UPS Airlines
was recognized with the Aviation Achievement Award in 2000 One of the world’s 10 largest airlines, the air-express leader employs over 20,000 Kentuckians and has made Kentucky a major player […]
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Albert Lee Ueltschi
Al Ueltschi was a depression-era dairy-farm boy from Franklin County, Kentucky who brought continuing airline-type training to the corporate pilot field. He founded FlightSafety International in the early ’50s when
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Francis Gary Powers
Born Burdine, Kentucky, and educated at Whitesburg. Graduated Grundy High School, Grundy, Va.; attended Milligan College near Johnson City, Tennessee. Enlisted as Aviation Cadet, USAF, received wings and commission December
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Evelyn Bryan Johnson
Born in Corbin, Kentucky, 90 years ago, Evelyn Bryan Johnson has logged more than 57,000 flight hours. She is a current Flight Instructor, an FAA Flight Examiner and has been
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Brig Gen E. Daniel Cherry USAF
Born Youngstown, Ohio, moved to Bowling Green as an infant. He lived in many states during his childhood but enrolled in Western Kentucky State College in 1957. Entered the Air
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John Leland ‘Lee’ Atwood
Born Walton, Ky. 1904. B.A., Hardin-Simmons, 1926; B.S. in mathematics, post-graduate engineering courses, University of Texas, 1928. 1928, Junior Engineer, Army Aircraft Branch, Wright Field, Dayton. Joined Douglas Aircraft in
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