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 Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 4:46 am Post subject: Sad News |
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Hello All,
I have just heard that, sadly, Ken Hale passed away last Friday, December 21st.
Ken was aged 89 and had served in the Air Force between 1943 and 1946, as a crew chief and flight engineer on B24 bombers and Beech D-18’s.
He had worked for Beech before joining the Aero Design & Engineering Company at Bethany in 1951, as Assistant Chief Engineer.
This was just a few months after the company had been formed, in October 1950.
He worked for Aero Commander for the rest of his working days, before retiring as Director of Engineering in 1987.
We were privileged to have Ken join us for the Dinner function when the Flight Group Fly-In was held in Oklahoma City in 2008.
I realise that many of you will not recognise Ken’s name, but his signature may well appear on some items of Factory paperwork, Manuals or Handbooks for your Commander.
Some of the items he designed were incorporated into the first Commander Model, the 520, and stayed throughout the entire production range until the last Model built, the 695B.
Best Regards,
Barry Collman
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aero560e(at)GMAIL.COM
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 5:08 am Post subject: Sad News |
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Hi Barry,
Indeed very sad news. It was a great privilege to meet Ken in 2008 and then to subsequently kind of continue to communicate with him via yourself and others.
Ken has left us with a legendary legacy and millions of hours of amazing flying.
RIP Ken.
Cheers
Russell
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Barry Collman <barry.collman(at)air-britain.co.uk (barry.collman(at)air-britain.co.uk)> wrote:
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Hello All,
I have just heard that, sadly, Ken Hale passed away last Friday, December 21st.
Ken was aged 89 and had served in the Air Force between 1943 and 1946, as a crew chief and flight engineer on B24 bombers and Beech D-18’s.
He had worked for Beech before joining the Aero Design & Engineering Company at Bethany in 1951, as Assistant Chief Engineer.
This was just a few months after the company had been formed, in October 1950.
He worked for Aero Commander for the rest of his working days, before retiring as Director of Engineering in 1987.
We were privileged to have Ken join us for the Dinner function when the Flight Group Fly-In was held in Oklahoma City in 2008.
I realise that many of you will not recognise Ken’s name, but his signature may well appear on some items of Factory paperwork, Manuals or Handbooks for your Commander.
Some of the items he designed were incorporated into the first Commander Model, the 520, and stayed throughout the entire production range until the last Model built, the 695B.
Best Regards,
Barry Collman
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aero560e(at)GMAIL.COM
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 12:51 pm Post subject: Sad News |
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On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Barry Collman <barry.collman(at)air-britain.co.uk> wrote:
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Hello All,
I have just heard that, sadly, Ken Hale passed away last Friday, December 21st.
Ken was aged 89 and had served in the Air Force between 1943 and 1946, as a crew chief and flight engineer on B24 bombers and Beech D-18’s.
He had worked for Beech before joining the Aero Design & Engineering Company at Bethany in 1951, as Assistant Chief Engineer.
This was just a few months after the company had been formed, in October 1950.
He worked for Aero Commander for the rest of his working days, before retiring as Director of Engineering in 1987.
We were privileged to have Ken join us for the Dinner function when the Flight Group Fly-In was held in Oklahoma City in 2008.
I realise that many of you will not recognise Ken’s name, but his signature may well appear on some items of Factory paperwork, Manuals or Handbooks for your Commander.
Some of the items he designed were incorporated into the first Commander Model, the 520, and stayed throughout the entire production range until the last Model built, the 695B.
Best Regards,
Barry Collman
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tp://forums.matronics.com
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Peter Bichier
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:29 am Post subject: Sad News |
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Happy New Year Commander Folks!
Just remembering the great times spent together, thank you very much for sharing all your knowledge, experiences and kindness with the rest of the group.
I also remember Ken Hale in Oklahoma City trying to tell us and mostly discussing with the other engineer and Barry how in a way all Commander airplanes were unique in themselves: even though they were trying to standardize all the assembly line, there were several "last minute" adaptations that made the planes different as well... Here is a picture of Ken Hale during our TCFG 2008 Fly In. Barry, who was the other engineer who also gave a talk on the evolution of the Commander seating next to him?
Hope all is good and while we are alive, let's enjoy!
Take care you all, stay healthy and see you in Tennessee! Anyone leaving from central California? 
p.
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barry.collman(at)air-brit
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:36 am Post subject: Sad News |
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Hello Peter,
No picture of Ken Hale seemed to be attached?
The other engineer would be Bill McGinnis who worked under Ken.
Best Regards,
Barry
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Peter Bichier
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:01 am Post subject: Sad News |
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Hum... it shows up on matronics... let me also attach it here see if you get it this way.
If not, I'll send it to you directly to your email. Let me know!
cheers,
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:29 AM, Peter Bichier <yvabe560(at)gmail.com (yvabe560(at)gmail.com)> wrote:
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Happy New Year Commander Folks!
Just remembering the great times spent together, thank you very much for sharing all your knowledge, experiences and kindness with the rest of the group.
I also remember Ken Hale in Oklahoma City trying to tell us and mostly discussing with the other engineer and Barry how in a way all Commander airplanes were unique in themselves: even though they were trying to standardize all the assembly line, there were several "last minute" adaptations that made the planes different as well... Here is a picture of Ken Hale during our TCFG 2008 Fly In. Barry, who was the other engineer who also gave a talk on the evolution of the Commander seating next to him?
Hope all is good and while we are alive, let's enjoy!
Take care you all, stay healthy and see you in Tennessee! Anyone leaving from central California?
p.
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