Jack McGee (aviator)
Jack McGee (1885 – June 13, 1918) was a pioneer aviator.[1]
Biography
McGee was born in 1885 in Central Falls, Rhode Island to Robert McGee. His family moved to Pawtucket, Rhode Island when he was 15 in 1900. He was a boxer and worked as an elevator operator and auto mechanic before working as a chauffeur for James C. McCoy. McGee took flying lessons from Harry Atwood and Arch Freeman at Atwood Park in Saugus, Massachusetts.[2] The school closed before McGee could finish his training, but he believed that he had received enough instruction and purchased his own plane.[2] He made his first solo flight in August 1912.
On 21 September 1913 McGee applied for admission to the
On June 13, 1918 he was flying a floatplane low over Greenwich Bay when his pontoon dipped into the water, causing his plane to topple into the water where he drowned.[1][4]
Archive
His papers are archived at the Rhode Island Historical Society.
References
- ^ The Evening Independent. June 14, 1918. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ ISBN 978-0786442270.
- ^ "Aviator McGee Seeks Admission to Aero Club". Providence Journal. 21 September 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- Early Aviators. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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