John E. "Jack" McIntosh, 52, of Orlando, Florida, formerly of Cranston, Rhode Island is missing and presumed dead after he reported a fire aboard his Beechcraft twin engine airplane and crashed at sea. The plane was en route from Orlando to Freeport, Grand Bahama.

Extensive air and sea search/rescue efforts by the U. S. Coast Guard over a two day period detected no survivor. Mr. McIntosh, a highly experienced pilot and flight instructor, was alone in the aircraft

McIntosh was President/Owner of AVMAC Air, Inc. and President of Caribbean Leasing Co. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Grand Bahama Exports, Ltd. and of Capitana Exports Ltd.

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, a son of Dorothy (Goldstein) McIntosh and the late Edmund McIntosh, he grew up in Cranston and attended the Cranston Public Schools, graduating from Cranston High in 1960. He was on the Wrestling Team and the Tennis Club. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island where he was a member of Phi Mu Delta, and wrestling team captain. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1964 and an MBA from Bryant College in Smithfield, RI in 1974. He was named to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges in 1974. He was Civil Air Patrol Cadet advisor exec. officer.

McIntosh was employed as an engineer for the Westinghouse Corporation in Buffalo, New York from 1964 to 1969. In 1970 he returned to Rhode Island and became part of management at B. A. Ballou and Co. in East Providence, RI until 1980. He was Vice President of Dryvit Systems in RI from 1981 to 1983, and then became President of Nippon Computers of New Jersey. He relocated to Orlando, Florida in 1984 and founded AVMAC Air,Inc. an air charter flight service at Orlando Executive Airport. He gave flight instruction to private pilots and was a flight safety instructor at clinics sponsored by the American Bonanza Society and the Mooney Aircraft Society. In addition he gave seminars on flight safety throughout the Central Florida area. He was an accomplished acrobatic pilot and performed many times in air shows in a Pitt Special. He was a founder of the Orlando Aerobatic Club, and a frequent speaker at club events. He was a former member of the Advisory Bd. of the Orlando Executive Airport. While in Cranston, he was appointed to the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Economic Development, and had served on the YMCA Bd. of Directors. He was a Karate brown Belt instructor and a member of the Corvette Club of America.

Besides his mother in Cranston, he leaves two daughters, Rachael Lynn McIntosh and Keri Lynn McIntosh, both of Boston, his sister, Nancy V. Bordeleau of Cranston, and his brother, Ronald Neil McIntosh of Rogue River, Oregon.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, September 9th, at 2 P.M. at Phillips Memorial Baptist Church, 565 Pontiac Ave., Cranston, RI.