Rutherford Page

Rutherford Page (April 27, 1887 - January 22, 1912) was an early American aviator who died in an airplane crash.

[1] 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".

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.

[3][4] At a height of 60 feet, he abandoned the aircraft, and fell to his death onto a ploughed field.

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