~ IN MEMORY ~
Military veteran, *WC/NWA pilot David Russell Hinson
March 2, 1933 ~ December 3, 2023
David joined *West Coast airlines 04-06-1964.
PCN memorial site
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/david-hinson-obituary?id=53765451
David Hinson, formerly of Ketchum, ID, passed away
peacefully with his wife Ursula by his side on Sunday December 3 in Roseville,
CA. He was 90.
David was born March 2, 1933 in Muskogee,Oklahoma
to Bert and Frances Hinson. He was the oldest of three boys. After moving to
Richland, WA, David attended the University of Washington and was a member of
the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity where he made many lifelong friends. He was also
a Husky football fan who enjoyed home and away games for 70 years.
Always fascinated with airplanes, David chose to
leave Washington after his junior year and enter the US Navy's Naval Aviation
Cadet program. He earned his wings in 1955 beginning what would be a long and
storied career in aviation.
After returning to Seattle to complete his degree,
David worked part time as a lifeguard at Windemere beach. There he met Ursula,
a Swiss emigrant working as a flight attendant for United Airlines. They were
married in 1959 and started a family in1960. Over the next 35 years, David's
career progressed with stints as a pilot and operations executive for several
airlines. He later owned Flightcraft, a private aviation business in Portland,
Oregon with his longtime friend Vin Mennella.
In 1978, David cofounded Midway Airlines in
Chicago where he would eventually serve as CEO in the late 1980s. David's
career in aviation culminated in 1993 when he was appointed by President Bill
Clinton to head the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, DC.
Throughout his professional career, David led with positive energy and
integrity, garnering the respect of his colleagues and peers.
After retiring from the FAA, David and Ursula
relocated to their family home In Ketchum, Idaho.
David served on numerous business, community and
philanthropic boards including Providence Hospital in Portland, OR, St Luke's
Hospital in Ketchum, ID, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and AOPA
Safety Foundation. He was inducted into the aviation Hall of Fame in Oklahoma,
and Idaho, and was a recipient of the Museum of Flight Pathfinder Award.
David also loved the outdoors, particularly
fishing, skiing, and playing golf. He was a dedicated family man who loved to
host large gatherings and always welcomed friends, new and old. He was generous
and kind and blessed with an unshakable spirit of optimism and inclusion.
David is survived by his wife of 64 years Ursula,
their three children Eric Hinson and his wife Julie, Spencer Hinson and his
wife Amy, and Heidi Monical and her husband Vince, along with eight
grandchildren - Alex, Spencer, Nicole, Stephanie, Connor, David, Erica and Max
and two great grandchildren - Wylder and Juniper.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a
donation to The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
(https://give.michaeljfox.org/) or the Smithsonian National Air and Space
Museum (airandspace.si.edu).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Hinson
NBAA Marks the Passing of Former FAA Administrator
David Hinson
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The National Business
Aviation Association issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2023:
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)
today paid tribute to the legacy of David Hinson, who served as administrator
of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from 1993-1996. Hinson recently
passed away at age 90.
"David Hinson was a great leader and aviator
who, during his tenure as FAA administrator, set an enduring standard for
excellence," said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. "He will be
greatly missed by all of us who were fortunate to have worked with and been
inspired by him."
Hinson was FAA administrator in 1994, when
Congress passed the landmark General Aviation Revitalization Act, which was
intended to counteract the effects of prolonged product liability on general
aviation aircraft manufacturers by limiting the duration of their liability for
the aircraft they produce.
Before being nominated by President Bill Clinton
to lead the agency, Hinson served as executive vice president for marketing and
business development at McDonnell Douglas Corp.'s Douglas Aircraft Co. He also
was a former chairman and CEO of Midway Airlines, which he helped found, and
served as an executive of Air West.
In 1973, Hinson became involved with
Hinson-Minella, Inc., a limited partnership whose investments included
Flightcraft, Inc., a distributorship for Beech Aircraft in the Pacific
Northwest.
A naval aviator in the 1950s, he moved into civil
aviation in 1961 and served as a pilot for Northwest Airlines and West Coast
Airlines.
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Original text here: https://nbaa.org/2023-press-releases/nbaa-marks-the-passing-of-former-faa-administrator-david-hinson/
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