Raynold Edward Acre (1889–1966) was a member of the Early Birds of Aviation, a small group of pilots that flew before World War I.
Raynold Edward Acre | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 16, 1889 |
| Died | January 16, 1966 (aged 76) |
| Employer | Air Associates Inc. |
| Spouse |
Anne M. Schatz (1894-1967)
(m. 1910–1966) |
| Children | Harry Raymond Acre (1911–1984) |
Biography
editHe was born on July 16, 1889, in Auburn, New York, to David Acre and Anna Forgette.
Acre's first flight was in a Montgomery tandem-wing glider replica at Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1909.
He married Anne M. Schatz (1894-1967) in 1910 and they had a son, Harry Raymond Acre (1911–1984).
In 1910 Acre was living in a tent outside the Hawthorne Race Track in Chicago, Illinois. Acre and Edward Andrews (aviator) worked on a 1905 glider built by John Joseph Montgomery, fitted with a 12 hp Bates engine.[1][2] Victor Loughead and his half brother Allan Haines Loughead were licensed distributors of Montgomery gliders with Chicago auto dealer James E. Plew as a client.[3] They also purchased a 30 hp Curtiss pusher which Acre was able to fly after Allen.[4][5]
In 1928 Acre was working with Air Associates Inc, an exclusive east coast distributor of Lockheed aircraft.[6] Acre flew as a passenger in the 1928 National Air Tour demonstrating the new Lockheed Vega.[7][8] Acre became vice president in 1941 following a rare wartime government seizure by Franklin D. Roosevelt during a C.I.O strike. Acre stayed in the position through World War II.[9] He remained active as a general aviation pilot, owning and flying a Beechcraft Bonanza.[10]
He died on January 16, 1966, in Los Angeles, California.
References
edit- ^ "Early Birds of Aviation". Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ Harwood, Craig; Fogel, Gary (2012). Quest for Flight: John J. Montgomery and the Dawn of Aviation in the West. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0806142647.
- ^ "Allen H. Lockheed". Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ Early Bird Chirp. August 1946.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - ^ Victor Loughead (January 1912). "Streamline form in aeroplane designing". Popular Mechanics: 65.
- ^ "F. Leroy Hill Papers". Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "1928 National Air Tour" (PDF). Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "National Air Tour on way to cross Montana". The Havre Daily News. 20 July 1928.
- ^ "Air Plants Choice as Head Spurned". The Pittsburgh Press. 24 November 1941.
- ^ Early Bird Chirp. April 1949.
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