1895-1955 |
Savidge Aviation Company (Savage Brothers Aviation Company) Collection of Philip & Lois Mounger, 7-9-05 |
Born in Sande, Norway in 1895, and was educated at Norwegian Naval Tech. He then came to this country where he learned to fly in 1913. From 1913 to 1917 he was a barnstormer for Savage Brothers Aviation Company, and then joined the Kari-Keen Aircraft, Inc. of Sioux City, Iowa as factory manager. Since 1926 he had been with the Texas Company and was supervising engineer of the Minneapolis Division at the time of his passing. During World War I he was a member of the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, serving from 1917 to 1919. |
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