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Jim flew west on May 7, 2020
Notes Of Remembrance
His obituary
He is buried at Littleton, Colorado
A Navy photo of him from about 1948
Jim began working at Monarch Airlines on May 10, 1950
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He got his 5 year pin in May 1955
Aug 23, 1958 was a bad day for Jim
He phoned his wife to tell her he had been in an accident
The CAB Report on what happened
Jim narrowly escaped death in the crash
He was seated in the co-pilot's seat where the prop slashed into the fuselage
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An article from the Pueblo newspaper about it
Another news item details the events of the near tragedy
His daughter sent these news articles
He is shown in a Dec 1961 news item
His 15th year service anniversary arrived in May 1965
Jim had another anxious inflight experience in Jan 1966
He got his 20 year pin in May 1970
Five years later in May 1975 he marked 25 years with Frontier
The next month he appeared in the Frontier employees newsletter
Jim had 30 years with Frontier in May 1980
He retired on Feb 1, 1984
with 33 years and 8 months seniority
An undated photo of Jim some years after his retirement
Jim and his two children in his later life
A pic with a good buddy from his last years
His son poses in recent years with the prop that almost killed his dad
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Frontier gave the prop to Jim as a souvenir
A Sep 2020 news article about the storage unit fire
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that burned much of Jim's memorabilia
The remains of the prop after the fire
Jim's medals retrieved from the ashes of the fire
Note Jim's 20 year Frontier service wings
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