Eddie Rickenbacker sanannen ma'aikacin jirgin sama ne, direban motar tsere, kuma jarumin yakin duniya na daya. An haife shi a shekara ta 1890 kuma ya rasu a shekara ta 1973. Rickenbacker ya shahara da nasarorin da ya samu a matsayin matukin jirgi a lokacin yakin duniya na daya, inda ya harbo jiragen makiya guda 26, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama babban dan Amurka a yakin. > Bayan aikinsa na soja, Rickenbacker ya kasance direban motar tseren tsere, kuma daga baya ya zama shugaban gudanarwa a masana'antar sufurin jiragen sama. Ya yi aiki a matsayin babban jami’in kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na Gabas daga 1938 zuwa 1959, kuma ya kasance fitaccen mai ba da shawara kan tafiye-tafiyen jiragen sama da na jiragen sama.