LES HARPER 1950 - 1976 PILOT FTW ACF GSW DAL DEN DFW Letter Harper 60th Anniversary Lester and Donna Harper plan to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a reception at Irwindell United Methodist Church on June 19, hosted by their daughter and family. They were married June 3, 1944. Lester was a U.S. Air Force Captain and flew the China/India/Burma Hump during WWII. He retired as a Captain for Frontier Airline with more than 32,000 flying hours. He is a member of OX5, CB1, VFW, Retired FrontierAirline Pilots and ALPA. Donna is a homemaker. She is a member of WIBC, Esther Chapter. Their daughter and spouse are Rhydonia and Ed Duggan. They have three grandsons. -Les Harper (1/5/05) L Harper Seniority date 6/16/50 -FL/ALPA seniority list dated 9/1/1972 -Jake Lamkins (1/20/06) Posted at the FL Club: Pilot Les Harper Les just renewed his newsletter subscription. He started with CN 6/16/1950 and is now 92 years old. He lost his beloved wife Donna last year after being married 63 1/2 years. -Jake Lamkins (1/20/09) Note with subscription renewal: Thanks, Jake, for the nice note and write up in the NEWS. Time goes on and I'm OK except for the shingles but I'm getting over them now. -Les Harper (10/30/09) Jake, Here's my renewal and a new one for you. Don Heyden -Les Harper (1/26/11) Posted at FL Club & Facebook: I had a letter today from CN/FL pilot Les Harper. He renewed his FL newsletter subscription and bought a gift sub for CN pilot Don Heyden. Les retired at age 60 in Apr 1976. He's 94 now and living in Dallas. -Jake Lamkins (1/26/11) Back in the CN days, Les Harper flew a DAL-STL Convair 240 turn with a 3 hr. layover in STL. He would entertain us with stories of his flying days (believe in DC-4's) in South America. Some unbelievable "real pilot" stories. Terrific individual! -Jim Mustain (1/27/11) FLacebook This is an amazing photo from Dec 1975! George Ceshker still alive, age 97 John Leslie, still alive, age 87 Les Harper, still alive, age 96 Del Booth, died, age 90 Dick Cottingham, died, age 90 -Jake Lamkins (1/31/13) Jake, I dropped the ball on renewal. Please re-new plus some back issues. Here's a little extra for you. At 97 I'm still lving alone. -Les Harper (6/29/13) Note with back issues: Hi Les, Always GREAT to hear from you. I handed you load papers dozens of times. Thanks for your support and best wishes, -Jake Lamkins FYV CN/FL station agent (6/29/13) FAL L HARPER ALPA# 0102723 DOB 04/06/16 DOH 1950 RET 04/06/76 per the FL ALPA Roster. -Jake Lamkins (6/29/13) FLacebook & FL Club DAL DFW pilot Les Harper renewed his FL News today for three years. Les turned 97 on Apr 6th and still lives alone in Dallas. He made my day! -Jake Lamkins (6/29/13) I was very fortunate to have flown with "Dad" Harper, the consummate gentleman and a cut above Captain. It's so good to hear he's doing well! I know that all the former (not old) FAL folks that knew him would feel the same way. Best wishes and God Bless Les!! -John Winter DEN/MKC/SLC/GTF/DAL (6/29/13) I flew co-pilot for Les many hours ... great man ... great pilot!! -Phil Stallings (6/29/13) FLacebook & FL Club DAL DFW pilot Les Harper renewed his subscription to the FL News today. Les turned 99 on Apr 6th and still lives in Dallas. -Jake Lamkins (6/11/15) Flew many trips with " Dad " Harper, and too many great times to tell here, except he was one of the finest Captains and Gentlemen I have ever flown with. Dad, Happy Birthday, I hope my card got to you in time, can't trust the U.S. Mail. Thanks Dad for showing me the way to becoming a Captain like you!! -John Winter (6/12/15) FLacebook - FL Club FL Pilots I had a letter today from pilot Les Harper's daughter renewing his FL newsletter subscription. Les was 100 years old last Apr 6. -Jake Lamkins (6/13/16) FLacebook DAMN! Just found out pilot Les Harper flew west Sep 13, 2016 at 100 years old. -Jake Lamkins (11/15/16) May He Rest in Peace. What a long and beautiful life. -Ginger Treptow (11/15/16) Good bye Les, 100 years is a good run, may God be with you! -Bonnie Dahl (11/15/16) May God be with you! You were a wonderful person. -Connie Bennett (11/15/16) Les was one of my favorites. Really nice guy. -Keith Sturgeon (11/16/16) One of my closest "Flying Friends" a fellow outdoorsman as we spent many, many hours in the Colorado "high country" a beam Rocky Mountain National Park and the Arapahoe National Forest. God's Speed and tailwinds old friend so many, many Blessings and thanks. -Dale Buss (11/16/16) FLacebook - FL Club FLight West: Les Harper FTW ACF GSW DAL DEN DFW pilot Les Harper's memorial webpage is posted at http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Les_Harper.html Les is the third FL centenarian to fly west and is the 2nd oldest overall. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tommy Matsumoto, DEN lead inspector, 8/17/2015, age 101 1/8/1914 - 8/17/2015 101 yrs, 7 mos, 9 days ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Les Harper, FTW ACF GSW DAL DFW pilot, 9/13/2016, age 100 4/6/1916 - 9/13/2016 100 yrs, 5 mos, 7 days ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee Gregory, DEN lead aircraft mechanic, 8/19/2013, age 100 6/23/1913 - 8/19/2013 100 yrs, 1 mo, 27 day ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Jake Lamkins (11/20/16) Thank you so much for a beautiful memorial webpage for dad. I'm amazed at the number of people whose lives were touched by dad. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and again, thank you so much for all your hard work in putting this together. -Rhydonia Harper Duggan (11/20/16)