BUDDY KOPP
1950 - 1979
PURSER, PILOT
FTW ACF GSW DAL DEN DFW


THE ARRIVAL OF DC-3s
By late 1950, we were operating two round trips daily 
from Fort Worth to Tulsa and Amarillo with DC-3 equipment. 
It was a big step up for we were no longer a make-believe airline. 
We flew night and instrument schedules and proudly carried 
in the cabin of our airplane the forerunner of todays stewardess. 
There was a difference though; they were male. 
Many of our original pursers are still with us in responsible positions with the company. 
Some of them are: Emmett Spinks, David Dodd and Buddy Kopp, Captains; 
Pete Jones and Nelson Embleton, Flight Superintendents. 
Accounting's Charlie Kleinecke and district sales manager 
Hal Harbuck got their start with Central as pursers.
-A Pilot Remembers by Harry Logsdon
From the September 1964 CN SKYWRITER newsletter

Buddy Kopp died 8-82
-FARPA newsletter
(5/7/05)

B J KOPP
Pilots seniority date of 12/4/51
per the Sep 1972 FL/ALPA Seniority List.
He would have been 60 on Sep 9, 1979.
-Jake Lamkins
(10/4/15)

My sharpest memory of Buddy 
is from a summer night in STL in 1969.
He captained a CV580 flight 
which arrived around 10 pm.
It must have been a long day because
he was not in a good mood.
He and his crew would RON
and take the CV580 out next morning.
I had to park him in the corner gate
and I had to squeeze him in between 
a TW B707 and our own B727.
It got too tight for his comfort and he shut
the CV580 down while still between the two jets.
"They can tow it the rest of the way!" he blurted.
I felt I could get him on in but he would not listen.
So I deplaned the passengers about 100 yards from
the gate and they hiked to the terminal
while I had the ramp crew unload it.
Buddy and his crew went to the hotel.
TW was already screaming at our operations that
we had them pinned in and their flight would be delayed.
It took awhile to get our mechanics out to tow
the now empty CV580 into the gate.
I wish I still had the paperwork that resulted from this mess.
TWA really raised hell about it and they 
were the biggest STL operator at the time.
-Jake Lamkins
(10/54/15)

B J KOPP
DAL 737 captain
per the May 1973 and May 1974 Pilot Domicile Lists.
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B J KOPP
DEN 737 captain
per the Apr 1975 Pilot Domicile List.
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B J KOPP
DAL 737 captain
per the Apr 1976, Mar 1977, Apr 1978 and Mar 1979 Pilot Domicile Lists.
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Apparently he retired when he reached 60 years old in Sep 1979.
-Jake Lamkins
(10/6/15)

FLacebook - FL Club
FLight West: Buddy Kopp
FTW ACF GSW DAL DEN DFW pilot Buddy Kopp's memorial webpage has been upgraded:
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Buddy_Kopp.html
Still need a photo and obituary for Buddy.
-Jake Lamkins
(10/6/15)