Elrey Borge Jeppesen

Elrey Borge Jeppesen ( born January 28, 1907 † November 26, 1996 in Colorado, USA ) was an American aviation pioneer. He previously his pilot's license at Orville Wright, one of the famous Wright Brothers.

Life

Through his work as a post- pilot for Varney Airlines, and later with "Boeing Air Transport " (now United Airlines ), during the Great Depression saw Jeppesen that the hitherto customary to navigation in aircraft, road maps and railway lines to route finding was not sufficient. In the winter of 1930/1931 he drew maps with landmarks visible from the air, in which he also noted information on individual runways. In his spare time he climbed hills and water towers to the height by a altimeter to determine and record in the cards. In the late 1930s printed United Airlines own cards, but more and more pilots made ​​the cards from Jeppesen advantage which he had originally created just for his own use. United Airlines then led Jeppesen maps as a standard material. Jeppesen founded in Denver a company to further develop and distribute the cards. During the Second World War, the cards were used by the U.S. Army and taken in connection of many civilian airlines.

Appreciation

The terminal at the Denver airport is named after Jeppesen.

• Aviation pioneer
• Americans
• Born 1907
• Died in 1996
• Man