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George Augustus Page (1892-1983) was an Early Bird and a pioneer aircraft designer. Page was issued his pilot's license in 1914 and went on to became an aeronautical engineer despite the fact that he had no formal training. Page began his aeronautical design career by working for small aviation companies -- Aeromarine Plane and Motor Co., Heinrich Aeroplane Company, Inc, and Moisant. Besides a brief time in 1919-1921, when Page was a mechanic and pilot for American Trans Oceanic Co. -- an early airline operation between Miami and Cuba, Page worked for Curtiss-Wright Air Plane Division from 1917 to 1951. Curtiss-Wright hired Page as director of engineering and in this position he directed production of 130 types of aircraft. One of Page's most famous designs was the C46 cargo plane use in the India-Burma-ChinaTheater during World War II. Page left Curtiss-Wright in 1951 to work for Aeronca, Inc.
NASM.XXXX.0126
Page, George Augustus, Jr., 1892-1983
1921-1977
Estate of George Page, Gift, unknown, XXXX-0126
0.45 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
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Aircraft industry -- United States
Aircraft industry
Airplanes -- Design and construction
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States
Aeronautics, Commercial
Aeronautics -- 1903-1916
Aeronautics
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Photographs
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