CHUCK BLAIR 1962 - 1981 PILOT DEN Chuck Blair, captain, retired 1980 with 18 years per the October 1980 FL NEWS. -Jake (11/28/04) I phoned to see when to start their subscription & talked to Helen. They had a Fall issue from the PHX Reunion - so start with the Winter issue. He's married to Helen who worked 3 years ending in 1966. She worked as a clerk in the Credit Union and for VP Larry Sills. Charles started as a pilot 6-62 and medically retired 1-1-81. He was based in DEN. -Jake Lamkins (11/12/05) Chuck was on the FL/ALPA MEC and Negotiating Committee in 1978 -Jake Lamkins (1/17/06) I wanted to let you know that captain Charles E. Blair passed away 12-16-13. Chuck flew for Frontier for 18 1/2 years, Dc-3s, 580 convairs, B727s, B737s out of Denver, Colorado. He retired 1/1/81. I sure do miss him. -Helen M. Blair (1/13/14) She called me and I extended my sympathies. She said Chuck had a stroke which did not paralyze him but did affect his cognitive abilities. Then he got "valley fever" and his lungs went bad quickly. It was good he was no longer suffering. There was no obit or service - just a cremation. I asked her for a photo and anything else she would like in his memorial. -Jake Lamkins (1/13/14) FAL CHARLES E BLAIR ALPA# 0225276 DOB 06/26/28 DOH 06/11/62 RET 01/01/81 per the FL/ALPA Roster. Nothing at SSDI or FindAGrave.com C E BLAIR Pilot seniority date of 6/11/62 per the 9/1/72 FL/ALPA Seniority List. -Jake Lamkins (1/13/14) FLacebook and FL Club DEN pilot Chuck Blair flew west 12/16/2013. There was no obituary or service and he was cremated, according to his widow Helen who was a FL clerk back in the 1960s. Here's a pic of Chuck from Mar 1980. -Jake Lamkins (1/13/14) Saw the information about Chuck Blair this morning on FB and wondered if you have an address or email for Helen. I would like to contact her and a few others have asked me for a way to contact her. Thanks for any help you can offer and thanks for all you do for the old FAL group!! You are truly a gem! -Joanne Griffin (1/14/14) Dear Jake, Thanks so much for your call. Enclosed is a few words about Chuck that I put together, along with an old photo. If this photo doesn't work to reproduce, let me know - this one I like best & if possible, I would like to have it back. Hope this will work to put something in the FAL News. If you need more info or if that photo won't work, please so advise. Thanks again, -Helen Blair (1/18/14) Helen's Eulogy Captain Charles E. Blair Frontier Airlines DOB 6/26/28 - DOD 12/16/2013 <85> Born in Windham, Ohio in 1928, he moved to Tucson in 1944 and graduated from Amphitheater High School. He owned and operated a barber shop in Tucson on Stone Avenue when the flying bug hit him & he became a corporate pilot until 1962. In 1962, he moved to Denver, Colorado to begin a career with Frontier Airlines. He retired with an early medical retirement in 1981, as captain on the B-737. While with Frontier he was chairman of the Air Line Pilots Association for Frontier Council #77 and also a member of the Pilots' Negotiating Committee. He was a longtime member of the Elks Lodge & a member of Boat/US. -Helen Blair (1/18/14) Hi Helen, Thank you for the photo and eulogy you sent. The photo is enclosed along with a large copy I made for you that is suitable for framing. I'll be working on Chuck's memorial website in a week or so and you can view it online at http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Chuck_Blair.html He will also be in the Spring FL News out in Apr 2014. Take care and my condolences once again, -Jake Lamkins (1/18/14) Photo of Chuck from 1977 reprinted with permission from the book FROM THE COCKPIT TO THE GALLEY by Bonnie C. Dahl and Patty A. McNeill. -Jake Lamkins (1/22/14) FLacebook - FL Club DEN pilot Chuck Blair's memorial webpage is posted. http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Chuck_Blair.html -Jake Lamkins (1/26/14)