PPRuNe Radar
9th Oct 2001, 16:00
This e-mail was recieved at PPRuNe HQ. Can anyone help out ?? The e-mail address is at the bottom of the mail, or replies can be forwarded through me.
I have an unusual request and hope some one at this address can help me.
Our dear son in law, Darrel Hensley, passed away on Aug 4 2001 after a courageous battle with kidney cancer.
He was an air traffic controller in the Los Alimitos CA tower on the military base. I had the honor of spending some time in the tower with him and was really impressed with his talents and his dedication to his job. I know he will be missed by many pilots although few met him personally. His professionalism was awesome.
The reason I am contacting you is that I am making a couple flag cases for the flags that were used in his military rites. ( He had two - one in CA and one in Wichita where he was interned.)
Now the unusual request. I am planning on etching his name and dates on the glass in the flag cases and would also love to etch and emblem that would indicate his first love which was his profession as an air traffic controller. I was wondering if there is a universal symbol for air traffic controllers that would be approprtate to etch on the flag case? I have seen one that is for those belonging to the union but I don't think he was a member when he passed away.
He got his initial training when he volunteered for the army fresh our of High School. He spent his military tour of duty as an air traffic controller in Korea.His next position was at the Ohara unit and that is where he was when Regan fired all of them. At that time took the position as a civilian in the Los Alamitos military base tower which is where he was when he passed away.
I would like to do something special for his memory and to etch a symbol of his profession on the flag cases would be a way of doing that in my humble opinion.
If you could help me by telling me if there is a symbol of this nature and where I could get a copy to reproduce on the flag cases,I would be very grateful.
I have considered the one that the union has and just deleting the letters from it since it depitcs a controll tower.
Do you think that would be appropriate? Or is there something else that you feel would be more appropriate? Your help and suggestions would be greately appreciated.
Thank you
Richard B. Hyde
Elkader, Iowa
[email protected]
I have an unusual request and hope some one at this address can help me.
Our dear son in law, Darrel Hensley, passed away on Aug 4 2001 after a courageous battle with kidney cancer.
He was an air traffic controller in the Los Alimitos CA tower on the military base. I had the honor of spending some time in the tower with him and was really impressed with his talents and his dedication to his job. I know he will be missed by many pilots although few met him personally. His professionalism was awesome.
The reason I am contacting you is that I am making a couple flag cases for the flags that were used in his military rites. ( He had two - one in CA and one in Wichita where he was interned.)
Now the unusual request. I am planning on etching his name and dates on the glass in the flag cases and would also love to etch and emblem that would indicate his first love which was his profession as an air traffic controller. I was wondering if there is a universal symbol for air traffic controllers that would be approprtate to etch on the flag case? I have seen one that is for those belonging to the union but I don't think he was a member when he passed away.
He got his initial training when he volunteered for the army fresh our of High School. He spent his military tour of duty as an air traffic controller in Korea.His next position was at the Ohara unit and that is where he was when Regan fired all of them. At that time took the position as a civilian in the Los Alamitos military base tower which is where he was when he passed away.
I would like to do something special for his memory and to etch a symbol of his profession on the flag cases would be a way of doing that in my humble opinion.
If you could help me by telling me if there is a symbol of this nature and where I could get a copy to reproduce on the flag cases,I would be very grateful.
I have considered the one that the union has and just deleting the letters from it since it depitcs a controll tower.
Do you think that would be appropriate? Or is there something else that you feel would be more appropriate? Your help and suggestions would be greately appreciated.
Thank you
Richard B. Hyde
Elkader, Iowa
[email protected]