ELMER BURSON
1947 - 1974
PILOT, CHIEF PILOT, MANAGER-FLIGHT SIMULATOR
DEN PHX


GARY KENT BURSON DIED ON  9/9/93, 
I WEEK AFTER HIS FATHER ELMER BURSON.  
THE WHOLE BURSON FAMILY WOULD BE SO HONORED IF YOU WOULD INCLUDE HIM 
IN YOUR LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE FLOWN WEST.
WE ALL TRULY WERE A FAMILY. HE WORKED AS AN AGENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALSO HOW CAN I JOIN THE FRONTIER AIRLINES CLUB? THANK FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME.     
-CAROL KLEIN BURSON
(1/13/02)

GARY STARTED WITH FRONTIER IN 1964, SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA. TIME OF DC-3'S
AND 340'S. FLEW FFOM SCOTTSBLUFF TO PHOENIX TOO MANY TIMES-HIS FOLKS LIVED
IN PHX. HIS DAD WAS A PILOT FOR MONARCH AND FRONTIER AND THEN DID TRAINING
FOR FAL BEFORE HE RETIRED. WE THEN WENT TO DENVER, MANHATTAN, KS, LAWTON,
OK, AND THEN FINALLY KILLEEN, TX, WHERE GARY WORKED FOR SATO UNTIL --WELL
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. AFTER FAL WENT UNDER SATO GAVE HIM A JOB AND WE
ENDED UP COMING TO BILOXI, MS AND HE WORKED HERE TILL HE DIED. SOMEDAY HOPE
TO FLY WITH YOU AGAIN. STILL KEEP MY PASS IN MY WALLET.  
THANKS, 
-CAROL BURSON
(1/14/02)

Gary was my older brother. Elmer was our father. All three of us worked
for Frontier. Talk about it being in the family. And Frank Meyer's wife & mine are sisters.
-Larry Burson
(1/17/02)

Posted at the FL Club
Updated memorial webpages
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Gary_Burson.html
Gary Burson, BFF DEN MHK LAW station agent, SATO agent
http://members.tripod.com/~Lamkins/Elmer_Burson.html
Elmer Burson, DEN pilot
Elmer was Gary's dad.  
Elmer died 9/1/93 and Gary died 8 days later.
Elmer's other son, Larry, also worked for FL.
Larry and flight instructor Frank Meyer married sisters.
-Jake Lamkins
(11/16/05)

E. T. Burson seniority date of 3/10/47 on the 10/28/67 FL/ALPA seniority list.
He went off flying status in the late 1960s and managed the flight simulator afterwards.
Elmer retired Mar 15, 1974 after 27 years with FL.
-Jake Lamkins
(12/8/09)

Posted at the FL Club
Updated Memorial Webpage
ELMER BURSON
1947 - 1974
PILOT, CHIEF PILOT, MANAGER OF SIMULATOR TRAINING
DEN PHX
http://lamkins.tripod.com/Elmer_Burson.html
5 items added plus a funny story by Ace Avakian.
Post your remembrances of Elmer.
-Jake Lamkins
(12/10/09)

E T BURSON
PHX division chief pilot
per the Nov 1955 Frontier Roster.
E T BURSON
PHX division chief pilot
DOB 8/12/15
DOH 3/10/47
per the Feb 1960 Frontier Roster.
-Jake Lamkins
(3/19/16)

FLight West: Elmer Burson
DEN manager-flight simulator Elmer Burson's memorial webpage has been updated:
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Elmer_Burson.html
Several items added but still need an obituary for Elmer.
Elmer was a Monarch and Frontier pilot before his simulator position.
-Jake Lamkins
(3/19/16)

Elmer T. Burson (Rep.), divisional chief pilot in Phoenix, won by 17 votes in a hectic six-way battle in his district for state representative. 
His campaign was based on property tax equalization and revision of child labor laws to help combat youth problems. 
As a father of three teenage sons and an active participant in Scouting, school and church youth organizations, his interest in this field is well founded.
This is Captain Burson’s first political contest and he faces strong Democratic opposition in the November election. 
His nearest Republican opponent, Jerry W. Poole, a popular political analyst 
and a public relations executive, has pledged his complete support to Burson in the general election campaign.
Per the Sep 1958 Sunliner News
-Jake Lamkins
(10/18/20)