Raynold E. Acre

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(1889-07-16)July 16, 1889
Auburn, New York
DiedJanuary 16, 1966(1966-01-16) (aged 76)
Los Angeles, California
EmployerAir Associates Inc.
Spouse(s)
Anne M. Schatz (1894-1967)
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(m. 1910⁠–⁠1966)​
ChildrenHarry Raymond Acre (1911–1984)
Lougheed and Acre modified a Montgomery tandem-wing aircraft similar to the Santa Clara glider shown here

Biography

He 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
  1. "Early Birds of Aviation". Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  2. 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.
  3. "Allen H. Lockheed". Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  4. Early Bird Chirp. August 1946.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  5. Victor Loughead (January 1912). "Streamline form in aeroplane designing". Popular Mechanics: 65.
  6. "F. Leroy Hill Papers". Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  7. "1928 National Air Tour" (PDF). Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  8. "National Air Tour on way to cross Montana". The Havre Daily News. 20 July 1928.
  9. "Air Plants Choice as Head Spurned". The Pittsburgh Press. 24 November 1941.
  10. Early Bird Chirp. April 1949.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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