Background
Pineau was the son of Thomas L. and Adele Gstalder Pineau.
Pineau was the son of Thomas L. and Adele Gstalder Pineau.
He later became an executive in the steel industry. He was a restless youth, and dropped out of school in sixth grade. He was a motorcycle racer before He raced Flying Merkel and Indian Motorcycles, once defeating Barney Oldfield.
He also rode in the "Globe of Death" motordrome as a vaudeville performer.
He joined the Royal Flying Corps in December 1917, and trained at the Curtis Aviation School in Buffalo, New New York He was assigned to 210 Squadron on 2 June 1918.
Between 6 September and 8 October 1918, he used a Sopwith Camel to destroy four Fokker Doctorate.VIIs and drive down two others Pineau went back to motorcycle racing in the 1920s, winning many world motordrome records.
Pineau did not leave aviation behind.
He was instrumental in founding the Williamsport-Lycoming County Airport, and fostered it through his connections in the aviation community, including a friendship with Wiley Post. He began the Radiant Steel company in 1927 or 1928, as a spinoff from Darling Valve and Manufacturing Company. By 1948, he was its president
He served in this capacity until he retired in 1969.
He died in 1972.