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Fictional aviators

  • BatmanIn early 1939, Bob Kane drew a character with red tights and bat wings. Bill Finger suggested a cowl and cape instead. They watched a bat fly through the…
  • Cyclops (Marvel Comics)The X-Men #1 hit newsstands in September 1963 with a cover featuring five young mutants battling Magneto. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created the character known…
  • Guile (Street Fighter)Capcom released Street Fighter II in 1991 with eight selectable characters. One of these was Guile, a pilot from the United States Air Force.
  • Porco RossoHayao Miyazaki began work on Porco Rosso in 1989 with a manga titled Hikōtei Jidai. The project started as a planned short film for Japan Airlines to show…