Rutherford Page

Rutherford Page was an early American aviator who died in an airplane crash. An account of Page's death, with photo of him, can be found in Lawrence Goldstone's 2017 young adult book "Higher, Steeper, Faster: The Daredevils Who Conquered the Skies".

Biography

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, he lost control of his 1911 Curtiss Model E pusher biplane, 75 feet above Dominguez Field in Los Angeles, California. At a height of 60 feet, he abandoned the aircraft, and fell to his death onto a ploughed field.