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Ray Page, aviation
executive, put Lincoln, Nebraska, on the international map as a center of
manufacturing, education, and promotion in the 1920s. Born in Friend, Nebraska, Page and his wife Ethel formed the Lincoln
Standard Aircraft Company, which initially reconditioned surplus World War I
airplanes for civilian use. The company soon began production and marketing
of its own airplanes and the construction of one of Lincoln’s first commercial airfields.
Page’s company built one airplane a day—as well as
parts and accessories—for customers around the world. Models included the
Lincoln Standard and Lincoln Page and the single-seat Lincoln Sport. Page
opened the Lincoln Aircraft School in 1922. Its most famous graduate was pilot Charles
Lindbergh.
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