| 词条 | Steadham Acker |
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|name = Steadham N. Acker |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|3|31}} |birth_place = Talladega, Alabama |death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|10|22|1896|3|31}} |death_place = Jefferson, Alabama |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = |nationality = |ethnicity = |citizenship = |other_names = |known_for = |education = B.S. in Chemical Engineering |alma_mater = University of Alabama |employer = |occupation = |home_town = |title = |salary = |networth = |height = |weight = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = Democratic |boards = |spouse = Grace Fruitticher |partner = |children = Grace Ann Kessler, Mildred Acker Luck |parents = William Henderson Acker, Emma Izora Stedham |relations = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} Steadham N. Acker (March 31, 1896 - October 22, 1952) was an American pioneer aviator before World War I and a United States Naval Aviator during World War I. Early lifeHe was born on March 31, 1896 in Gadsden, Alabama to William H. Acker.[1] He graduated from the University of Alabama's College of Engineering with a Bachelor of science degree.[1] CareerHe was a member of the Early Birds of Aviation, a small group of pilots that flew before World War I.[2] Acker's first flight and parachute jump was made in 1914 when he was 18, and used a balloon, rather than a powered aircraft.[3] He served as a United States Naval Aviator with the rank of Lieutenant from 1918 to 1919.[4] During his service, he organized the first night flying unit for the Navy.[1] He was the general manager of the Birmingham Municipal Airport and founded the Birmingham Aero Club on 31 January 1932. Acker and Rountree founded and managed the National Air Carnival, an annual Birmingham based airshow.[5][6] In 1946 Acker became the director for the National Aviation Clinic in Oklahoma City and ran the Omaha airshow.[7] Death and legacyHe died October 22, 1952 in Jefferson, Alabama at age 56.[8] He was inducted in the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame in 1984. References1. ^1 2 {{cite journal|title=Folks Worth Meeting|journal=American Aviation|date=April 15, 1938|volume=1|page=13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwMnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA245|accessdate=15 November 2016}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Acker, Steadham}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Steadham Acker|url=http://earlyaviators.com/eacker.htm|accessdate=26 March 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web|title= Acker Inductee Narrative| url=http://www.alabamaaviationhalloffame.com/Bio/Acker/Induction/index.html|accessdate=26 March 2012}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=Who's who among the young men of the nation, Volume 2|author=Durward Howes|page=4}} 5. ^{{cite journal|title=none|magazine=American Aviation, Volume 10|year=1946}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Birmingham Aero Club|url=http://www.birminghamaeroclub.org/article.php?id=50|accessdate=26 January 2012}} 7. ^{{cite journal|title=none|magazine=Flying Magazine|date=May 1946|page=116}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSvcid=79539&GRid=125093371&|title=Steadham N. Acker (1896 - 1952) - Find A Grave Memorial|publisher=}} 7 : Members of the Early Birds of Aviation|Aviation in Alabama|1896 births|1952 deaths|People from Talladega, Alabama|Aviators|University of Alabama alumni |
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