Family tree of William T. PIPER
Industrialist, Businessman
Born William Thomas PIPER
American airplane manufacturer, and founder and 1st president of Piper Aircraft Corporation
Born on January 8, 1881 in Knapps Creek, New York, USA , United States
Died on January 15, 1970 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, USA
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Piper served in the Spanish-American War and World War I, in the latter as a captain in the Corps of Engineers.
... He graduated from Harvard University in 1903, and became known as "the Henry Ford of Aviation". The William T. Piper Memorial Airport in Lock Haven is named in his honor.
Piper served in the Spanish-American War and World War I, in the latter as a captain in the Corps of Engineers.
In 1980, he was posthumously inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame.
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