BRADY WHITE 1955 - 1985 AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, LEAD AIRCRAFT MECHANIC FTW ACF GSW DAL DFW DEN FSM TUS MCI I am interested in getting added to the ExFal members list. Please note the following: Brady O. White, EX CN/FL, Maint., FTW, DAL, D/FW, FSM, TUS, MCI, Retired in 1985. Looking for ex rampie buddies. -Brady White, Ft. Worth TX (Brady attended the 2003 FYV-FSM Reunion and brought some great photos of a CN DC-3 that ran off the taxiway at GSW in 1967. They are posted on the internet.) -Oct 2003 FL News Hi Jake, Keep up the good work. Short story: In June '03 my wife & I attended our high school reunion in N. Ft. Worth. I was enjoying a cool drink of water while my wife was talking to old friends. I noticed someone had sat down next to me. Lo & behold if it wasn't Fred Walsh from DEN. The banquet was the next night at Will Rogers coliseum in FTW. Fred attended it also. He graduated the same school in 1937. Fred has always been one of my favorite people. Thanks for the memories, Fred. -Brady White, Ft. Worth TX (4/22/04) Email to Brady Hi Brady, Got your note & check today. Thanks for your support. Can you give me some info about Fred? He was FL, right? Where/when did he work at FL. Thanks, -Jake Lamkins (4/22/04) Fred Walsh was Central. He was a line foreman when I arrived in 55. The first time I ever saw Fred was in 1953 I believe. I was flying a cub around Ft. Worth .and landed at an old airport east of Ft Worth. The weather was rotten and I thought I'd better find a place to squat for a spell; so I picked this little postage stamp. We tied her up went inside out of the rain and jawed for a spell; after it quit raining I took off and headed for South Ft. Worth and put her up; enjoyed talking with Ffred. never put eyes on him till 55 when I hired in . Sure enjoy the mag. -Brady White (4/22/04) Brady phoned to let me know he would be sending $20 to re-new his sub. He said Fred Walsh who lives in California had a heart attack but was recovering. He is now 78 and goes to lots of doctors. John Leslie lives in the Ft. Worth area. -Jake Lamkins (4/22/06) Note: Just a short note Jake, there is not enough thank yous in the world big enough to repay you for your energy, your input in making this newsletter real. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Jake, I am getting together a group of ex-Central maint. people June 22: I will let you know how many comes to this meeting. I hope we can have this about 3 or 4 times a year. Thanks again, -Brady White (5/30/08) Hi Brady, Thanks for your renewal and your kind words. Good luck with the CN meeting. We have a FYV meeting monthly and usually have 4 or 5 show up. We have lunch and visit. We enjoy it very much and I hope yours goes as well. Let me know and I'll put something in the newsletter. By the way, when did you start and where all were you based? Thanks, -Jake Lamkins (5/30/08) Brady phoned to tell me he is sending photos from the mechanics gathering he had. There were 20 or so mechanics who showed up. One was 90 and Brady is now 80. He probably won't make the FYV-FSM reunion next month due to age and back problems and gas prices. -Jake Lamkins (7/18/08) Brady White phoned to get Ken Schultz' mailing address. He said Ken sounded weak last time he spoke to him. He also noted that he and Ken had both worked for WA at one time or another. Brady worked for them in 1963-64 during the CN strike. Brady said Donald Acridge had died recently and his obit was in the FTW newspaper. Donald was a 30+ year mechanic with CN/FL. -Jake Lamkins (4/21/10) Brady phoned about the FTW mechanic's reunion. 25 attended with 9 no-sho. It was held at the Eagle Mountain Lake marina. Parker Davis has died - he will send the obituary. He will also send a story or two. Brady's now 82 years old. -Jake Lamkins (10/31/10) Funny Things Happen Five years ago my wife and I went on a jour day chartered bus trip through east Texas and west Louisiana. We boarded the bus early and was watching the other folks arrive and board. I noticed a guy and his wife approach the bus and told my wife "I think I know that guy coming aboard" and the closer he got the more I realized it was Larry Brogden and his wife, Sue. I had not seen Larry in twenty five years. We greeted one another among approximately forty people aboard the bus. The third day of the trip we ate at a restaurant near the Louisiana border for lunch. During lunch discussion, two ladies at our table overheard Larry and me talking about the good old days at Frontier Airlines. One of the ladies, Dona Christ, indicated she had worked as a stewardess. She began to tell us during one of her flights to Fort Smith the plane lost the air stair door (approximately 1956). After she finished her story, I told her she worked for Central Airlines at that time. She was pleasantly surprised and asked how I knew she worked for Central Airlines. I explained I was one of the mechanics that picked up the door off the taxi way. The door weighed about 100 pounds and there is probably still a one inch hole in the Fort Smith concrete runway where it landed. I don't remember the aircraft number that lost the door, but it was one with the large air stair door. The hinges broke at the bottom and slipped out far enough allowing the air pressure to get inside. As the door came loose it went over the fuselage hitting the vertical stabilizer and knocked a large hole in the de-icer boot putting a six inch dent in the vertical stab. It continued swinging back across the fuselage tearing a twelve inch hole in the leff side of fuselage breaking the chains and it hit the left horizontal stabilizer. The stabilizer was so bent it almost jammed the elevators. We patched the hole and tapped the de-icer boot, making sure the elevators worked properly without putting pressure on the cables and surrounding metal. We stashed the air stair door in the baggage compartment and flew out of Fort Smith to Fort Worth. Although we used every blanket we could find on the plane, we were half frozen upon arrival in Fort Worth. Thus creating my wildest field trip. As our east Texas bus trip continued Mrs. Christ reiterated, she never dreamed she would meet one person from Central Airlines much less two. Then later to my surprise I discovered the former stewardess' husband belonged to my Hurst, TX lodge. In a later conversation the stewardess also mentioned she remembered Emmet Spinks. Last but not least, we would like to mention our special memories of Ken Schultz. He was an amazing guy. We are going to miss his great work and information Ken provided for our Frontier News. -Brady White Central/Frontier 1 955-1 985 (11/30/10) Brady White phoned but I missed it. Called him back an hour later and we chatted. He asked if Sam Warriner had gotten in touch with me. He said Sam had kinda taken over the DFW MX Reunion. I told he had not but Bill Guthri sent some stuff. He said he was doing okay and I told him the same. Jake (11/19/13) Bill Guthrie, What's your cell number? Brady White wanted it. -Jake Lamkins (8/14/15) He must be getting old. I just talked to him last week. Glad I ain't old. I'll call him thanks, Jake. -Bill Guthrie (8/14/15) Bill, I put yours in my address book. Don't know why I didn't already have it. I'm not getting old either. I'm 18 years old wondering what the hell happened! -Jake Lamkins (8/14/15) Brady left a voice mail and I called him back. He said the DFW Mechanics Reunion was cancelled due to FLolks being in bad health and nobody to organize it. He also said he was under the weather and would be 90 in March. -Jake Lamkins (9/20/17) FLacebook posting of Brady's 90th birthday: Thanks for posting this, Bill. I lost count years ago of the times Brady has helped me out. It's great to see him celebrating the BIG NINE OH! Jake Lamkins (3/10/18) Brady left a voice mail and I called him back about 11 am. We chatted about 10 min and he was feeling pretty good. He turned 90 last March and had a great birthday party. He told me they would have a DFW maintenance reunion this fall and he had put Bill Guthrie in charge of it. He would be 2nd in command! More info later on details. -Jake Lamkins (7/9/18) DFW MECHANICS REUNION Texas Pit BBQ 6680 Peden Road Eagle Mountain Lake Saginaw, TX Contacts: Bill Guthrie, 254-631-5699, bill_guth3@yahoo.com Brady White, 817-688-9873, ontopavia@aol.com -Jake Lamkins (5/4/20) FLacebook Belated Birthday Wishes BRADY WHITE 1955 - 1986 AIRCRAFT MECHANIC GSW DFW DEN He was 93 on Mar 10th! A terrific guy who has helped me for years with the maintenance group. -Jake Lamkins (3/21/21) Phone text on 9/1/22 Bill Guthrie I don't know if Dorothy has told you or not but Brady White is in the hospital has taken a turn for the worst, developed pneumonia, doctor say he probably won't make it through the night. Phone text on 9/2/22 Bill Guthrie Brady passed away at 3:30 PM yesterday FLacebook Messaenger on 9/3/22 Jake Lamkins Hey Bill, Thanks for letting me know about Brady. Sad news. Send me his obituary weblink when you see it. Bill Guthrie You're welcome Jake. He was like another brother to me for 65 years. (9/3/22) FLacebook Post on Sep 2&3, 2022 Jake Lamkins Runway 27 has been crowded of late: Lyle Krueger, MKC PHX LAX station agent, 3/30/22, age 87 Liz May, DEN flight attendant, 8/15/22, age 75 Scot Norman, DEN flight attendant, 3/19/18, age 59 Bev Myrick Olsen, PHX WYS BOI ticket counter agent, 8/27/22, age 78 Bob Sims, STL MCI GEG CMH reservations agent, sales respresentative, station manager, 8/30/22, age 71 Anne Trimble, DEN accounting clerk, 8/14/22, age 88 Brady White, GSW DFW DEN aircraft mechanic, 9/1/22, age 94 Jake Lamkins He was the DFW MX Reunion coordinator for many years. Added him to the Oldest List at 94 yrs, 5 mos, 22 days (9/6/22) B O WHITE Emp# 09353, DALML Aircraft mechanic DOB 3/10/28 DOH 7/1/55 Address in Euless, TX Per the Dec 1970 employees roster. ----------------------------------- B O WHITE Emp# 09353, DFWMM Address in Hurst, TX Per the Nov 1984 employees roster. ----------------------------------- B O White Aircraft mechanic seniority date of 5/6/57 Per the Nov 1980 FL/IAM Seniority List. I don't find him on the May 1986 seniority list. His 2003 note said he retired in 1985. -Jake Lamkins (9/17/22) FLacebook FLIGHT WEST POSTED BRADY WHITE 1955 - 1985 AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, LEAD AIRCRAFT MECHANIC FTW ACF GSW DAL DFW DEN FSM TUS MCI http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Brady_White.html Post your remembrances of him. -Jake Lamkins (9/18/22) Trish Swanson-Hawk Prayers for his family and many friends. RIP Fred Watson R.I.P Brady. You can lay those wrenches down now. Karen Berry RIP Brady Donna Harrison One of my very favorites. RIP, Brady. Bill Guthrie Thanks for the nice web page, Jake. I met him my first day at CN. Feb 4 , 1957. I was 23 years old he was a fascinating character and a close friend. I'm going to miss our daily phone conversations. Jake Lamkins I'll miss Brady for sure. I'm so glad he had such a long and full life. I lost count long ago at the number of times he helped me with the mechanics' group. It was such a treat to see him at the 2003 FYV-FSM Reunion. He was just such a great guy! (9/18/22) Bonnie Dahl God Bless you, Brady. Phil Stallings RIP, Brady. Kayla Naima My condolences. (9/19/22)