Captain George T. Henderson
Capt. George T. Henderson – Graduated 1936; Inducted 1967
Captain George Trumbull Henderson has risen from airline pilot to airline executive in his 27 year career with United Airlines, one of the nation’s leading airlines. He has been successively first officer, captain, flight manager, flight operations manager, and since 1966, director of flight procedures for United. He has flown most of the aircraft in United’s fleet, including the new 200-passenger jetliner, the DC-8-61.
A graduate of Purdue University, Capt. Henderson spent his college summers learning to fly and financing his flight instruction by working at Taylorcraft Corp. of Alliance. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering. During World War II he helped establish Air Transport Command in the South Pacific and flew supplies through enemy controlled territory.
Following the war, Captain Henderson did graduate study in business administration at the University of California, Berkley and in aerodynamics at the University of Southern California.
Captain George Trumbull Henderson has risen from airline pilot to airline executive in his 27 year career with United Airlines, one of the nation’s leading airlines. He has been successively first officer, captain, flight manager, flight operations manager, and since 1966, director of flight procedures for United. He has flown most of the aircraft in United’s fleet, including the new 200-passenger jetliner, the DC-8-61.
A graduate of Purdue University, Capt. Henderson spent his college summers learning to fly and financing his flight instruction by working at Taylorcraft Corp. of Alliance. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering. During World War II he helped establish Air Transport Command in the South Pacific and flew supplies through enemy controlled territory.
Following the war, Captain Henderson did graduate study in business administration at the University of California, Berkley and in aerodynamics at the University of Southern California.
Boeing 747 cockpit (source: defence.pk)
Capt. Henderson is member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has addressed both groups on the subjects of supersonic transport and high altitude turbulence. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics on which he chaired a committee on aircraft noise. He is also an active member of the Airline Pilots’ Association.
Biographical update: Capt. Henderson retired after a 40 year career with United Airlines culminating as both a pilot of 747’s and a company executive. He and his spouse, Norine Moody, had two sons. She passed away in 1993. He subsequently married Virginia Barr Johnson who was an artist and a retired University of Central Florida professor.
Captain Henderson passed away on April 26, 1998 at the age of 79 and Virginia Henderson passed away in 2001 at the age of 85. He is survived by two sons, six grandchildren, a step-daughter and a step-son. One of his sons was a pilot for United Airlines.
Biographical update: Capt. Henderson retired after a 40 year career with United Airlines culminating as both a pilot of 747’s and a company executive. He and his spouse, Norine Moody, had two sons. She passed away in 1993. He subsequently married Virginia Barr Johnson who was an artist and a retired University of Central Florida professor.
Captain Henderson passed away on April 26, 1998 at the age of 79 and Virginia Henderson passed away in 2001 at the age of 85. He is survived by two sons, six grandchildren, a step-daughter and a step-son. One of his sons was a pilot for United Airlines.