LARRY VAIL
1958 - 1986
STATION AGENT
OMA SMF


I received a call from Bill Crocker informing of the death of Larry Vail....
1/17/00...cancer...Larry worked in OMA/SMF and some other FL stations 
before the FL/CN merger in 1967...cards can be sent to his wife Mary.
-Richard Dix
(1/21/00)

Larry Vail worked the freight counter at OMA on the afternoon shift didn't he? 
-Chuck Tisckos
(1/23/00)

Last thing I can remember Larry working was the graveyard 
shift like midnight to 8:00 a.m. when we worked EA.
He transfered to SMF then....but what a crew we had 
on the graveyard...that's when Al Louis was hired...Dec. of "72".
I remember Larry said he did not see Al's face 
until spring when the weather turned warm...what memories.
-Richard Dix
(1/25/00)

That was a great crew at OMA station. We had a 5 ring circus for sure. 
We were all a bunch of hustlers. 
We could handle a lot of work with the minimum amount of people. 
Seems like we just did what we had to do and it got done. 
We never slighted EA's operation even tho we could have. 
You're right those are some great memories.
It's such a pity that jerks like Frank Lorenzo, Glen Ryland 
and the O'Neills and others had to spoil our fun and ruin it all. 
-Chuck Tisckos
(1/25/00)

I remember Larry Vail and a lot of the old OMA people, 
I went there sometime in the 70's to help open Maintenance, 
stayed maybe 6-9 months, hung out at the Quebec Inn and 
got caught in a horrific blizzard there, drove a yellow 67 
Corvette with several theft attempts out of the employee parking lot, 
I had that car rigged for anti-theft that Houdini 
himself could'nt steal it. The OMA guys were great, 
I got there when Charlie Carper was there and then replaced by Lee ? (Davis)
The OMA guys did'nt like that change.
Remember getting many a haircut in the back room, who was that guy? 
I remember Dixon and Vail and a few others, 
How about a Frank ??? and Steve ???Help me out you OMA guys! 
I remember when Emmitt Spinks 
would come thru and magically start the prop rotating with 
a wave of his hand out the sliding window, that would blow 
some minds at the gate. 
Then I went to STL, that was a good time! 
-Jim Taylor
(1/25/00)

L H VAIL
OMA station agent
DOB 4/27/39
DOH 9/20/58
per the Feb 1960 FL Roster.
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L H VAIL
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DOB 4/27/39
DOH 9/20/58
per the Dec 1984 FL Pension Record.
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L H VAIL
Emp# 08951. ORG# 3446 - SMF
DOH and station agent seniority date of 9/20/58
DOB 4/27/39
per the Oct 1986 FL/ALEA Seniority List.
-Jake Lamkins
(4/20/16)

FLacebook - FL Club
FLight West: Larry Vail
OMA SMF station agent Larry Vail's memorial webpage has ben upgraded:
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Larry_Vail.html
Still need an obituary for Larry.
-Jake Lamkins
(4/21/16)

Really miss this guy, terrific guy!
-J.D. Newton 
(4/21/16)