George E. Crockett was born on March 31, 1912 in Unionville, Missouri. He graduated from Unionville High School in 1928 and entered Jefferson City Flight Aviation School in Jefferson City, Missouri, where he earned his pilot's license. He relocated to Las Vegas in the early 1940s. In 1942, he opened Crockett Field, later known as Alamo Airport. In 1945, he founded and was the first president of the Nevada State Airmen Association (NSAA). In 1964, Crockett became the president of the National Aviation Trades Association. George Crockett died on May 20, 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada.