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~ IN MEMORY ~ USAF/WA/DL – Lieutenant Colonel Richard E. Weizenegger Jr. (Retired) March 11, 1945 – April 7, 2025 Richard (Rick) E. Weizenegger Jr., beloved husband, father, grandfather, and decorated Air Force Veteran, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 7, 2025, at 4:18 p.m. Rick joined Western Airlines 02-28-1977 and retired with Delta Air Continue reading

~ In Memory Of ~ GAF/USAF Veteran, WA/DL Capt. Wolfgang Walter Zink, “Gori” ~ October 05, 1940 to February 11, 2025 ~ Wolfgang was born October 05, 1940 in Dietersweiler Baden-Württemberg Germany. He originally studied to become an electrician but decided to join the new German Luftwaffe in 1959 instead. He was sent to the Continue reading

~ IN MEMORY ~ USAF veteran, WA/DL Capt. Edward Louis Peri June 28, 1941 ~ March 22, 2024 As noted in the January/February issue of the Air Line Pilot magazine’s In Memoriam page, the passing of Western/Delta pilot Captain Edward Louis Peri, age 82.  Ed joined Western Airlines 03-03-1969 and retired with Delta Air Lines Continue reading

~ IN MEMORY ~ USAF veteran, WA/DL Capt. Edwin F. Madigan Sr. March 19, 1940 ~ January 9, 2025 Remembering the life of Capt. Ed Madigan…. Edwin Francis Madigan joined Western Airlines 03-03-1969 and retired with Delta Air Lines in 2000 based SLC/030.  Ed is survived by his wife Sally, and by his children and Continue reading

~ IN MEMORY ~ WA/DL Capt. Karl Irving Lassey October 21, 1934  –  August 19, 2019 KARL IRVING LASSEY, of San Juan Capistrano, CA was born in Kansas to Maurine Gladys Savage and Jay Gwynn Lassey on 20 Oct 1934. He departed this life on 19 Aug 2019, surrounded by his children in his own Continue reading