William T. Piper

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William T. Piper
Piper in 1957
Born
William Thomas Piper




(1881-01-08)January 8, 1881



Died January 15, 1970(1970-01-15) (aged 89)



Resting place Highland Cemetery
Occupation(s) Businessman, engineer
Known for Founder of Piper Aircraft
Spouse Maria Theresa Van DeWater (m. 1910— her death 1937)
Children 5; William Jr., Thomas, Howard, Mary, and Elizabeth
Ọrụ agha
Ịkwado United States
Ọrụ/alaka Ndị agha United States
Afọ ndị o jere ozi 1897-1915

William Thomas Piper Sr. (Jenụwarị 8, 1881 - Jenụwarị 15, 1970) bụ onye ọchụnta ego ụgbọelu na ụlọ ọrụ mmanụ America.[1][2] Ọ bụ onye guzobere onye isi oche nke Piper Aircraft Corporation ma duzie ụlọ ọrụ ahụ site na 1929 ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ na 1970.[3] Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Harvard na 1903 ma mesịa bụrụ onye a maara dị ka "Henry Ford nke ụgbọelu".[4][5]

Tupu ọrụ azụmaahịa Piper na-aga nke ọma, ọ bụ onye ọrụ na ndị agha United States na-eje ozi na Agha Spanish-American. Ọ nọ na United States Army Corps of Engineers n'oge Agha Ụwa Mbụ. N'ozuzu, Piper jere ozi afọ 18 na ndị agha.[6] Mgbe o si n'Agha Ụwa Mbụ lọta, ọ bụ onye na-etinye ego na onye ọchụnta ego na ụlọ ọrụ mmanụ[7] ruo 1929 mgbe ọ ghọrọ onye na- itinye ego na Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation. Ọ gara n'ihu zụta ụlọ ọrụ Taylor Aircraft Corporation n'oge na-adịghị anya ma duzie ya ruo mgbe ọ haziri ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ka ọ bụrụ Piper Aircraft na 1937, n'ikpeazụ hụ nnukwu ihe ịga nke ọma ma ghọọ onye a ma ama na narị afọ nke 20.[8] Piper Aircraft rere ihe karịrị 80,000 mgbe ọ na-elekọta ụlọ ọrụ ahụ, na-eme ka Piper bụrụ ike na-emepụta ikuku zuru ụwa ọnụ.[9][10][11]

A nabatara Piper na klas National Aviation Hall of Fame nke afọ 1980 mgbe ọ nwụsịrị. A na-akpọ ọdụ ụgbọ elu William T. Piper Memorial dị na Lock Haven, Pennsylvania iji sọpụrụ ya. Nwa Piper William Piper Jr. weghaara ụlọ ọrụ ahụ mgbe Piper Sr. nwụrụ na 1970.[10] N'oge ọnwụ Piper SR, o ruru nde $ 55 (ihe karịrị nde $ 347 na dollar 2017), na-eme ka ọ bụrụ onye Forbes 400 kacha baa ọgaranya n'ụwa na 1970.[12]

Akụkọ ndụ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Oge ọ malitere[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

A mụrụ Piper na Jenụwarị 8, 1881, na Knapp Creek, New York, Cattaraugus County 8 kilomita South of Olean, NY. Piper bụ nwa ikpeazụ n'ime ụmụ ise nke Thomas na Sarah Elizabeth Piper (née Maltby). Nna ya na-etinye aka na ọrụ ugbo mmiri ara ehi na azụmaahịa mmanụ ala na-ekwe nkwa ka Piper na-etolite na-enyere nna ya aka mgbe niile. Ka ọ na-erule mgbe ọ dị afọ asatọ, Piper na-aṅụ ara ehi ma na-aga ọtụtụ kilomita na ụlọ akwụkwọ ime obodo nwere otu ọnụ ụlọ. Mgbe ọ dị afọ itoolu, ọ matara onwe ya na azụmaahịa mmanụ mgbe ọ nyeere nna ya aka n'ọrụ nke ịrụzi pọmpụ olulu mmiri. Mgbe ego ezinụlọ ahụ ka mma, ezinụlọ Piper kwagara Bradford, Pennsylvania.

N'afọ 1898, n'ihi mmiri nke USS Maine Piper ghaara ụgha banyere afọ ya wee sonye na ndị agha United States. Piper gara Mahadum Harvard ebe ọ nọ na otu egwuregwu. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1903 na nsọpụrụ na nzere na azụmaahịa na injinia igwe.[13]

Ọrụ agha na ụgbọelu[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Piper J-3 Cub, ụgbọelu ụlọ ọrụ ahụ kachasị emetụta

Piper jere ozi na Agha Spanish-American na Agha Ụwa nke Mbụ, na nke ikpeazụ dị ka onyeisi na Corps of Engineers. [citation needed] O nwetara ka ukwuu n'ọgaranya ya site na olulu mmanụ. N'afọ 1929, ọ ghọrọ onye mbụ na-etinye ego na Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation maka $ 400 ($ 5,647 na dollar 2017), nke onye na-emepụta ụgbọelu na onye ọchụnta ego ụgbọelu Clarence Gilbert Taylor duziri. Otu afọ mgbe e mesịrị, n'oge mmalite nke Great Depression, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ dara ogbenye ma Piper zụrụ akụ ya wee hazie ya n'ime Taylor Aircraft Corporation, na-edebe Gilbert Taylor dị ka onye isi ala. N'oge a, ọ chọrọ imepụta ụgbọ elu dị mfe a pụrụ ịdabere na ya. N'afọ 1937, afọ abụọ mgbe Piper zụrụ Gilbert Taylor n'aka ụlọ ọrụ ahụ n'ihi esemokwu dị n'etiti ha abụọ, o guzobere ụlọ ọrụ Piper Aircraft Corporation ma, ka ọ na-erule afọ 1940, ọ na-achịkwa ahịa ụgbọ elu. N'oge ahụ, Piper Cub na nkuzi ụgbọ elu na-efu $ 1,325 dollar ($ 19,808 na 2017 dollar). Piper Cub (nke sitere na Taylor Cub) ga-aga n'ihu ịghọ ụgbọelu a na-emepụta nke a na-ekpuchi n'akụkọ ihe mere eme, nke nwere ihe karịrị 20,000 nke e nyere site na 1938 ruo 1947. Ịdị mfe ya, ọnụ ahịa ya na ewu ewu ya na-emekarị ka e jiri ya tụnyere Ford Model T.

N'afọ 1963, Piper kwadoro mgbalị Betty Miller nwere ịga nke ọma ịbụ nwanyị mbụ na-anya ụgbọelu na-efe naanị ya gafee Oké Osimiri Pacific, n'oge ọ butere ụgbọelu Piper nwere injin abụọ site na Oakland, California, USA gaa Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[14]

Ọnwụ na ihe nketa[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Ebe olili ozu ezinụlọ Piper dị n'elu Highland Cemetery na Lock Haven, ebe e liri William

Piper nwụrụ n'ụlọ ya na Lock Haven n'ihi ihe ndị sitere n'okike na Jenụwarị 15, 1970.[15] Obere oge tupu ọnwụ ya, na 1968, nwa Piper, William Piper, Jr., weghaara ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ma họpụta ya dịka onye isi oche. N'afọ 1970, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ kpọkwara Piper Jr. onyeisi oche, na 1973, e rere Piper Aircraft, na-esi Pennsylvania kwaga ebe ọ dị taa, Vero Beach, Florida.

N'afọ 1980, a nabatara William Piper n'ime National Aviation Hall of Fame.[16] N'afọ 1993, a kpọbatara Piper n'ime International Air & Space Hall of Fame na San Diego Air & Space Museum. A na-akpọ ọdụ ụgbọ elu William T. Piper Memorial dị na Lock Haven, Pennsylvania iji sọpụrụ ya.[17][18][19][20]

Kemgbe afọ 2009, a ụmụ akwụkwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị William T. Piper Scholarship na mba niile na-achọ ịchụso ọrụ n'ime ụgbọelu.[21][22]

N'omenala a ma ama[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Ọdịdị Piper na akwụkwọ, ihe nkiri na ihe nkiri:

Akwụkwọ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

  • Maazị Piper na ụmụ ya ( ) nke e bipụtara na 1996 na-atụle ntọala Piper nke Piper Aircraft yana imewe, mmepe na mmepụta nke Piper Cub.
  • Piper Cub Tales ( ) bipụtara na 2012.
  • Flight of Passage ( )
  • Ndị Legendary Piper Cubs: Ọrụ ha n'agha na udo ( ) na-ekwu maka itinye aka Piper na mmemme Cub na otu ụgbọelu si arụ ọrụ n'agha n'ime ikuku.

Ihe nkiri[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

  • How It's Made, (TV Series) oge 26, ihe omume 14 na-egosi otu Piper Aircraft si arụ ụgbọelu, na ihe nketa Piper.[23]
  • The Amazing Piper (Ihe ndekọ)
  • Light Aircraft in America (Documentary)

Ihe odide[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

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  2. "Bill Piper and the Piper Cubs | HistoryNet", HistoryNet, 2006-06-12. Retrieved on 2018-11-18. (in en-US)
  3. Bill Piper and the Piper Cubs (en-US). HistoryNet (2006-06-12). Retrieved on 2019-02-11.
  4. William T. Piper | Pioneers of Flight (en). pioneersofflight.si.edu. Retrieved on 2018-11-18.
  5. "An Appreciation: William T. Piper Jr., a pleasant man of accomplishment", General Aviation News, 2007-09-21. Retrieved on 2018-11-18. (in en-US)
  6. Keller. Piper's legacy in aviation and the military lives on. Legacy.com. Retrieved on 2019-02-11.
  7. Piper, William Thomas Sr. (en-US). National Aviation Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2018-06-25. Retrieved on 2019-02-11.
  8. Piper legacy going strong (en). The Daily Item. Retrieved on 2019-02-11.
  9. Piper Aviation Museum named top tourist attraction in county (en-US). The Express. Retrieved on 2019-02-11.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Myers (24 June 2016). Piper's Legacy. Pennsylvania Business Central. Retrieved on 2019-02-11.
  11. Cheney (2017-09-25). Exploring the Piper Aviation Museum in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (en-US). UncoveringPA. Retrieved on 2019-02-11.
  12. The world's richest person in every decade (en). lovemoney.com. Retrieved on 2019-02-06.
  13. William T Piper aviation hall of fame bio. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved on 2023-09-25.
  14. Betty Jean Verret Miller Obituary (1926 - 2018) Deseret News. Legacy.com. Retrieved on 2021-09-12.
  15. Krebs. "William T. Piper, Who Developed the Cub, Dead". Retrieved on 2018-11-18. (in en)
  16. William Piper, Sr.. National Aviation Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved on September 3, 2012.
  17. "William T. Piper Memorial Airport", Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Retrieved on 2018-11-18. (in en-US)
  18. "Piper Aircraft Announces William T. Piper Scholarship Recipient - Piper", Piper, 2017-05-01. Retrieved on 2018-11-18. (in en-US)
  19. Scholarships.com. Aiaa William T Piper Sr General Aviation Systems Graduate Award - Scholarships.com. www.scholarships.com. Retrieved on 2018-11-18.
  20. Weber (1944). "William T. Piper, Senior, Leader in the Light-Airplane Industry". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies 11 (3): 223–229. 
  21. William T. Piper Scholarship Recipient Selected | Midwest Flyer – General Aviation Magazine (en-US). midwestflyer.com. Retrieved on 2019-02-11.
  22. Home : The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. www.aiaa.org. Retrieved on 2019-02-11.
  23. DISCOVERY CHANNEL'S "HOW IT'S MADE" FINALIZES FILMING AT PIPER AIRCRAFT (en-US). Piper (2015-01-30). Retrieved on 2019-02-11.

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