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Donald Franklin
Retired Airline Captain
American Trans Air ATA
GOALS:
65 Years in Aviation. 10 Years Active Military. 24 Years as Army National Guard Pilot/Instructor/ Fixed Wing and Rotor Wing. 6 Years Active Duty U. S. Air Force, 3 Years active duty As Army VIPPilot and Vietnam Military Intel Pilot. 3rd RRU, 509th RRU, & 224th Aviation Btn. Fixed wing Flight Instructor Ft Fucker, Alabama. National Guard Pilot in States of Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Virginia and retired from West Virginia 1999. Grumman OV-1 Mohawk, Beech U-8D, RU-8D, U-8F, U-21, C-12. U-6, L-19, T-41, OH13, OH-58, OH-6, UH-1, CH-54. Charter Pilot/Instructor/Aircraft Sales. 5 Years asCaptain Mackey International Airlines. Convair CV-440, DHC-6, BE-99. 1975 to 1995 FAA Operatios Inspector General and Air Carrier. Aircrew Program Manager, POI, Air Cartier Unit Manager, Check Pilot in Boeing 727, 737, Douglas DC-3, DC-9, Convair 240/340/440, Nihon YS-11, Lear Jet, Cessna 500 and BH-204. 1995 to 1999 American Trans Air Manager of Flight Crew Training - Lockheed L-1011’s, Boeing 727’s and 757’s. Line Pilot on Boeing 727.Chicago Midway. February 1999 to February 2019, Flight Crew Training Instructor Boeing 757/767 and AirBus A-319,/320/321. U. S. Airways/American Airlines. 1970 to Present-Aviation Consultant-Franklin Aero Tech.
65 Years in Aviation. 10 Years Active Military. 24 Years as Army National Guard Pilot/Instructor/ Fixed Wing and Rotor Wing. 6 Years Active Duty U. S. Air Force, 3 Years active duty As Army VIPPilot and Vietnam Military Intel Pilot. 3rd RRU, 509th RRU, & 224th Aviation Btn. Fixed wing Flight Instructor Ft Fucker, Alabama. National Guard Pilot in States of Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Virginia and retired from West Virginia 1999. Grumman OV-1 Mohawk, Beech U-8D, RU-8D, U-8F, U-21, C-12. U-6, L-19, T-41, OH13, OH-58, OH-6, UH-1, CH-54. Charter Pilot/Instructor/Aircraft Sales. 5 Years asCaptain Mackey International Airlines. Convair CV-440, DHC-6, BE-99. 1975 to 1995 FAA Operatios Inspector General and Air Carrier. Aircrew Program Manager, POI, Air Cartier Unit Manager, Check Pilot in Boeing 727, 737, Douglas DC-3, DC-9, Convair 240/340/440, Nihon YS-11, Lear Jet, Cessna 500 and BH-204. 1995 to 1999 American Trans Air Manager of Flight Crew Training - Lockheed L-1011’s, Boeing 727’s and 757’s. Line Pilot on Boeing 727.Chicago Midway. February 1999 to February 2019, Flight Crew Training Instructor Boeing 757/767 and AirBus A-319,/320/321. U. S. Airways/American Airlines. 1970 to Present-Aviation Consultant-Franklin Aero Tech.