CLYDE LONGHART WAS INDUCTED INTO THE COLORADO AVIATION HALL OF FAME ON DECEMBER 7, 1986. HIS CITATION FOLLOWS: Clyde C. Longhart Honored 1986 Clyde Longhart was born January 24. 1913 in Kansas City, Missouri, and has been in Colorado since 1915. He’s a special person who, although not a pilot, has done great things for aviation in Colorado for the benefit of all of us. Clyde attended Signal Corps schools for radio and technical instruction to become a specialist in aviation and communication. During this time, he worked on planes as diverse as the AT-6 trainer, known to all military pilots, and the Boeing 737 Jetliner, which most of us have flown in as a passcnger. He later worked in Utah as a civilian radio mechanic, following this with a period at Clinton Aviation in Denver. Clyde was hired by Ray Wilson to work with Monarch Airlines before they even had a plane. He stayed with them as Supervisor of Communications and Director of Avionics as Monarch became Frontier. He stayed with Frontier until he retired in July of 1980. Early in the life of these airlines, they used only VFR operations in the mountain areas and did not have all-weather capabilities. They needed their own navigation systems, as the government didn’t provide them at that time. Clyde instituted the first “H” marker facility at Durango, which enabled the airline to operate on instrument flight rules (IFR) for the first time. He and his crew later installed 25 more of these facilities. He was much honored for these contributions and was a sought-after speaker on this subject. He has certainly made his mark on Colorado aviation. Clyde was one of those mostly unseen persons working in the background, who helped make the airlines safe for all of us in the passenger compartments. We thank him for this work.