TED KENTROTI 1967 - 1975 FLIGHT OPERATIONS INSTRUCTOR, SIMULATOR CHECK AIRMAN DEN For your information and guidance and for those who knew him and was associated with him, the regretful news of his passing; Theodore (Ted) Kentroti. For those in the Denver area, Visitation is Monday, November 14 at 6:00 PM; followed by Trisagion Service at 7:00 PM; Funeral Service is Tuesday 11:00 AM; all at St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, 5555 S. Yosemite St, Greenwood Village Colorado. Internment at Ft. Logan National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to Hospice of Metro Denver or St. Catherine Church. He was a Training Instructor at Frontier on the CV580. He later went to Rocky Mountain Airways when FAL sold the 580's to Rocky Mountain. Regretfully, -Ace Avakian (11/10/05) THEODORE A KENTROTI 83 CONIFER CO -US Search (11/10/05) Ted Kentroti wasn't a pilot at FAL but was a very fine ground school instructor. -H. A. "Frosty" Frost (10/11/05) TED'S ONLINE GUESTBOOK -------------------------------------- November 10, 2005 My condolences and sympathy to Ted's family and friends. I worked with him at the old Frontier Airlines. -Jake Lamkins (West Fork, AR ) -------------------------------------- November 10, 2005 To Ted's Family - what a wonderful gentlemen! He was my very first instructor at the old Frontier Airlines. He cared so much about each of us, and was a delight to be with. He helped inspire me to follow in his foot steps to become an instructor for Frontier, and then for Continental Airlines. He was a good man. -Dave Sanctuary (Bemus Point, NY ) -------------------------------------- December 2, 2005 Ted will be remembered by the Frontier Family for his warm smile and how at ease he made his students feel. He was a great pilot and instructor. Ted was certainly one of the most enthusiastic instructors I ever knew. -Billy & Cheryl Walker (Phoenix, AZ ) Ted Kentroti is my uncle (and hero). He was a bombadier with the Red Raiders. He went on to fly combat missions in Korea and Vietnam. If anyone remembers him, please write as I'm sure he would like to hear from his old comrades. http://www.redraiders22bg.com/guestbook/raidersguestbook.html -Mike Ampazis (11/11/05) Ted and I were very close friends having both serving in the United States Air Force basically at the same time. I didn't know Ted until we met at FRONTIER in 1967. What I know of his military background is what he told me. Ted was based at Francis Warren AFB, Wyoming prior to his retirement from the USAF, His position was Base Operations Officer. His rank was Lt Col. A tour of the base of visiting dignitaries had Col Kentroti as the key man. A representative from FRONTIER was amongst the visitors. Ted was qualified in the C-54 and he and his co-pilot took the visitors on an aerial tour of the Cheyenne area. Ted invited the guest into the flight deck and he and the FRONTIER dignitary had a long discussion about Ted's plans upon retirement. Ted was invited to visit Frontier and was offered a position in the Pilot Training Department as a Simulator Instructor in the CV-580. Ted accepted and it wasn't long after he was checked out as Pilot. I avoid using the term Capt because like me we were not on the Pilot's Seniority List. Not to arouse any hard feelings, Ted was definitely a PILOT and had many hours of flight time. He was qualified in Jet Fighter, B-47's, B-52, Helicopters. Ted did teach some ground school and as a simulator instructor he was very well versed on the CV-580 Systems. The term "ground school instructor" always was demeaning to me and I finally convinced my upper managers that we were FLIGHT OPERATIONS INSTRUCTORS. Since we taught the airplanes from the beginning of a class which included Performance from take off to landing. Ted left FRONTIER after a disagreement with a person and was hired the next day by Aspen Airways as Captain, Check Pilot etc. He soon became Chief Pilot at Aspen. When FRONTIER phased out the CV-580's Ted and I as Co-pilot delivered the aircraft that were sold to Metro Airlines. We always had a 4 am departure to get the airplanes to Lawton, OK. We delivered 12 CV-580's to Metro. One thing for sure TED KENTROTI was an excellent pilot and flying with him was always enjoyable. When Capt Boyd Steven retired from FRONTIER he took over as Manager of Contract Training. Ted and I did most of the training, I the Flight Operations Training and Ted the Simulator and Flight Training. I was not aware of the passing of Ted until I received the FRONTIER NEWS today. (Pas skoon yak) was a favorite Greek word of Ted's. If he called you that name you did good on your check ride etc. GOD BLESS YOU TED KENTROTI. -Frank Meyer (1/19/06) TED KENTROTI DENDT simulator check airman per the Jan and Jul 1970 Frontier telephone directories. His hire date was Oct 2, 1967 and he was terminated Mar 1, 1975 in a reduction in force per the lawsuit article. -Jake Lamkins (8/4/16) Theodore Anthony Kentroti Also Known As: "Ted" Birthdate: July 25, 1922 Birthplace: RI, United States Death: Died November 8, 2005 in Littleton, Douglas, CO -https://www.geni.com/people/Theodore-A-Kentroti/312872297060006558 (8/4/16) FLacebook - FL Club FLight West: Ted Kentroti DEN simulator check airman Ted Kentroti's memorial webpage has been upgraded: http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Ted_Kentroti.html Moved to a non-ad webpage but still need a photo of Ted. -Jake Lamkins (8/4/16)