AVIATION PIONEER GEORGE PRIESTER DIES AT 98

GEORGE J. PRIESTER, a business aviation pioneer in the Chicago area who turned Palwaukee Airport into one of the most vibrant business aviation airports in the country, died last week. He was 98. Born Jan. 31, 1908 in Chicago, Priester received his first airplane ride in 1928 in return for helping...

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