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  • Foil: 7 Panel: 1 Column: 4 Line: 74

    Wall of Honor Level:
    Air and Space Friend

    Honored by:
    Mr. Bill Spohrer

    Born Provo, Utah 1908
    Barnstorming Pilot 1927-1931
    Founder of Empresa Nacional de Transportes Aereos (ENTA), FIRST airline in Costa Rica, March 2, 1932.
    Pilot, Mid -Continent Airlines, 1938-1940
    Pilot, Trans World Airlines 1940-1945, Served with Air Transport Command.
    Personal Pilot for China's Madame Chiang Kai-shek.
    Founded Transportes Aereso Nacionales (TAN) of Costa Rica 1946, Reorganized as TAN Airlines of Honduras, 1947-CEO until his death March 15, 1965.
    Founded Compania Ecuatoriana de Aviacion (CEA) 1957 CEO.
    Founded Aerolineas Peruanas )APSA) Sept. 1956, Died Mar. 15, 1965.

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