Originally Posted by
RENURPP
who are you referring to Keith Hilder or Masling?
I’m assuming Masling as Keith Hilder owner of Aeropelicanand several other businesses were financially strong until the day he died (and afterwards) of a heart attack in 1976 (64 yrs old)
Renurp,
Hilder will do, he certainly had a long running fight with Anderson and DCA, that didn't end until Anderson retired.
In my opinion, it amounted to slow torture ---- and for many years, his aviation pursuits had a rocky time, financially --- or, at least, that was what was published.
Even the issue of the power lines along the road, that made such a difference to the EOL was quite a story, with, (as I recall, and we are going back a long way, now), DCA "informally advising" -- telling the local council or whoever owned the lines that they didin't need to lower said lines.
As for Jack Masling, now there's a "character" that we will not see again, and not just in aviation, and I guess hangar fires, "plural",are really a sad event, ameliorated by being "really well insured".
Tootle pip!!
PS: Did you ever meet his daughter?