Victor Pagé

Victor Pagé was born in 1885 and graduated from Classical High School in Providence in 1904.

Although best known for his accomplishments in the automotive field, he may well have designed and built the first airplane ever to fly in Rhode Island. By 1909 he had already published his first aviation book, and was already working on his first aircraft, a tractor biplane. Late in 1909 he established New England’s first airplane manufacturing facility here in Providence, which was only the third such operation in the United States. He also designed and built the first aluminum propeller used in this country, which is now hanging at the National Air & Space Museum. In 1911 he helped form the Rhode Island Aeronautical Society. During WWI, he received a direct commission and was America’s chief aeronautical engineering officer in France. He was a prolific writer on aeronautical and automotive topics. He died in 1947.

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