Work : Begin Major Project 19 February 1934 (Founded the Widerøe airline) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Death:Death, Cause unspecified 8 January 2002 (Age 97) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Norwegian aviator and entrepreneur. Together with his brother Arild Widerøe and Einar Isdahl he founded Widerøes Flyveselskap, Norways third largest airline, on 19 February 1934. The airline is still in operation today and is the largest regional airline in the Nordic countries. His brother was accelerator physicist Rolf Widerøe. He was the father of Turi Widerøe, Norways first female air transport pilot. Widerøe died on 8 January 2002 in Oslo, Norway, aged 97. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less