GEORGE BOWEN ARNOLD 1893-1956

George B. Arnold

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES by Robert B. Arnold, 9-21-03      George was born in Earlington, Kentucky on July 12, 1893. He graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1915 with the degree of BSME. He was a member of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honorary, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity and the Kentucky National Guard.      He married Doris Bradbury in Ilion, NY, in 1918. They had two sons, Robert B. Arnold of Palm City, FL, and Scott B. Arnold of Bonita Springs, FL.

 

Homemade Glider 1909	Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co. 1910	Curtiss NC4 1919

Central Aircraft Mfg. Co. Shien Chaio, China 1934	Central Aircraft Mfg. Co. Shien Chaio, China 1937	G B Arnold Walk Around

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 1915-1916 Remington Arms - Ilion, NY 1916-1925 Curtis Aeroplane & Motor Co.      Engineer & various other capacities in Buffalo, NY and Garden City, NY 1925-1930 Buhl Aircraft      Factory Manager - Detroit, MI & Marysville, MI 1930-1932 B/J Aircraft      Factory Manager - Baltimore, MD 1932/1934 Chance Vought Aircraft      Chief Inspector - East Hartford, CT 1934/1937 Central Aircraft Mfg. Co.      Vice President & General Manager - Hangchow (Shien Chiao), China 1938/1939 Curtiss Wright      Consultant (on loan from Central Aircraft) - Buffalo, NY 1940/1941 Central Aircraft Mfg. Co.      Consultant - Loi Wing, China & Bangalore, India 1942/1944 Intercontinent Corporation      Vice President & General Manager - Miami, FL 1945/1946 Rearwin Aircraft      Consultant & General Manager - Kansas City, KS 1945/1951 Arnold Products      Owner - Pioneer manufacturer of aluminum windows in South Florida. George built houses in Altamonte Springs, FL until his death in 1956.

 

GEORGE B. ARNOLD      George B. Arnold, who first flew gliders in 1909 and who served as an executive of various aircraft manufacturing companies for many years both in this country and abroad, passed away suddenly at his home in Altamonte Springs, Florida, on November 17, 1956 at the age of 63.      A native of Madisonville, Ky., he was an engineering graduate of the University of Kentucky. Not long after graduation he went to work for the Curtiss Airplane & Motor Co., and in 1925 became factory superintendent of the Buhl Aircraft Co. He then served successively as factory manager of B/J Aircraft Co., in Baltimore, as production engineer and chief inspector of Chance-Vought Corporation at East Hartford, as vice president and general manager of Central Aircraft Manufacturing Co. in China, then as an associate with Curtiss-Wright in Buffalo and in China. During World War II he operated a plant in Miami, manufacturing aicraft parts and other wartime products, and at the conclusion of the war he converted his plant to aluminum jalousies and other building supplies popular in Florida. More recently he entered a similar business in Orlando. from the Early Birds of Aviation CHIRP, March, 1957 - Number 56   Editor's Note: If you have any information on this Early Bird, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back