jet aircraft faster than 1,000 mph[303]
Alfred V. Verville	USA	HF	Aviation pioneer responsible for retractable landing gear[304][305]
Ken Wallis	UK	HF	Development of autogyros[306]
Ernest K. Warburton	USA	HF	Chief of the Air Materiel Command's Flight Test Division at Wright Field[307]
Waldo Waterman	USA	HF	Developed a tailless flying car known as the Waterman Arrowbile[308]
Frank Whittle	UK	HF	Inventor of the turbojet engine[309]
Steve Wittman*	USA	HF	Pioneering air-racer and aircraft engineer[310]
Henri Ziegler	FRA	HF	Founder and first president of Airbus[311]
Janusz Żurakowski	POL	HF	Flight test of Canadian supersonic aircraft[312]

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.^[313] 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).

Name	Country	Status	Notability
Scott Carpenter	USA	M	Mercury-Atlas 7[314][315]
Brent W. Jett	USA	M	STS-72, STS-81, STS-97, STS-115[316][317]
Rusty Schweickart	USA	M	Apollo 9[318][319]

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.^[320]

Name	Country	Status	Notability
Richard P. Hallion	USA	FR	Author and former USAF historian[321]
David Hartman	USA	FR	First host of ABC's Good Morning America,[322] SETP symposia moderator[323]
Barron Hilton	USA	FR	Chairman of Hilton Hotels Corporation[324]