……this news is being shared by family and the Northwest
pilot group…….
Subject: The death of NWA pilot Elmer Udd
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser
~ IN MEMORY ~
NWA CAPT. ELMER UDD
APRIL 11, 1924 – APRIL 29, 2021
https://obits.staradvertiser.com/2021/07/25/elmer-udd-25072021/
Dad would first describe himself as a pilot, from the first
time he saw planes over the farm in Kent, Washington until his death. He told
his caregiver he was getting ready for a flight and he had to do this one
alone. Dad logged over 40,000 hours in many different planes both in the Navy
and for NWA; he made Captain in both. Retirement was mandatory at age 60, so he
started a glider business, Soar Hawaii, at Dillingham Field and drove the
entire diagonal of the island almost every day to fly either a Grob glider or
the taildragger tow plane. He flew another 20 plus years after
"retirement". Dad shared his love of flying with many students,
signing their first solos, and thrilling many others with acrobatic stunts in
the glider. He flew his last solo into the heavens on the 29th of April, 2021
in Honolulu. His children, Susan Marie (Udd) McKellar and Thomas Edward Udd and
his step- children, Karen Bushaw and S. Kawika McNeely were given a great gift
in his life and legacy. His ashes will be inurned with military honors at the
National Cemetery of the Pacific alongside his late wife, Sarina Fusako Udd, on
August 1st at 11:30am.
Date of hire at NWA 8/19/1950
Date of birth 4/11/1924
………………………..Obituary: Elmer
Udd, 97, of Honolulu, Hawaii and formerly of Burien, Washington passed away on
April 29, 2021.
Elmer Udd was a pilot from his solo at 19 years old until
well into his 80s. He flew with the Navy at the end of WWII in Pensacola then
flew for Northwest Orient Airlines until age 60. He then started a glider
business, Soar Hawaii at Dillingham airfield. After his wife Carol of 58 years
passed on, he married Sarina and they were married for 11 years before she
passed on.
Elmer is survived by children Susan Mckellar, Thomas Udd,
Karen Bushaw, and S. Kawika Mcneely. Elmer is predeceased by Sarina Fusako Udd
and Carol Frances Udd.
Inurnment with Military Honors will be announced at a later
date at the National Memorial Cemetary of the Pacific Columbarium.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at
www.BorthwickOahu.com for the Udd family
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/honolulu-hi/elmer-udd-10178431
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