JESSE FRANKLIN
1958 - 1984
AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, PILOT
DEN PHX


Hi Jesse,
Great hearing your voice today and to know you are well.
Ace puts out a newsletter and is the main contact for 
the FARPA Lunch Bunch in DEN.  
If you get down to PHX, we've always room and a cool one in the fridge.
-Billy Walker
(10/21/05)

I have just switched my email address from jfranklin65@comcast.net to jwfranklin65@msn.com.
Please use this new address for all future email and instant message.
-Jesse Franklin
(9/30/06)

Thanks for the update, Jesse.
We're still putting out the FL newsletter.
Send your postal address and I'll get a copy in the mail to you.
FLorever!
-Jake Lamkins
(9/30/06)

Please add my father, Jesse Franklin out of Denver. 
jwfranklin65@msn.com to your FL Reunion invite. 
He retired as a Cpt around 1985. I'm not totally sure but I believe he 
began working for FAL 1959 perhaps 58. Thanks so much, 
-Tammi Jean Franklin 
(5/17/11)

Thanks for the update, Tammi.
You dad started as an aircraft mechanic 9/2/58 and transferred to pilot 3/06/67.
Best wishes to you both.
-Jake Lamkins
(5/18/11)

J. W. FRANKLIN
DEN MECH
DOB 7/7/29
DOH 9/2/58
Per 2/60 FL Roster.
J W FRANKLIN 03/06/67
Per the 9/1/81 FL/ALPA Seniority List.
He is not on the 9/1/86 list.
-Jake Lamkins
(5/18/11)

Frontier captain Jessie Franklin passed away yesterday at 3:00 AM, April 10th.  
His funeral service will be held April 12th, Thursday, 
at the Applewood Baptist Church, in Wheatridge, Colorado, at 2:00 PM.  
The church is located at 11200 West 32nd Avenue, Wheatridge, CO 80033.
Please notify all ex FL personnel.
Thank you.
-Wes Te Winkle
(4/11/12)

Just got your message about Jesse Franklin flying west.  
It's scary realizing how many of our FAL friends have made the trip in the past few years.
-Dave Sanctuary
(4/13/12)

I received this biography at Jessie's funeral service.  
It is a good story of Jessie's life. 
-Wes Te Winkle
(4/14/12)

I am so thankful for the memorial webpage you have created for my father. 
I was three when my father went to work for FAL so I'd say I grew up with Frontier Airlines. 
I can remember driving out to the hangars with my father and 
as I picture those adventures I can smell the smells and hear the sounds of the hangars. 
I miss the smells and sounds of airplanes. 
My sister and I reminisced about our memories of FAL and 
one of the best memories we shared was the FAL Christmas parties. 
The two things we rememberd the most about the FAL Christmas parties in the hangars 
were the netted Christmas Stockings filled with nuts and fruit and of course Santa Claus.
When I left home in 1973 I went on to become a US Navy Air Traffic Controller. 
My father and I have spent countless hours discussing flying from a pilot and a controller's perspective. 
I drive by a small airport in Kerrville, TX to and from work every day and cannot drive by without remembering him. 
I may have to take a different route for awhile because there have been times 
this past week where I found it difficult to drive by without tearing up.
The information Wes gave you was from his biography.
We gave those who came to give their respects and celebrate his life. 
I read his Eulogy, which included the memories from his wife, 
his 2 living children, his grandchildren, great grandchildren, niece & grandnephew.
My father loved children as much as flying. 
If anyone from FAL would like to send donations in his honor 
they can send them to the fund for "Applewood Building Children." 
If they do so, the check can be made out to "Applewood Baptist Church" 
and in the memo section write "Applewood Building Children fund" in memory of Jesse Franklin. 
Their address is: 11200 W 32nd Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033.
Jake, my father has "flown west" and he will be dearly missed by all. 
Thank you again for your passion in keeping the FAL family connected.
My father was my hero so his death will be a huge loss.
-Tammi Jean Franklin
(4/21/12)

Posted at FLacebook and the FL Club:
DEN aircraft mechanic/pilot Jesse Franklin's memorial webpage is posted.
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Jesse_Franklin.html
Still need a photo.
Post your remembrances of Jesse.
-Jake Lamkins
(4/22/12)

I first met Jesse in 1967 when I was working for Aspen Airways 
and Jesse was doing some part time wrenching there. 
He was also maintaining a DC 3 for the Forest Service. 
I went to work for Frontier in early 1968 
and Jesse appeared sometime later as a 2nd officer on the 727s. 
I would see him off and on over the next several years 
and we always spoke when we met. 
In 1982 I went to SNA at the opening of the MD80 maintenance station 
and saw Jesse on a regular basis as he was a Captain on MD80s by this time. 
I never had a problem remembering his name 
as I had a Brother-in-Law and a nephew named Jesse Franklin.
-Bob Baxter
(4/22/12)

Jesse was such a good fellow. He was good at many things. 
He re-plumbed our home in Aurora. 
He stayed with us in Phoenix when he made it to a past FAL PHX Reunion. 
Cheryl and I will always have a soft spot in our hearts thinking of him.
-Billy Walker 
(4/26/12)