biography
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Piper, William (Thomas)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1881–1970)
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| biography:
| Aircraft manufacturer, born in Knapps Creek, New York, USA. He studied at Harvard, then worked in construction and for his family's Pennsylvania oil business. In 1931 he took over a bankrupt aircraft company and began producing small affordable planes, ‘Cubs’, for ordinary people. During his lifetime, the Piper Aircraft Corporation produced more aircraft than any other company. |
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