Ruben Avakian

Past Key and Past Governor Denver Hangar Quiet Birdman. Lifetime Member Experimental Aircraft Association. A Brief History: Sail Plane Student Pilot at age of 12, 1937. Powered Airplane Pilot Instruction at age 14, 1939. Soloed at age 16 in a J3-50, 1941. Aviation Cadet, Army Corp, 1943 Luke Army Airfield Graduate, Single Engine Fighter Pilot flying the P-40, Checked out in the P-39 and the North American A-36, 1944. Central Instructor School Graduate-WASP Instructor, 1944. Flight Instructor Thunderbird Field, Chinese Cadets, 1945. Civilian Flight Instructor and Ferry Pilot, 1946. Joined Monarch Airlines, 1948. Checked out as Captain and flew the DC-3, CV-340, Convair 580, Boeing 727, Boeing 737 and MD 80, 1951. Member Air Safety Investigators, 1968 Only pilot to complete 35 years with Frontier Airlines, and retired as number 1 on the senority list, 1985. Flight Instructor and Check Pilot, MD-80, until the demise of Frontier, 1986. Stopped logging after 35,000 flight hours. Certificates and Awards: ATP, CFI, CFII, MEI, Master Pilot Award, FAA, 2004. and MD 80, 1951.