Notification with the passing of retired Pacific Northern/Western pilot Captain Floyd Donvan Lannoye, age 97.  Captain Lannoye joined Pacific Northern Airways 05-05-1953 and retired with Western Airlines.  He is survived by his wife Doris, his children, and his grand- and great grandchildren.Obituary information for Captain Lannoye is available online at  https://obituaries.dailyiowegian.com/obituary/floyd-lannoye-1082621831Please see below.Thank you,~ Carol for the PCN  https://pcnflightwest.blogspot.com/2021/06/pnawal-capt-floyd-d-lannoye.html

Obituary:  Floyd D. LannoyeBorn March 25, 1924, in Egeland ND. Deceased April 10, 2021, in Puyallup WA. He is survived by his wife Doris of 69 years, his children Kristi Knox, Randy Lannoye, Susan Hansen, eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. He spent his childhood years in ND and his teen years in the Wenatchee WA area where he was confirmed in the Lutheran church, played varsity basketball and track, and spent his summers working in the apple orchards. His family moved to Port Angeles WA when he was a senior in high school where he won state championships in the high hurdles. He then attended U.W. until his enlistment in the Army Air Corps aviation cadet’s pilot program. He spent time as a first officer on a B-24 during WW II. After the war, he became a flight instructor and an A&E mechanic. His career was as a pilot/Captain with PNA and Western Airlines, retiring after 31 years of service. His hobbies were rebuilding airplanes, hunting, and fishing. To visit his gravesite he’s buried at Tahoma National Cemetery, section Columbarium, plot 3BB-C23. 

LANNOYE, FLOYD DONVAN  

FO   US ARMY AIR FORCES

WORLD WAR II

DATE OF BIRTH: 03/25/1924

DATE OF DEATH: 04/10/2021

BURIED AT: SECTION 3BB  ROW C  SITE 23    TAHOMA NATIONAL CEMETERY

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