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.

Acre and Edward Andrews (aviator) worked on a 1905 glider built by John Joseph Montgomery, fitted with a 12 hp Bates engine.

[4][5] In 1928 Acre was working with Air Associates Inc, an exclusive east coast distributor of Lockheed aircraft.

[7][8] Acre became vice president in 1941 following a rare wartime government seizure by Franklin D. Roosevelt during a C.I.O strike.

[9] He remained active as a general aviation pilot, owning and flying a Beechcraft Bonanza.