George Vernon Holloman (1902–1946) with Carl J. Crane developed and demonstrated an automatic landing system for airplanes. For their invention they were awarded the

Mackay Trophy The Mackay Trophy is awarded yearly by the United States Air Force for the "most meritorious flight of the year" by an Air Force person, persons, or organization. The trophy is housed in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Muse ...

in 1938. He died in a crash in Formosa in 1946.

Holloman Air Force Base Holloman Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base established in 1942 located six miles (10 km) southwest of the central business district of Alamogordo, and a census-designated place in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. Th ...

was named after him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holloman, George Vernon 1902 births 1946 deaths Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in China Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1946 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Taiwan