CABBY CABALLERO
1946 - 1948, 1959 - 1985
AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, LEAD AIRCRAFT MECHANIC
ABQ FMN LNK DEN


The Obituary for M."Cabby" Caballero, Lead Mechanic, 
is in The Denver Post Wed/Thurs, September 26,27, 2007.
-Ken Schultz
(9/27/07)

Thanks, Ken.
Do you have his dates with FL and where he worked?
-Jake Lamkins
(9/27/07)

"Cabby" started to work as a mechanic for Monarch Air Lines in Denver 
the summer of 1946 before the first converted DC-3 had arrived.  
He and others were busy making ground equipment; such as work stands, battery carts, parts bins, etc.  
In 1948 during the Berlin Airlift, he and several other mechanics quit and rejoined the Air Force.  
He returned prior to the buildup of the Korean War, 
but Frontier Airlines was not hiring mechanics at that time so he went to work for Western Airlines in Denver 
and went to Los Angeles as a mechanic during one of Western's layoffs in 1959.  
Frontier had an opening for a mechanic in ABQ so he quit Western and started for Frontier June 1, 1959.
He worked as as mechanic at ABQ, FMN & LNK, and returned to Denver in 1960.
He was a Lead Mechanic October 31, 1965 on Line Maintenance in Denver where he worked until retirement in 1985.
-Ken Schultz
(9/29/07)

Every time I read of old friends passing on, memories return. 
I sure did like Cabby. He was a good guy and great mechanic. 
-Ed Huss
(11/3/07)

Posted at the FL Club 
Updated mechanic Cabby Caballero memorial webpage
CABBY CABALLERO
1946 - 1948, 1959 - 1985
AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, LEAD MECHANIC
ABQ FMN LNK DEN
http://FAL-1. tripod.com/ Cabby_Caballero. html
Found some photos of Cabby, thanks to Ken Schultz.
Post your remembrances of Cabby.
-Jake Lamkins
(5/14/09)

Subject: Updated memorial webpage  
CABBY CABALLERO
1946 - 1948, 1959 - 1985
AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, LEAD MECHANIC
ABQ FMN LNK DEN
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Cabby_Caballero.html
Found a good photo.
Post your remembrances of Cabby.
-Jake Lamkins
(3/29/10)

Photo of Cabby and mechanics from 1967
reprinted with permission from the book
FROM THE COCKPIT TO THE GALLEY
by Bonnie C. Dahl and Patty A. McNeill.
-Jake Lamkins
(11/26/17)

M CABALLERO
FMN mech
DOB 6/10/21
DOH 6/1/59
per the Feb 1960 Frontier Roster.
-Jake Lamkins
(11/26/17)

FLacebook - FL Club
FLight West: Cabby Caballero
ABQ FMN LNK DEN lead aircraft mechanic Cabby Caballero's memorial webpage 
has been updated at http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Cabby_Caballero.html
8 items added and webpage brought up to date.
-Jake Lamkins
(11/27/17)

Cabby's first name was Marks although I never heard him called that.
-Bob Baxter
(11/27/17)

Great Man..enjoyed working with him.
-Tom Pigan 
(11/27/17)

Great to work with. He taught me a lot.
-Don White 
(11/27/17)