Jack McGee

Jack McGee (1885 – June 13, 1918) was a pioneer aviator. The school closed before McGee could finish his training, but he believed that he had received enough instruction and purchased his own plane. In 1917, McGee went to work as a test pilot for the Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation.

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.

Archive His papers are archived at the Rhode Island Historical Society.