JOHN HOUSTON
1962 - 1966
PILOT
FTW MKC


Captain John Murray Houston took his final flight July 17, 2005. 
An excellent aviator, John was a Senior Captain for Braniff International 
and maintained a love for flight throughout his life. 
Born in Oklahoma City, 
John began his flight career as a United States Army pilot and joined Braniff in 1966. 
John was also affiliated with Central Airlines, Jet Fleet, Jet East, Sun Air, Air Niagara, 
United and retired from Southwest Airlines as a Flight Operation Specialist. 
John was a loving and generous husband and father, and will be sorely missed by his wife, Eileen, 
daughters Debra, Brenda & Linda, Son in Law Tim, grand-daughters Chanel & Megan and sisters Penny & Helen. 
Although John realizes all will miss his dry sense of humor and disarming good looks, 
no memorial service will be held at his request. 

John encourages all to raise a glass to the spirit of flight! 
I hope there's a place, way up in the sky, Where pilots can go when they have to die. 
A place where a guy could buy a cold beer For a friend & a comrade whose memory is dear. 
A place where no doctor or lawyer could tread, Nor a management-type would e'ler be caught dead! 
Just a quaint little place, kind of dark, full of smoke, Where they like to sing loud, and love a good joke.  
There must be a place where old pilots go, When their wings become heavy, when their airspeed gets low, 
Where the whiskey is old, And the women are young, And songs about flying and dying are sung.  
For this is the place where true flyers come.  
They've come here at last, to be safe and alone, From the government clerk, and the management clone; 
Politicians and lawyers, the Feds, and the noise, Where all hours are happy, 
and these good ol' boys Can relax with a cool one, and a well deserved rest!
1932 - 2005
This is Heaven, my Son. You've passed your last test!!!
-http://www.biseonline.com/2005obits.html
(11/10/07)

JOHN M HOUSTON  
Born 24 Aug 1932 
Died 17 Jul 2005 
Age 72
At 75023 (Plano, Collin, TX) 
SSN issued in Oklahoma 
-SSDI
(11/11/07)

John Houston wasn't around CEN very long before he landed a job with BN. 
I don't think CN was a destination for him but it provided him with some airline experience, 
just like several others who later went to PAA, AAL, CAL and UAL. 
He was a nice guy who always spoke well of 'Narrow Gauge Guys'.
H. A. "Jack" Frost
(11/11/07)