On this date 60 years ago (July 27, 1962), aviation pioneer and executive James H. “Dutch” Kindelberger died in Los Angeles at the age of 67. In his Associated Press obituary, Kindelberger was described as “one of the giants of America’s aerospace industry.”
Early life and career
Kindelberger was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1895. His nickname “Dutch” came from his German (Deutsch) ancestry. He dropped out of school in the 10th grade, and went to work as an apprentice in the steel mill...