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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Friend
Honored by:
Mr. James E. Cooling
- Born December 20, 1914, home town; Dubuque, Iowa.
- Loras College, B.A., 1935.
- Soloed at age 16; instructor with the U.S. Army-Air Corps, Coleman, Texas, 1942.
- Pilot for the Air Transport Command during World War II, awarded three air medals, American Campaign medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign medal, World War II Victory medal
- Trans World Airlines international pilot flying DC3s, DC4s, and Constellations
- CAA Inspector 1948 in Milwaukee and South Bend; FAA Flight Standards Principal Operations Inspector, St. Louis; specialist in business jet aircraft; gave first FAA check rides for the Sabreliner, Lear Jet, and Citation aircraft
- FAA Chief of Kansas City office, 1968
- FAA Great Lakes Regional Office Flight Standards Specialist, Chicago; retired April 21, 1991.
- Married June 27, 1942, to Marjorie Bernadine Cooling, Dubuque, Iowa. Five children, James E. Cooling, Judith Ann Kuhlmann, Thomas J. Cooling, Carol Lynn Cooling-Kopp, and Kimberly Sue Roberts and eleven grandchildren and one St. Bernard dog (Yogi).
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