Al Key (5 February 1905 – 17 July 1976) was an American aviator who broke a flight endurance record with his brother Fred in 1935.

He was the eldest of three sons of Elmore Benjamin (1877-1951), a physician, and Mary Ola Love (Olivier) Key (1879-1970), a homemaker.

[2] In 1935, Al and Fred broke an aviation endurance record when they flew a single engine plane 653 hours and 34 minutes.

[1] In the early days of the U.S. involvement in World War Two, Key served with distinction as a bomber pilot.

One of his many honors was receiving the distinguished service cross in 1943 for flying his severely damaged plane during a raid in France, which was then under the control of Nazi Germany.