Army Air Corps in WWII, in N. Africa and the European Theater.
George was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. He had his private pilot's license by age 16. He received his Aeronautical Engineering degree from Virginia Tech University in 1942 and entered the Army Air Corps. After a brief stop at Wright-Patterson Field in Dayton, Ohio for wind tunnel tests, he was sent to North Africa and later the European theater, using his engineering skills to set up a maintenance school for planes flying over "The Hump" to Burma.
After the war he earned advanced aeronautics degrees at Cal Tech. He worked for RAND Corp until 1963, then went onto Planning Research Corp, then Technology Services Corp. retiring in 1985.
He was a member of the Eight-Ball Flying Club in Van Nuys, loved hiking the mountains with the Sierra Club and traveling.
George married Mildred (Mickey) Leatherbury on Oct. 3, 1942. They have 2 daughters, Karen and Mary Ellen (Meg).
George was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. He had his private pilot's license by age 16. He received his Aeronautical Engineering degree from Virginia Tech University in 1942 and entered the Army Air Corps. After a brief stop at Wright-Patterson Field in Dayton, Ohio for wind tunnel tests, he was sent to North Africa and later the European theater, using his engineering skills to set up a maintenance school for planes flying over "The Hump" to Burma.
After the war he earned advanced aeronautics degrees at Cal Tech. He worked for RAND Corp until 1963, then went onto Planning Research Corp, then Technology Services Corp. retiring in 1985.
He was a member of the Eight-Ball Flying Club in Van Nuys, loved hiking the mountains with the Sierra Club and traveling.
George married Mildred (Mickey) Leatherbury on Oct. 3, 1942. They have 2 daughters, Karen and Mary Ellen (Meg).
Army Air Corps in WWII, in N. Africa and the European Theater.
George was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. He had his private pilot's license by age 16. He received his Aeronautical Engineering degree from Virginia Tech University in 1942 and entered the Army Air Corps. After a brief stop at Wright-Patterson Field in Dayton, Ohio for wind tunnel tests, he was sent to North Africa and later the European theater, using his engineering skills to set up a maintenance school for planes flying over "The Hump" to Burma.
After the war he earned advanced aeronautics degrees at Cal Tech. He worked for RAND Corp until 1963, then went onto Planning Research Corp, then Technology Services Corp. retiring in 1985.
He was a member of the Eight-Ball Flying Club in Van Nuys, loved hiking the mountains with the Sierra Club and traveling.
George married Mildred (Mickey) Leatherbury on Oct. 3, 1942. They have 2 daughters, Karen and Mary Ellen (Meg).
George was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. He had his private pilot's license by age 16. He received his Aeronautical Engineering degree from Virginia Tech University in 1942 and entered the Army Air Corps. After a brief stop at Wright-Patterson Field in Dayton, Ohio for wind tunnel tests, he was sent to North Africa and later the European theater, using his engineering skills to set up a maintenance school for planes flying over "The Hump" to Burma.
After the war he earned advanced aeronautics degrees at Cal Tech. He worked for RAND Corp until 1963, then went onto Planning Research Corp, then Technology Services Corp. retiring in 1985.
He was a member of the Eight-Ball Flying Club in Van Nuys, loved hiking the mountains with the Sierra Club and traveling.
George married Mildred (Mickey) Leatherbury on Oct. 3, 1942. They have 2 daughters, Karen and Mary Ellen (Meg).
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