George V. Holloman

George Vernon Holloman (1902–1946) was an American inventor in the United States Army.

George Holloman was born in Rich Square, North Carolina in 1902.[1]

With Carl J. Crane, Holloman developed and demonstrated an automatic landing system for airplanes. For their invention they were awarded the Mackay Trophy in 1938.[2] He died in a crash in Formosa in 1946.[3]

References
  1. Gallico, Paul (1944-03-25). "The Three Gadgeteers". The Saturday Evening Post. Vol. 216, no. 39. pp. 16–17, 43–44, 46. ISSN 0048-9239.
  2. "Receive Mackay Trophy. Two Army Captains Made First Automatic Landing in History". New York Times. July 22, 1938. Retrieved 2011-05-28. The War Department awarded the Mackay trophy today to two Army Air Corps officers, Captains Carl J. Crane and George V. Holloman, for developing "the first entirely automatic landing in aviation history" at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. ...
  3. "Col. G. V. Holloman Listed As Missing In Formosa Crash". New York Times. March 24, 1946. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2011-05-28. Col. George V. Holloman whose son C. V. Holloman Jr. lives at 555 Brier St. Kenilworth, NJ. Second Lt. William H. Eunlong Jr. mother Mrs. Margaret L. ...
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