Laredo Times dated May 22, 2008
Historian Acord, 89, Passes Away
FAIRBANKS, Alaska —
Interior aviation historian Randy Acord has died at the age of 89.
Acord — a Clarendon,Texas, native — died Monday night in Fairbanks. The cause of death was not immediately known.
Acord was stationed at Ladd Field, now Fort Wainwright, in 1943 as a test pilot.He flew planes with the Cold Weather Testing Station, trying out new heating systems and the effectiveness of landing planes with skis.
Almost 60 years after leaving the military as a major, Acord won the Alaska Siberia Lend Lease Award for his contributions to Russian-North American relations during World War II.
World War II veteran, Alaskan Aviation pioneer.
Historian Acord, 89, Passes Away
FAIRBANKS, Alaska —
Interior aviation historian Randy Acord has died at the age of 89.
Acord — a Clarendon,Texas, native — died Monday night in Fairbanks. The cause of death was not immediately known.
Acord was stationed at Ladd Field, now Fort Wainwright, in 1943 as a test pilot.He flew planes with the Cold Weather Testing Station, trying out new heating systems and the effectiveness of landing planes with skis.
Almost 60 years after leaving the military as a major, Acord won the Alaska Siberia Lend Lease Award for his contributions to Russian-North American relations during World War II.
World War II veteran, Alaskan Aviation pioneer.
Laredo Times dated May 22, 2008
Historian Acord, 89, Passes Away
FAIRBANKS, Alaska —
Interior aviation historian Randy Acord has died at the age of 89.
Acord — a Clarendon,Texas, native — died Monday night in Fairbanks. The cause of death was not immediately known.
Acord was stationed at Ladd Field, now Fort Wainwright, in 1943 as a test pilot.He flew planes with the Cold Weather Testing Station, trying out new heating systems and the effectiveness of landing planes with skis.
Almost 60 years after leaving the military as a major, Acord won the Alaska Siberia Lend Lease Award for his contributions to Russian-North American relations during World War II.
World War II veteran, Alaskan Aviation pioneer.
Historian Acord, 89, Passes Away
FAIRBANKS, Alaska —
Interior aviation historian Randy Acord has died at the age of 89.
Acord — a Clarendon,Texas, native — died Monday night in Fairbanks. The cause of death was not immediately known.
Acord was stationed at Ladd Field, now Fort Wainwright, in 1943 as a test pilot.He flew planes with the Cold Weather Testing Station, trying out new heating systems and the effectiveness of landing planes with skis.
Almost 60 years after leaving the military as a major, Acord won the Alaska Siberia Lend Lease Award for his contributions to Russian-North American relations during World War II.
World War II veteran, Alaskan Aviation pioneer.
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