BRUCE CLAPHAM 1968 - 1986 PILOT DEN I was leafing through the Obituary page today and although I can't supply any specific date info, on many of the pilot's listed there is no info at all. My memory is far from perfect but I thought I'd pass along what I remember about some of these guys. Bruce Clapham: Bruce fought a long battle with cancer. He bought a Army surplus Queen Air which was one he had flown while in the Army before FAL. He had it restored into good airworthy condition and donated it to the Combat Air Museum in Topeka KS before he died. -H.A. "Frosty" Frost (11/26/99) That was super of Frosty to have gone through the names to recall some tidbits about some of the fellows who have Flown West. I will add a couple of comments to those pilots Frosty listed that I recall something special about. On the (unfortunately) long list, I will try to do that another time. "Bruce had his Lymphoma in remission and was doing pretty well with hopes the cancer thing was behind him. He discovered a lump in his armpit and that was the end of it shortly afterwards. Butch Carr gave the Eulogy at the service. Not a dry eye in the crowd. I flew several flights with Bruce and found that both of us had the same mentor. Captain Ralph S. Johnson (Ex UAL Chief of Flight Test and the father of the stabilized approach) retired from UAL and had his own squadron of W.W.II bombers. Bruce flew Ralph's Lockheed PV-2's before going into the Army. Bruce's dad was a physician and aeromed in Cheyenne." -Billy Walker (11/26/99) Bruce was based in DEN for the most part. Bruce was an Army pilot in VietNam. He donated a RU-8F (Beech Queen Air), that he had flown there, to a museum in Kansas. Both Bruce and I had the same mentor, Captain Ralph S. Johnson, former Chief Test Pilot for United who retired in 1947 to form his own aviation enterprises out of Cheyenne, Wyoming. -Bill Walker (12/3/05) I'm ready to send Dave Rampton's photos to you. They are all carefully named in my I-photos, some with year that was on back of photos -Bonnie Dahl (7/9/12) BRUCE T CLAPHAM The FL ALPA List shows Bruce retiring 8/15/86 a bit more than a week before shutdown. B T CLAPHAM Pilot seniority date of 4/29/68 per the 9/1/86 FL/ALPA Seniority List. -Jake Lamkins (11/19/12) Posted at FLacebook and the FL Club: DEN pilot Bruce Clapham's memorial webpage has been upgraded. New photo, five items added and moved to a non-ad site. -Jake Lamkins (11/20/12)