Historical clue formulations

• The Red Baron, for one — 2020-06-07
• Pilot — 2016-06-19
• Ace, e.g. — 2011-04-02
• Aviator — 2009-08-23
• Barnstormer, e.g. — 2006-10-24
• Flighty sort? — 2005-08-28
• One whose business is taking off? — 2002-03-22
• Eddie Rickenbacker, e.g. — 1995-02-06