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Gen. Billy Mitchell -- U.S. brigadeer general who got himself courtmartialed for trying to advance U.S. military aviation.
Capt. Al Haynes and F/O William Records -- Flight deck officer of the United Airlines DC10 that crashed at Sioux City, Iowa, on July 19, 1989 with no hydraulic power, whatsoever, after the rear engine turbine blades blew everything apart.