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Baird Bob Baldwin Cheryl Bunch John Cheung, Yu-Ho Dominic Ewing Harold Feuerherm Richard Gewehr, George Hall Archie Happ, Doug Harjehausen Denny Hassig Don Howe Michael Kahn, Ken Mayfield Bill McComas Don Michel John Rossi Dick |
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person on the AVG or CNAC website. Will put
icon in for first thirty
days or so when new material added.. Where I can find them, I have used the photos from Mark
Devereaux's book for thumbnails, although some are a bit old
and faded with time I wanted to use them to remember him by as
he was the one that kind of started all this, and spent many
years photographing us. I will put addition reunion photos or if
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LastName: Baird FirstName: Bob MiddleName: DOH: March 1965 EmpNumber: 19186 Email: flytiger@cableone.net |
I was hired in early 1965,I had 430 hours SEL and a wet instrument ticket it was so new. I had been an FAA ATC at OAK Center prior, and Don Saunders said even if I could not fly I could copy a clearance! little did I know I was in the so called "Golden Class", no furloughs, early upgrades ( for most). Lucky beats smart a lot of the time! Schooled on the Connie and again lucky as Oakley was my flight instructor and put up with some amazing flying, or lack of, on my part! After a short time on the line, off to Burbank for Cl-44 school. Two weeks into the ground school I decided ( well, it had been decided for me!) to skip the next three years of heavy transport flying for 3 years flying for the US Army, first as a gun Helicopter pilot in vietnam, then a Helo IP. I came back to Tigers in '68 to find the DC-8-63 was capable ot taxiing faster then flying the training Helos I had just left! The fun trips for me but not my Captains I am sure were the ORD-CLE legs where at arrival I was still just departing ORD many times! In '71 checked out in the left seat as had just got my required 2000 hrs as a FO.I flew the Eight for the next 10 years and then moved on to the 74. I flew that airplane until it retired from Fedex and when it left so did I as I had no desire to finish my career ( I was pushing 59 at the time) in a new airplane. In retrospect maybe I should have done the last year as I found I really missed the people, the flying, and the trips. What I don't miss are the 073 departures LAX-SFO-ANC at 0100 after being up at least all day and never getting the clock reset for the rest of the 10 day trip. It's still not reset. I continued to fly military Helos until they too decided they had seen enough of me, so gone at 60. I had to give up flying my RV4 about 3 years ago due to nerve damage for which pain meds keep me from renewing my Class 3. I could do the LSA thing but decided not too at this point. I study military history as a hobby and did a short tour with the ER Army ROTC Department teaching same but that was years ago. My wife and I do some travelling and as of this date have had to pre-plan that as have another ( 3 year old) mutt rescued a little over a year ago. Some people never learn. Good Dog! Tigers was unique and all of us are among the most fortunate in the aviation world to have been a part of it. I think of some event and the people involved many times a week, for this is what memories are all about. Fair winds and safe journeys to all. |
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| Baldwin Cheryl Hired 1966
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My father, Roy G McLain worked for FTL from 1955 until his retirement at age 60. He spent many happy years with Tigers. I worked in the training department myself in the 1960's. It was a great time, a great experience, and I met many wonderful flight crews and other FTL staff. I look back fondly on the years our family spent with Tigers. I now live in Oregon with my husband Montie. I raised two children, a girl Alyce now 33 and a boy John now 25 who both live in Oregon as well. I now work for the State of Oregon as an Case Manager. I am looking forward to my retirement in just a few years. | ||
| LastName: BRENOT FirstName: PAUL/DARLENE(basile) MiddleName: DOH: 1975? |
B1: Submit Bio: hello tiger family! what wonderful experiences! as for myself, i joined the tiger family FA group in 1977.....had previously flown for world airways and airlift international! over these years have wondered many times what happened to the gang!?! Paul is still flying with "federal express"....he lives in Florida and loves it! I have been living in Esau, Costa Rica...and love paradise. Bridgette Springer was a great friend and ski buddy.....she lived in reno, paul and i lived in squaw valley---and of course all the incline guys that TRIED to ski with us!!! remember one winter day...briquette and i invited Baldwin and some comprades of his....we took him up kt-22..and first stop was THE CHUTE. briggie and i went into the funnel---stopped about half way to the bottom, and when we looked back up the mountain; there was jim standing--in meditation!! well, we laughed so hard........and then, poor Paul....we never had broken bones though......only stories of how brave we were......... then there was the GOURMET CLUB---never forget the time we forgot it was our turn to have the gourmet feed........we simply forgot...but what a lesson when we returned to our house......food on all surfaces of floor, cans opened, ofcourse all of our fine wine gone....Cheryl Baldwin, where are you?? haha remind me of more----someone! how i would love to go to the fly-in......okey, now i have my private lisc.........anyone like to go with me?? well, email me---darlenescott1000@msn.com god bless you all, Darlene
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LastName: Bunch FirstName: John MiddleName: Blake DOH: June 1961 EmpNumber: 15765
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Hello! I was hired by Tigers/BUR as a traffic agent when I got out of the Army in 1961. My dad Ralph worked in the instrument shop at that time. Reassigned to LAX which was then just a truck pickup facility. Recalled into the Army 1961-1962; then Don Morrissey, CONOPS, sent me to RJTC as an operations supervisor. Worked there with Ed Hembree and Tommy Tomura until early 1963...furloughed due to loss of MATS contracts. Worked for Ivan Towler (sp?) in SFO a few months. Then back to RJTC. Worked in primarily in RJTC and VVVS with short stints in VTBD, RPMK, RCTP. Lived and traveled to cover operatons with RC "Andy" Anderson. Then 18 months in RKSS. Back to BUR/LAX (moved in 1965)as a procedures analyst. Did wt & bal training on the first 707 (N322F) for ground opns personnel. There six months and back to VVVS, VTBD and eighteen months in VVSD. At VVVS with George Knuckey, Scotty, Alvin Andres. Then VVPU (Phu Cat) for six months. Back to RJTC. Met my wife Elaine there in the O club...she was a nurse in the AF. Got married. Returned to the states (Kentucky) in 1969 and finished undergraduate work in history. Off to Indiana University for a Ph.D. in Folklore and Education. Hired as a professor by the University of Virginia in 1977....still here! Teach folkore/anthro, museum and photography courses. Two daughters (Royanne b. 1970; Kathleen b. 1977)and three grandchildren. Those were good times and fine people. Miss it. I am glad I was there during that era--doesn't look the same with deregulation, union busting and all. My best to any/all who remember me and those times and places. You will always be special to me. Keep em flying! Hey Vern....good book!
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I was an operation agent in HKG at the Kai Tak, taking care of the DC8-63F's on/off loadings, weight and balance sheet, weather reports from ATC, catering orders for outbound crew members, crew alert......The station manager is Mr. Roy King.( I think his is now in L.A.) I'm now serving as pricing in forwarding company, our agent in States is Fedex | ||
| LastName: Fred FirstName: Enfield MiddleName: DOH: 11/22/65 EmpNumber: 19998
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Bio: After a few years in the newspaper and defense industries, I graduated UCLA with an MBA in marketing/advertising in '65, and went to work for Flying Tigers doing international advertising and marketing for nearly 25 years, until the merger with FedEx in '89. With Flying tigers I was involved with the Seaboard merger, and implementation of numerous new air freight products, including International distribution Service, Tiger gateway service and Domestic Express Services. With FedEx I was responsible for FedEx Asian advertising, and also marketing for Australasia and Pacific Islands '89-'93. Did a stint in FedEx corporate and air freight marketing and advertising '93-97 in Memphis, TN. Retired in December, '97 and relocated back to California. I keep in contact with many Flying Tiger and FedEx friends, including attending the Tiger Retirement Club annual dinner in So. California every March.
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| Harold
Ewing Hired April 6, 1966 Emp# 20578
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I always liked airplanes, and
after I read Ernest K. Gann's "Fate is the
Hunter" in high school I knew what I wanted to do
with my life.
I'm pretty sure I was about the last traditional "airport kid", paying for my licenses and ratings by washing airplanes and mopping floors thanks to the generosity of the owner of the local flight school. After the usual months and years of banging on doors I was hired by Tigers in April of 1966 as a First Officer on the CL-44. In my wildest dreams I could never have found a better place to work than Flying Tigers. The chance to learn my craft at the feet of so many of the "greatest generation" was a benefit that has served me well ever since and for which I'll be forever grateful. During a fairly long career, now winding down, I flew the CL-44, B707, DC-8, B747 and, after morphing into a new and very different life in 1989, the DC-10 and Airbus. It's been a great ride every step of the way, but by far the best of it was the great years at Tigers- showing the world what "Can Do" really meant. After 38 years of this nonsense I'm looking forward to retirement and a chance to spend more time playing with my toy cars and airplanes, and maybe finally getting to the reunions on a regular basis. Editors Note! Harold was one of those who was instrumental in organizing and donating their time to flying relief to several places including the Ethiopian Famine in 1979 as described in Vern's book. Hal and I were discussing some factors that lead us to want to become Air Line Pilots and I discovered that one the big things was Ernest K Gann's book Fate is The Hunter" He sent me to following addition to his bio. Also are some of the relief flight efforts Hal helped organize. Thanks for the reply, Mike. It is ironic that we both were led to this career by Ernie's book. I've probably read it 20 times- just ordered a new copy from Amazon because my previous one simply wore out. Some time back a magazine article referred to people like us as the "Class of Gann"- apparently there are a lot of similarly inspired airline pilots out there. As for the relief flights, I'll append a little note here which, since you're way more computer savvy than I am, I assume you can somehow paste into the page.... Some of my most cherished memories of my years at Tigers involve the relief flights we were able to do. It started with a plan, blessed by the Company and the Union, to load our passenger DC-8's with relief supplies for the Cambodian refugees and heavy-crew them with volunteers to offset the extra duty time for the required extra fuel stop. Then, when the African famines struck in the 80's the Company donated a 747 on two occasions, once to Ethiopia and once to Sudan, to a relief effort organized by FTL employees. I don't recall any other airline in history donating the use of a complete widebody aircraft for free to such an effort. These flights were called the "Lifelift" flights. On one of them we carried a cabin load of 280,000 pounds. Operating under Part 91, with a double crew, we went JFK-Frankfurt-Khartoum-Dubai-Taipei same duty time, for a "duty day" of almost 48 hours. I don't track these things but there must be a record of some kind in there someplace. Who else but Flying Tigers could have accomplished something like that? Thanks, Mike for all your work. I hope to see you at the next reunion, or at least the one after that (for that second one, I'll no longer have work as an excuse to miss it....) Best Regards- Hal
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| Hall Archie
Emp # 22833 Hired 6/19/67
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Born in 1943
in Van Nuys California, I grew up mostly around
the LA and Palm Desert/Indio areas. Involved
with my father's business of low budget film
productions for many years, I also was a working
musician who played the night clubs such as the
infamous Whisky-A-Go-Go and Pandora's Box along
Hollywood's Sunset Blvd. In a rather strange twist of fate... In 1953, I was cast as a child actor in a local television documentory film about the life of Bob Prescott. It was a short "walk on" with only a couple of lines of dialougue. Little did I know, I would years later, join the ranks of Bob Prescott's beloved Flying Tiger Line as a pilot. Quitting by bottom feeder DC-3 co-pilot job to report for my Tiger new hire class on June 19 1967, my life would never be the same again. First as an apprentice co-pilot on the L-1049H and finished as a Captain on the Boeing 747. In 1989 all Tiger pilots woke up to find they had became FedEx pilots overnight in a corporate acquisition of Flying Tigers. Flying the DC-10 for FedEx was a not Flying Tigers, but a great gig I am eternally grateful for. Suddenly the mandatory retirement age loomed up on me in December of 2003 and it was all over. Retiring my battered suitcase, I returned to sitting around the house playing guitar. Thinking my flying days were over and sort of bummed out at times, I wished I could somehow still be flying. However, be careful what you wish for! As I am now headed back to school to fly the left seat of a North American Sabre "65" bizjet, flying for a Florida company who has business in the US and Japan. To be continued... |
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| Happ
Doug
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Prior to employment with Flying Tigers, I was an air traffic controller in the USAF, based at K.I.Sawyer AFB, Michigan/ Clark AFB, Phillippines/ Udorn, Korat and Takhli, Thailand/ and finally Saigon, Viet Nam. I was discharged in 1964 and was hired by Flying Tigers in 1966. I went to the L-1049H Super Constellation as a first officer. I then flew the CL-44 Whispiring Giant, the Stretched DC-63, the B-747 and finally the Airbus A-300. I flew 12 years as a first officer and then checked out as Captain on the DC8-63 in 1978. I then checked out as Captain on the B-747 in 1982 and the Airbus in 1996. I was a line check airman on the DC-8 and the B-747 and thoroughly enjoyed my duties in the training department. I served as an ALPA rep for 20 years. Membership chairman, negotiating committee member, grievance chairman, relief flights committee chairman, and negotiating committee chairman. I reluctantly became Chief Pilot, Western Region for Flying tigers, then Chief Pilot 747 and Director, Flight Operations for Federal Express and finally Flight Manager 747. I spent eight long years in Flight Management, however, I missed line flying too much to continue. I retired in Paris, France on December 17th, 2000...My wife's birthday. I went out 6 months early. I am currently a B-717 instructor pilot for Flight Safety Boeing in Long Beach, California. I enjoy flying my own C-414 and riding my Harley.
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Hi,
Denny
Harjehausen started flying in 1948 in Sibley
Iowa. First worked for Flying Tigers on the
Flight Line on C46s from Oct 1952 until a
number was layed off in 1953. The layoff
was found out later to make room for Slick
Airline mechanics in a failed attemped to
merge. He was rehired by Mr Hickman as a
Navigator 1962. Then put on as a co-pilot
with Flying Tigers in 1966 after trying to
get a pilots job with an airline
since 1956. Flew as captain on DC-8, 727
and 747. Retired in Oct. 1989. Now lives in
Oregon.
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Hassig
Don
Emp# 5003 Hired 1/9/1951
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I was born Feb.15,1919 on a
farm a few miles from Cope, a town of about 200 people in
eastern Colo. I grew up in that area and graduated from
Cope High School in 1936, in a class of 10. In Sept.,
1939, I enlisted in the Army Air Corps and became a radio
operator with the 38th Reconn. Sqdn. We had 2 or 3 B-18A's
and 5 or 6 YB-17's. In Nov.,1941, I was accepted for
flight training. I graduated from Ellington Field, Texas
with class 42-E on May 20,1942. I spent the next 18 months
flying bombardier students on practice missions at
Midland, Texas, mostly in AT-11's, with a little time in
the B-34. In Nov.,1943, I started B-17 training at
Columbus, Ohio, then went to Avon Park, Fla. for combat
crew training, then ferried an airplane to England. We
were assigned to the 390th Bomb group. Between Oct.,1944
and Mar.,1945 we flew 35 combat bombing missions over
various German cities, including 3 to Berlin. On
Feb.14,1945, our 23rd mission, a very close flak burst
killed 2 crew members, wounded another and did extensive
damage to the airplane. We managed to get into friendly
territory and landed at a US fighter base in Belgium.
After completing my tour, I returned to the US and was
assigned to ATC. I went to C-54 school, then flew 2
trans-pacific trips to Japan. In March,1946, I was
transferred to Shanghai, China in a ground job. In
Sept,1947, I was discharged from the Air Corps and was
hired by CNAC. I spent the next two years flying to many
interesting places in China, Mostly in DC-3's with the
last few months in C-46's. On Jan.,30,1949, while on a
trip from Shanghai to Tsingtao, my airplane was hi-jacked
by 4 passengers. One of the bad guys had his wife and baby
along. They made me and the other 2 crew members sit in
the cabin and one of them flew the airplane. Since they
were the only ones with guns, we had no choice. After
their "pilot" almost crashed while trying to
land at Tsinan, a city about 200 miles west of Tsingtao
that had recently been taken by the communist army, they
had my Chinese co-pilot make the landing. Besides the hi-jackers,
there were 8 other passengers. They put us up in a
hotel, which they assured us was the best one in town.
We were all questioned several times during the next
few days, but we were never threatened or mistreated,
except that they wouldn't let us leave and we didn't particularly
like the food, even though it was the same stuff they
ate. After 35 days we were put on a train and rode all
night. After a day and a night in a small inn, we rode
a truck all day, then spent that night at another village
inn. The next day we rode a bicycle, a wheelbarrow,
did some walking, and finally rode another truck. We
arrived in Tsingtao about 10PM. It had taken about 80
hours to make 200 miles. The next day the co-pilot,
radio operator and I went to Shanghai on a CNAC
flight. I stayed with CNAC until they folded up in
late 1949. After coming back to the US I got my ATR at
a flight school in Long Beach, Cal. and
was hired by THE FLYING TIGER LINE on
Jan.9,1951. During the next 28 years, I was based (not
in this order) at Denver, Chicago, Detroit, Newark,
New York(JFK), Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Burbank
and Los Angeles, and two short periods of a few weeks
each at Churchill, Man. on the dew line in 1955 and
1956, and 3 months in Tokyo later in 1956. I flew the
C-46, DC-4, DC-6, Connie, CL-44, and DC-8. I flew to
many exotic and romantic places all over the
world, and to several that were not so exotic. On
April 5, 1957, I married Emily Hajduk, A Tiger
stewardess. We have two children and two
grandchildren. I retired on my 60th birthday, Feb. 15,
1979. After retirement, I spent 10 of the next 12
summers in Alaska. I caught a lot of fish and had a
lot of fun doing it. Em and I went to our first FTLRPA
reunion in 1977, two years before retirement, and have
attended every one since. It is the highlight of our
year, and we hope to make many more. I have had a long
and rewarding life and I expect it to go on for
several more years. There have been a few boring
times and a few moments of terror, but most of it has
been somewhere between those extremes, and it has all
been interesting. I am very fortunate to have been
associated with many wonderful people.
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Howe Michael  FTLPAWebmasterEmp# 20119 Hired 1/1/1966 mikemb@aros.net
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I was born and
raised in Salt Lake City, Utah and started flying in high
school. I decided
to try to get on with the airlines as I already had my ratings
and went in the National Guard for 6 months to satisfy my
military obligation. I went to LA with about a hundred bucks
in my pocket and a dream to fly for the airlines. Caught a
ride from Salt Lake on an Air Guard C-97 and landed at Van Nuys
and just thought you could walk around LA on foot to find a
job, a little naive. I was fortunate to find a flight instructors
position at Progressive Flying Service at Hawthorne Calif.
(Many a Tiger trained or instructed there.) In December 1965
with holes in my shoes, I remember because it was raining and
my feet got wet, I flew over to the old Burbank terminal in a
150 and interviewed with Chuck Snoke and was hired to begin
class in January 1966 on the Connie. I think the day I got the
telegram was the happiest day of my life, and kept re-reading
it as I just couldn't believe it. I flew the Connie, CL-44,
B707, DC-8 and B747. Here is a link I put a few pictures on
that describes one of the great adventurous type flights
Tiger Pilots were always doing as described in Vern's
book. Click
Here
I flew until 1988, with some interruptions for some personal problems and perhaps this is what I want this article to say, I want people to know without the Tigers support I don't think I would be writing this. They saw me through the hard times and I was able to return and fly the 747 as captain, something I will always be grateful for. I had to retire in 1988 just prior to the merger for medical reasons but remain a loyal Tiger and am building an experimental airplane, in which I hope to fly again. The website and my progress and pretty well what's happening in my life today can be seen at www.etigerrr.com I have been happily married for 23 years to Jody who is an attorney here in Salt Lake, and always attends the reunions, no kids, but five cats. I presently serve as the FTL retired pilots VP of communications and webmaster. |
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Currently doing
volunteer working with the FTL Retired Pilots Assoc.
Before Tigers, I flew with Hawaiian Airlines, flying DC-3's (Yes, I'm that old.) Before Hawaiian, I worked for TWA for 5 years (as a
general agent), when I retired I had 39 years working for the
airlines (5 carriers in all, Capitol Airways was my furlough
job) At Tiger's I flew the CL-44, B707, DC-8, B747.After Tiger's merger with FedEx, I flew, DC-10, MD-11 and the Airbus, the latter aircraft I flew while based at Subic Bay, the Philippines. I lived in the Philippines the last two and half years of my flying career. After retirement I returned to Las Vegas, NV and reside there with my wife Agnes. (Webmasters note) Bill did not mention he worked faithfully for many years doing ALPA things and helped many people including me a long time ago, Thanks Bill |
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Hired in 63 as an Ops Agent handling charters and MAC flights. Served all over but based out of Burbank. Finally went to Cold Bay to save money so I could go to flight school. Started school on Jan 1, 66 and finished Apr 11 and went to FTL with ink still wet on my final ticket. Jack Martin hired me and I started flying as Copilot in June 66. I was really lucky but found Tigers was the only airline that told all employees if you got your tickets we'll give you a try. There's about 9 or 10 that enjoyed the opportunity. From there I couldn't have had a better life if a Hollywood script writer was writing a movie. Great people, good and bad, great adventure, great life. | ||
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LastName: Michel FirstName: John MiddleName: Howard DOH: August 1967 EmpNumber: 23051 Email: aigledor@earthlink.net |
Let me tell you a little "Fate is the Hunter" story. Back in 1966 I was twenty five and ten months into my first airline job, flying supplies into Vietnam for Slick Airways, flying the 1049H, from west coast military bases such as Norton and Travis, AFB's. Although I had been to Europe, traveling to S.E Asia and a war zone was exciting stuff. Our flight plan itinerary was; Camhron Bay, Okinawa, Saigon. On our arrival in Okinawa, it was Christmas, I felt as though I was coming down with malaria, intense fevers/chills and the shakes, I begged off the flight and was replaced with another crew member. I reposed to my roach infested hotel room and wondered if I would see another morning. As I awoke the next morning, to thankfully see the sun again, I was advised that my flight that night had crashed and all were lost. They experienced a mid air collision with a F-4 Phantoum at the outer marker in Saigon. They had made a good landing in a rice paddy, at night, but slid into an unseen dike...and 6000 gallons of aviation fuel ended their day. Now thirty years later, to the day, I am in the FedEx flight operations room, Subic Bay, Phillipines. My First Officer is a retired USAF Lt. Col. We are checking weather and flight planning when I notice a fellow at another computer terminal with a name that I recognize from the distant past. We strike up a conversation and I ask him if he ever flew for X airline. He said no but I did fly for X,X, and X ailine, as we all did at some point. Then he said, "you know today, thirty years ago I was supposed to be the Navigator on a flight with X airline that crashed in Saigon. I said, my God, I did not know that you were scheduled on that same flight that I was to be on. And here is where the story gets interesting. My First Officer, the Lt. Col.,had been listening in on our conversation. In near disbelief he said that on that night he had been returning from his first combat mission as a First Lt., flying wing on the fighter that had the mid-air with our airplane. Thankfully, his lead crew ejected successfully. What are the odds... What a great "life" ride. Wonderful people, I love you all for who you are. Wonderful aircraft, experiences, and a tradition of avaition family, I am truly humbled. Capt. J. Michel |
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LastName: Middel
FirstName: Richard MiddleName: Alan Airline: Flying Tiger Line DOH: 04-10-67 EmpNumber: 22594
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I
started working for Northeast
Airlines, after the completion
of my Military obligation, in
1960, worked in reservations,
while getting my Aircraft
Dispatchers certificate in Jamaica,
New York. Moved to the West coast, and
got a job with Western
Airlines, in Los Angeles, as a
Crew Scheduler, while getting
my Pilot Licenses, Private,
Instrument and Commercial.
Western let me know early on that I had no chance of becoming a pilot, as I had all of the information about the contract, by administering it for the years that I was there. I became a department of one, called the Flight Training Coordinator, and took on a lot of responsibility, for all of the proficiency checks, ground school requirements, initial upgrade training, and Simulator scheduling, which included leasing Simulator time on the 707 Simulator, the only people interested in it was Flying Tiger Line, who were taking delivery on 707's at the time. As luck would have it, Flying Tigers, took an interest in me, as there was a shortage of pilots at the time, due to the fact that the Air Force was extending service time due to the Viet Nam War. I was hired on a Thursday, to start School on the following Monday, I was not going to pass this up, so I let Western know of my intentions, they were less than happy, however they were nice enough to tell me that I would never be a pilot for them, so we were even. Knew some real fine people at Western. Spent the rest of my career with Flying Tigers, had some real great times there. Now retired, spend my time playing golf, at home (Incline Village, Nevada) during the summer, and in Timaru, New Zealand, during their summer. Regards, Rick Middel
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Always wanted to fly-better than hoeing weeds on a KS farm. I started college, went in service in 1940 (Infantry), Flight training in 1942and to India/china in Dec. 1942.Two tours over the "Hump" on C-47, C-46 & C-87's In air force till 7-1-48 when I went to work for TWA-furloughed, spent one year flying Capt. for Saudi-Arabian Airline-back to US and onto Tigers for next 31 & half years. A great move. flew the C-46, DC-4, DC-6, Connie, CL-44, B707, DC-8 and finished on the B747. A great time, great friends, spent 14 years as Domicile Chief Pilot in SLC, Chicago, DTW, & SFO. I have enjoyed retirement since Oct. 1981, Barbara & I have done a lot of traveling over the years, raised 3 sons. One of the big pleasures is going to the annual FTL reunions to see & visit with great friends. A fine career and I'm glad to have been part of it all! As the saying goes "I was too lazy to work & too nervous to steal" so it all turned out great! sincerely: Don Sanders | ||
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LastName: Scanlan FirstName: Michael MiddleName: Donald DOH: 04/15/1982 EmpNumber: Email: mdscanlan@fedex.com |
I was hired into Flying Tigers by Jim Haggerty as a District Sales Manager in LAX. I just got done with my interview and went back to resign from my position with a freight forwarder and they told me " Don't go to Tigers.... they are going bankrupt !!" I called Jim and relayed the comments from the freight forwarder and he told me " Mike .... everyone says that we have been going out of business for the last 20 years ...if you want to have some fun and join a great group of people than, Flying Tigers is your home !!" Well, Jim's comments led me to the Tiger family and life long friendships that i will always cherish. I have reported to Jim in a variety of sales positions for the last 25 years/ including our new home in FEDEX. There are a lot of Tigers on the 2nd/3rd floors at 101 North Sepulveda in El Segundo, Calif. Pls keep us updated on any news. Thanks and warm regards, Mike
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Tom Emp # 19667 DOH September 13, 1965 Email tcscott@aol.com
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| Shadowens, Lamont "Shad"
Hired 4/29/53 tigershad@earthlink.net Vern Moldrem's Tiger Tales Page 114,115,304,417,439
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Born, raised and a little educated in Southern Illinois, called “Little Egypt”, about half way between the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers at Cairo, named after the original Cairo of Egypt. A small town boy of a coal mining family caught up as a teenager in the great war and sent to “tough”!! duty to spend the war years in Hawaii in a then secret laboratory “Project X” (Project “Y” was the Norden bombsight lab) maintaining airborne Radar for which I had become a candidate as a result of my then small background in the study of electronics. Mistake to have told the recruiter this as I applied for aviation cadets but was termed too valuable to the war effort to be released. Missed my dream. Always wanted to fly, so when flight training became available again I started with the Hawaiian School of Aeronautics, through all the ratings, became flight and link instructor and was one of 2 pilots recruited by Hawaiian Airlines in 3-1952. After one year took leave of absence and to broaden horizon went to Chicago and applied with 3 or 4 carriers. Received telegram offers from Eastern, TWA and Flying Tigers on the same day. Chose Tigers on 4-29-53 excited by world wide flying, and the projected growth of Air Freight. Endured several furloughs during years of Tigers’ struggling growth and stuck it out for a fine career. Feel lucky to have experienced the great growth of aviation through the piston/propeller, turbo prop, to turbo jet age in the DC3, C46, DC4, DC6, Constellation, Canadair CL-44, B707,. DC-8 and B747. As Check pilot and while flying a Tigers’ Officer desk for a couple years, to pursue another dream, began the study of law a little late in life, but missed the yoke, rudder and throttle to return to the line for my 3 final years and the camaraderie of Tigers. Great airline, Great group of associates in the air and on the ground. GO TIGERS will ever resound. email tigershad@earthlink.net for Tiger messages; shadfun@earthlink.net IF SENDING JOKES, please; Now practicing Estate Planning law in California and planning another law specialty: email lawshad@earthlink.net; and as (Past President and current VP Membership of the national Retired Airline Pilots Association RAPA) See www.rapa.org. (where there’s a list of almost every US airline that has ever existed as posted by Mike Howe, RAPA Webmaster) and where airline employees of 5 years or more are eligible members and where FTLPA is a group member: rapashad@earthlink.net. Now what is this condition called retirement?? |
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Tatro (Langenberg) FirstName:
Mary MiddleName:
Lou DOH:
April,1955 EmpNumber:
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I came with another nurse (just as company) when Eve Mattot interviewed her, she asked me why I didn't apply, and didn’t I want to go to Tokyo?? Well duh, of course, so I agreed for 2 trips to Tokyo. When I returned she said did I want to see Europe, 5 yrs. and many wonderful, scary, trips later I still loved it, I still remember those years fondly. I flew as Stewardess on DC4s and DC6s, and then back to domestic on C46s. loved the looks of the "Connies" but when the flight crew put it on autopilot the rear end (where the galley was) fishtailed through the hours. I flew out of Linst, Austria with a plane load of Hungarian refugees headed for New Zealand, they removed the galley and added 5-6 added rows in back, made landings tricky, had to get all those back rows to jump up and run forward in the cabin as soon as we hit the ground to keep the nose wheel on the ground till we were stopped, made for an interesting flight, with several landing enroute. Good thing they were all young |
