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Notes Of Remembrance
Lamar flew west on Feb 5, 2007
He died at Dallas, Texas
His SSDI Report
Lamar began working at Central Airlines as President on May 1, 1965
and served until the sale to Frontier on Oct 1, 1967
Apr 1965 CN Skywriter article
about Lamar being hired as President
Photo of Lamar
from the same article
Lamar took some VPs to DAL in Jun 1965
and they worked as station agents
He and Bud Herring
got their hands dirty
Their tired crew afterwards
Jack Prather sent a note about this day
By Jun 1965, Central and Lamar
were looking at several jets including the Boeing 737
Central looked over the DC-9
in Aug 1965
The airline took delivery of the CV Dart 600
in Sep 1965
Later in Nov 1965, Central and Lamar
took a look at the BAC-111
Lamar at a TBN station visit
in Nov 1965 when Dart 600 service began
A 1966 Central photo of Lamar
Feb 1967 Central ad features Lamar
Lamar is featured in the Apr 1967 Central newsletter
After Central was sold to Frontier in Oct 1967 he went to Univeral Airlines
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A 1968 ad for Universal
After Central and Universal, Lamar ran Southwest
but resigned in 1978
He is pictured in the 1971 Southwest Annual report
Lamar started Muse Air in Jan 1980 with his son
and it became TransStar in late 1985, a WN subsidiary.
An article about Lamar's efforts at Muse Air
Lamar and Herb Kelleher of Southwest in later years
Lamar, seated, concentrated on charitable works
in his last years, especially in his hometown of Palestine, TX
Blog about Lamar's death and legacy
More on Lamar
Excerpts from his book
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