Sergei Sikorsky, early pioneer in the helicopter search and rescue field, past vice president of United Technologies Sikorsky Aircraft USA. Sergei Sikorsky is the son of Igor Sikorsky, who invented and flew the world's first practical operational helicopter and worked with Charles Lindbergh on the early amphibian aircraft that paved the way for future commercial international air travel.

Herbert O. Fisher (March 6, 1909 – July 29, 1990) was an American test pilot and an aviation executive, overseeing aviation projects at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He worked for the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Fisher flew as a pilot for over 50 years, racking up 19,351 accident and violation free hours.

During World War II Fisher was sent to the China-Burma-India theater to train the Flying Tigers as a civilian. He flew many combat missions and was awarded the Air Medal by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Disproving the public perception of the heroic test pilot, among his peers, the portly Fisher was considered one of the premiere pilots of his time. "Herbert O. Fisher is one of those people who generally went unnoticed. That is until he climbed into the cockpit of an airplane."