BOB ERVIN 1956 - 1962 STATION AGENT FYV Bob was a passenger service agent at FYV with CN. He got his commecial pilot's license and had gone to work for AA when I met him in 1965 or so. I'm not sure when he left CN but he was gone when I started in '64. He was thru the station over the years. He ended up captain on AA DC-10s and was sked to fly out the DC-10 that lost an engine at ORD and crashed. He missed it because his inbound connection was late. He was small statured and laughingly would say he needed a phone book to sit on to see out of the cockpit. Very likable guy. -Jake Lamkins (7/16/06) I started at FSMCN Oct 12, 1956. I transferred to FYV in 1959 replacing S/A Bob Irvin when he went in the USAF after finishing College at U of A. Last I knew, Bob was flying jets for AA between DFW and SFO but have not heard for several years so he very well may have retired. -Ken Stewart FSM/FYV/ICT/FAT/SCK/TUL (7/10/09) D R ERVIN Passenger service agent seniority date of 6/12/56, Mil LOA, per the 1/1/62 CN PSA Seniority List. -Jake Lamkins (2/21/15) FLacebook story: Bob Ervin was a FYV station agent 1956 until 1959 when he went into the Air Force. He came out some years later as a pilot and got a job with AA. Whenever he was in FYV he would stop off and visit us at the airport. Around 1980 or so he came by and told us about his adventures the year before when AA 191 crashed at ORD on takeoff. Bob was scheduled to take the flight out but his inbound was delayed so AA re-crewed it. When he got to ORD one could see the smoke coming from the crash site from the passenger terminal which had those huge floor to ceiling windows. He said the ORD AA folks were telling the story of an irate passenger who came in on his flight and missed his connection to AA 191. "WHERE'S MY FLIGHT,?" he kept yelling at the ticket agent. The agent pointed toward the smoke and said, "That's your flight, sir." Bob was a short guy, maybe 5'6" and he would claim he took a phone book with him on flights to sit on so he could see out the cockpit window. Very likeable guy - regretfully I have lost touch with him. -Jake Lamkins (10/8/20) After posting the above item I googled Bob and found he had flown west. -Jake Lamkins (10/9/20) Ladies and gentlemen, Don R. Ervin "Bob" (bad news) I am sorry to report the passing of GE# 2839, Don R. "Bob" Ervin, on 12/08/2017 at the age of 81. I was informed about this by Stacey Hull, GE Liason at APA HDQ who had received a call from Bob’s wife. I have been unable to locate an obituary however condolences may be sent to Kay at the address shown below. NAME: Ervin, Don R. "Bob" GE#: 2839 EMP#: 036372 DOB: 02/23/1936 DOD: 12/08/2017 AGE: 81 SPOUSE: Katheryn (Kay) ADDRESS: 7009 Sunnywood Drive Nashville, TN 37211 615-445-7786 Sadly, Gary Yudell Secretary, The Grey Eagles -https://www.thegreyeagles.org/Portals/0/Images/GE-Messages-05-02-2018.pdf (10/8/20) May 29, 1958 Baxter Bulletin - newspaper from Mountain Home, Arkansas Don Robert Ervin has received the Chicago Tribune's award for the outstanding senior Air Force ROTC of the University of Arkansas. He holds the rank of Lt. Col. in ROTC, and has received his pilot's license. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin are former residents of Mountain Home. -https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/412357467/ (10/9/20) July 7, 1966 Baxter Bulletin - newspaper from Mountain Home, Arkansas Mrs. Bob Ervin and sons, David and Drew, of Fayetteville, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs Robin Morris. Her husband is attending American Airlines School at O'Hare in Chicago, -https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/412415012/ (10/9/20) FLacebook - FL Club FLight West: Bob Ervin BOB ERVIN 1956 - 1962 STATION AGENT FYV http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Bob_Ervin.html Bob went on military LOA in 1959 when he joined the Air Force. When he got out he became a pilot at American Airlines in 1966. -Jake Lamkins (10/15/20) Trish Swanson-Hawk Prayers for his family and friends Sue Beckham Prayers for families (10/15/20) Keith Sturgeon I remember him, he was a really nice guy. (10/16/20)