Rutherford Page

Rutherford Page (April 1885 - January 22, 1912) was an early American aviator who died in an airplane crash.

Biography

He was born in April 1885. He graduated from Yale University in 1910. He crashed from a height of 75 feet at Dominguez Field in Los Angeles, California on January 22, 1912 at 4:00 in his Curtiss biplane and was dead when extricated from the wreckage.^[1]

References

↑ "Aviator Page killed in Los Angeles crash. Thousands of Spectators See Young New Yorker Plunge from Height of 75 Feet". New York Times. January 23, 1912. Retrieved 2011-11-15. 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.

Aviation accidents and incidents before 1920
1920 →

July 13, 1897 Arctic Balloon Expedition
Sep 25, 1909 Lebaudy République airship
Jul 13, 1910 Erbslöh airship
May 13, 1912 Flanders Monoplane
Aug 7, 1913 Cody Floatplane
Sep 9, 1913 Helgoland disaster
Oct 17, 1913 Johannisthal disaster
Jun 15, 1919 Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown
Jul 15, 1919 Airship N.S.11 crash
Jul 21, 1919 Wingfoot Air Express crash
Aug 2, 1919 Verona Caproni Ca. 48 crash

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