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Page’s contribution was the operation of several flight schools in Oklahoma City which trained hundreds of pilots for the war effort. In 1941, the nation was at war once again. As a member of the Aviation Committee of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, he promoted the importance of airfields to the community and was instrumental in establishing several municipal airports in Oklahoma City. He became friends with notable Oklahoma aviators such as Orville “Red” Mosier, Wiley Post, and Bennett Griffin. On the weekends, he and fellow aviators would barnstorm around the state. Army Signal Corps.Īfter the war, Page’s career path took him in a non-aviation direction, but his enthusiasm for planes and aviation was still strong. A few years later during World War I, he served as a pilot in the U.S. His introduction to aviation came at the age of 13 when he watched a thrilling exhibition that turned out to be the first airplane flight in Oklahoma City. Clarence Edgar Page was born Februon a farm south of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.