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Emily flew west on Fri, Jul 3, 2020
Notes Of Remembrance
The Colorado Aviation Historical Society announced her departure
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An obituary for her
Another obituary
A third obituary
The Jul 17, 2020 New York Times
She began working at Frontier Airlines on Jan 29, 1973
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It was widely publicized
The Jan 1973 Frontier newsletter headlined her arrival
She posed gracefully for many publicity photos
A new pilot uniform had to be designed for her
Her first job was a Boeing 737 second officer
Emily's great personality and attitude were evident from the start
In Dec 1973 she won a major award
A fellow Frontier pilot tells her story
She was promoted to captain in Jun 1976
More history was made in Jun 1984
Emily, on the left, in a photo from that event
She was #207 on the Sep 1986 pilots seniority list
Two Jan 1993 items about Emily on her 20th anniversary as an airline pilot
She was on the cover of a Mar 2001 Colorado magazine
Emily's biography printed in 2003, WEAVING THE WINDS, is for sale at Amazon.com
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A May 2010 pic of Emily with Janet & Ace Avakian, Frontier co-workers
She and husband Julius pose in May 2010
Emily attended the Aug 2013 Denver Frontier reunion
Shown with Frontier flight attendant Lana Kelley
She also attended the reunion the next year
The National Aviation Hall of Fame inducted her in Oct 2014
A Nov 2014 ALPA magazine article about Emily
The same month she lunched with Frontier friends Ellen Quinn, Bonnie Dahl & Jim Jeppesen
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She was featured in the January, 2015 Frontier News
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Her good friend Bonnie Dahl was with her in Jul 2015
when the Granby, CO airport was named after her
A new sign there shows the new name
Emily with her beloved Toto in Apr 2018
Frontier flight attendant Bonnie Dahl was best friends with Emily
One of her last visits with Emily was Jan 28, 2020
Bonnie sent this photo and said
"She was playing bingo when we got there and doing well
She likes company, a lot of memories in that little room
Has all of her pilot wings displayed"
Fellow Frontier pilot Billy Walker's biography of Emily
A short biography of her at the National Aviation Hall Of Fame
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Frontier captain Tex Searle mentions Emily in his autobiography
Awards and news items about Emily are too numerous to mention here
A Google search for Emily returns many websites with information about her
Her status at Frontier is aptly demonstrated when she is so often referred to as "Our Emily"
Emily's life was celebrated Jul 17, 2020
It was hosted by the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum
Several Old Frontier Airlines pilots attended the event
John Heimburger was another old Frontier Airlines pilot who attended
The program for Emily's Celebration Of Life
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