Raymond E. Hall was born in 1914 and lived in and around Elmira, New York area. He was a private pilot and member of the Civilian Air Patrol. He helped found the Schweizer Aircraft Corporation with the Schweizer bothers and worked at the factory. In 1947, he moved his family to Fort Worth, Texas and worked for Bell Helicopters until his retirement in 1967. He passed away in 1976 and is interred in Quitman, Texas.