William T. Piper

**William Thomas Piper Sr**. (Jenụwarị 8, 1881 - Jenụwarị 15, 1970) bụ onye ọchụnta ego ụgbọelu na ụlọ ọrụ mmanụ America. Ọ bụ onye guzobere onye isi oche nke Piper Aircraft Corporation ma duzie ụlọ ọrụ ahụ site na 1929 ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ na 1970. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Harvard na 1903 ma mesịa bụrụ onye a maara dị ka "Henry Ford nke ụgbọelu".

Tupu ọrụ azụmaahịa Piper na-aga nke ọma, ọ bụ onye ọrụ na ndị agha United States na-eje ozi na Agha Spanish-American. Ọ nọ na United States Army Corps of Engineers n'oge Agha Ụwa Mbụ. N'ozuzu, Piper jere ozi afọ 18 na ndị agha. Mgbe o si n'Agha Ụwa Mbụ lọta, ọ bụ onye na-etinye ego na onye ọchụnta ego na ụlọ ọrụ mmanụ ruo 1929 mgbe ọ ghọrọ onye na- itinye ego na Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation. Ọ gara n'ihu zụta ụlọ ọrụ Taylor Aircraft Corporation n'oge na-adịghị anya ma duzie ya ruo mgbe ọ haziri ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ka ọ bụrụ Piper Aircraft na 1937, n'ikpeazụ hụ nnukwu ihe ịga nke ọma ma ghọọ onye a ma ama na narị afọ nke 20. Piper Aircraft rere ihe karịrị 80,000 mgbe ọ na-elekọta ụlọ ọrụ ahụ, na-eme ka Piper bụrụ ike na-emepụta ikuku zuru ụwa ọnụ.

A nabatara Piper na klas National Aviation Hall of Fame nke afọ 1980 mgbe ọ nwụsịrị. A na-akpọ ọdụ ụgbọ elu William T. Piper Memorial dị na Lock Haven, Pennsylvania iji sọpụrụ ya. Nwa Piper William Piper Jr. weghaara ụlọ ọrụ ahụ mgbe Piper Sr. nwụrụ na 1970. N'oge ọnwụ Piper SR, o ruru nde $ 55 (ihe karịrị nde $ 347 na dollar 2017), na-eme ka ọ bụrụ onye Forbes 400 kacha baa ọgaranya n'ụwa na 1970.

## Akụkọ ndụ

### Oge ọ malitere
A mụrụ Piper na Jenụwarị 8, 1881, na Knapp Creek, New York, Cattaraugus County 8 kilomita South of Olean, NY. Piper bụ nwa ikpeazụ n'ime ụmụ ise nke Thomas na Sarah Elizabeth Piper (née Maltby). Nna ya na-etinye aka na ọrụ ugbo mmiri ara ehi na azụmaahịa mmanụ ala na-ekwe nkwa ka Piper na-etolite na-enyere nna ya aka mgbe niile. Ka ọ na-erule mgbe ọ dị afọ asatọ, Piper na-aṅụ ara ehi ma na-aga ọtụtụ kilomita na ụlọ akwụkwọ ime obodo nwere otu ọnụ ụlọ. Mgbe ọ dị afọ itoolu, ọ matara onwe ya na azụmaahịa mmanụ mgbe ọ nyeere nna ya aka n'ọrụ nke ịrụzi pọmpụ olulu mmiri. Mgbe ego ezinụlọ ahụ ka mma, ezinụlọ Piper kwagara Bradford, Pennsylvania.

N'afọ 1898, n'ihi mmiri nke *USS Maine* Piper ghaara ụgha banyere afọ ya wee sonye na ndị agha United States. Piper gara Mahadum Harvard ebe ọ nọ na otu egwuregwu. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1903 na nsọpụrụ na nzere na azụmaahịa na injinia igwe.

### Ọrụ agha na ụgbọelu
áká_ịkẹngạ|thumb|Piper J-3 Cub, ụgbọelu ụlọ ọrụ ahụ kachasị emetụta
Piper jere ozi na Agha Spanish-American na Agha Ụwa nke Mbụ, na nke ikpeazụ dị ka onyeisi na Corps of Engineers. [citation needed] O nwetara  ka ukwuu n'ọgaranya ya site na olulu mmanụ. N'afọ 1929, ọ ghọrọ onye mbụ na-etinye ego na Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation maka $ 400 ($ 5,647 na dollar 2017), nke onye na-emepụta ụgbọelu na onye ọchụnta ego ụgbọelu Clarence Gilbert Taylor duziri. Otu afọ mgbe e mesịrị, n'oge mmalite nke Great Depression, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ dara ogbenye ma Piper zụrụ akụ ya wee hazie ya n'ime Taylor Aircraft Corporation, na-edebe Gilbert Taylor dị ka onye isi ala. N'oge a, ọ chọrọ imepụta ụgbọ elu dị mfe a pụrụ ịdabere na ya. N'afọ 1937, afọ abụọ mgbe Piper zụrụ Gilbert Taylor n'aka ụlọ ọrụ ahụ n'ihi esemokwu dị n'etiti ha abụọ, o guzobere ụlọ ọrụ Piper Aircraft Corporation ma, ka ọ na-erule afọ 1940, ọ na-achịkwa ahịa ụgbọ elu. N'oge ahụ, Piper Cub na nkuzi ụgbọ elu na-efu $ 1,325 dollar ($ 19,808 na 2017 dollar). Piper Cub (nke sitere na Taylor Cub) ga-aga n'ihu ịghọ ụgbọelu a na-emepụta nke a na-ekpuchi n'akụkọ ihe mere eme, nke nwere ihe karịrị 20,000 nke e nyere site na 1938 ruo 1947. Ịdị mfe ya, ọnụ ahịa ya na ewu ewu ya na-emekarị ka e jiri ya tụnyere Ford Model T.

N'afọ 1963, Piper kwadoro mgbalị Betty Miller nwere ịga nke ọma ịbụ nwanyị mbụ na-anya ụgbọelu na-efe naanị ya gafee Oké Osimiri Pacific, n'oge ọ butere ụgbọelu Piper nwere injin abụọ site na Oakland, California, USA gaa Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

## Ọnwụ na ihe nketa
áká_ịkẹngạ|thumb|Ebe olili ozu ezinụlọ Piper dị n'elu Highland Cemetery na Lock Haven, ebe e liri William
Piper nwụrụ n'ụlọ ya na Lock Haven n'ihi ihe ndị sitere n'okike na Jenụwarị 15, 1970. Obere oge tupu ọnwụ ya, na 1968, nwa Piper, William Piper, Jr., weghaara ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ma họpụta ya dịka onye isi oche. N'afọ 1970, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ kpọkwara Piper Jr. onyeisi oche, na 1973, e rere Piper Aircraft, na-esi Pennsylvania kwaga ebe ọ dị taa, Vero Beach, Florida.

N'afọ 1980, a nabatara William Piper n'ime National Aviation Hall of Fame. N'afọ 1993, a kpọbatara Piper n'ime International Air & Space Hall of Fame na San Diego Air & Space Museum. A na-akpọ ọdụ ụgbọ elu William T. Piper Memorial dị na Lock Haven, Pennsylvania iji sọpụrụ ya.

Kemgbe afọ 2009, a ụmụ akwụkwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị William T. Piper Scholarship na mba niile na-achọ ịchụso ọrụ n'ime ụgbọelu.

## N'omenala a ma ama
Ọdịdị Piper na akwụkwọ, ihe nkiri na ihe nkiri:

### Akwụkwọ

* *Maazị Piper na ụmụ ya* ( ) nke e bipụtara na 1996 na-atụle ntọala Piper nke Piper Aircraft yana imewe, mmepe na mmepụta nke Piper Cub.
* Piper Cub Tales ( ) bipụtara na 2012.
* Flight of Passage ( )
* *Ndị* Legendary Piper Cubs: Ọrụ ha n'agha na udo ( ) na-ekwu maka itinye aka Piper na mmemme Cub na otu ụgbọelu si arụ ọrụ n'agha n'ime ikuku.

### Ihe nkiri

* How It's Made, (TV Series) oge 26, ihe omume 14 na-egosi otu Piper Aircraft si arụ ụgbọelu, na ihe nketa Piper.
* The Amazing Piper (Ihe ndekọ)
* Light Aircraft in America (Documentary)

## Ihe odide

## Njikọ mpụga

* Akụkọ ndụ William Piper na Army Aviation Association of America
* Piper na NASM's Pioneers of Flight Gallery
* Akụkọ ọnwụ sitere na ''The New York Times''

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