Category : From the Heart
The following is from Ron Allen, who married Alice Lotz. Alice is Cheryl’s sister. This is Ron’s unedited story. Well sorta. His daughter, Carol, sent some corrections. Regardless, it’s a great story about one of America’s finest families. Ron, having just been discharged from his service in the USAF, experienced.
I copied the following from the website Jake Lamkins put together and has hosted since the Frontier demise. A more readable copy can be found with this link: http://lamkins.tripod.com/WalkerReport.htmlA DEATH IN THE FAMILY The following report was written by Captain Billy Walker in 1987 on the First Anniversary of the cessation.
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January 19-21… We had a wonderful reunion with Dr. Ricardo Castañeda Santo and his family. We finally met the Santo’s oldest son, Said. It was Said who made it possible for the eight of us to survive a horrific abduction a half-hour east of Mazatlan, Mexico just a year.
I’ve been busy t’day visiting back n’ forth with long-time aviation pal, Captain Ernie Lingren. We share a lot of common interests having joined the original Frontier Airlines within a few months of one-another. The subject of the mystique that shrouded the venerable North American P-51 ‘Mustang’ came up. This.
Captain Jack Bering Schade 1921 – 2014 “How come I’m so lucky?” By Billy Walker The title works for most of us. However, this quote happens to come from a special mentor of mine and my first sponsor in my quest to become a member of a special fraternity of.
Writing my family’s story, from my perspective, I realized that I jumped ahead some. For sure I should have put something about what my grandparents meant to me as well as their influence which was considerable and atavistic. If you have already read Part One/Two/Three you know that I was.
If you enjoy these stories, you may wonder where my interest in aviation came from. In the beginning, it was my parents, W. Dillard “Pic” Walker and Frances Emily Walker. I was literally born into an aviation family. Moreover, I was almost born in an airplane! Writing.
SARATOGA to SCOTTSDALE arriving November 5, 1958… After Jerry Donelan convinced me to move to Arizona the quid pro quo was that our move would be following the Panther’s football season. As I mentioned in Part One, the PVHS football team went from worst to first from my freshman year to my senior year..
September 1986 was the demise of our beloved Frontier Airlines. It’s employees blown to the four winds. It was an extremely sad time especially after all the sacrifices we employees made in trying to save a FIRST-RATE little airline. JAKE Even with all the pain and uncertainty, the FLamily, as.