Rutherford Page
Rutherford Page (April 27, 1887 – January 22, 1912) was an early American aviator who died in an airplane crash.[1]
Biography
[edit]He was born on April 27, 1887, in Manhattan, New York City. He graduated from Yale University in 1910.
At 4:04 pm on January 22, 1912, at the "third international aviation meet"[1] he lost control of his 1911 Curtiss Model E pusher biplane 75 feet (23 m) above Dominguez Field in Los Angeles.[2][3] He abandoned the aircraft, and fell to his death onto a plowed field.[1] He had only been taught to fly about six weeks earlier by Glenn Curtiss, and had received his pilot's license only four days before.[1] When other, more experienced aviators, including Curtiss, warned him about his risky aerial maneuvers that day, he brushed them off.[1] An account of Page's death can be found in Lawrence Goldstone's 2017 young adult book Higher, Steeper, Faster: The Daredevils Who Conquered the Skies.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Wealthy Aviator Jumps to Death From Biplane in View of Thousands] (..with photo)". The Salt Lake Tribune. January 23, 1912.
- ↑ "Aviator Page killed in Los Angeles crash. Thousands of Spectators See Young New Yorker Plunge from Height of 75 Feet". The New York Times. January 23, 1912. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
Rutherford Page of New York City fell from a height of seventy-five feet in a Curtiss biplane and was dead when helpers extricated him from the wreckage at Dominguez Field here shortly after 4:04 pm.
- ↑ "Wins Aviation Race, But Loses His Life (with photo)". The Washington Evening Star. January 23, 1912.
- ↑ Goldstone, Lawrence (c. 2017). Higher, Steeper, Faster The Daredevils Who Conquered the Skies.
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