Well what about our beloved Capt. PPRuNe - surely he too must fit the bill, after all which of those ten pilots named in the list has done so much to promote worldwide freedom of access to aeronautical information and knowledge, e.g. as proved by the very fact that you're reading this now.
Indeed I'll bet that more pages are read on PPRuNe everyday, than the previously named 'ten' have ever published in their whole lives, e.g. it's presently approaching 1/2 million per day -
- and growing !
British Pilots aside - just who has had the most impact on aviation ?! My list might read: The Wright brothers ( sort of started it all, well, maybe ), Frank Whittle ( the world's been a different place since the advent of the jet engine ), the crews of Apollo's 11 ( first on to the Moon ) & 13 ( for the unforgetable, Swigert: "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here." ), and Danny ( for PPRuNe ).