PILIOT CONTENNIAL AIRLINES
Captain Gray was a Denver native who graduated from East High School in 1930. He was employed by Continental Airlines from 1939 to 1962, and also served as an Air Transport Command Pilot during World War II. He was one of the first pilots at Continental to fly jets when the airline began using them in 1958. He died on May 22nd, 1962, while piloting Continental Flight 11, from Chicago to Los Angeles, with a stop in Kansas City. The Boeing 707 crashed near Unionvillve, Missouri, after a passenger set off a dynamite bomb in a lavatory. At the time of his death, Captain Gray was one of Continental's senior pilots, and a favorite of Continental CEO Robert Six.
Source:
Denver Post 5-23-1962, page 3
Rocky Mountain News 5-24-1962, page 31
Rocky Mountain News 5-26-1962, page 101
Captain Gray was a Denver native who graduated from East High School in 1930. He was employed by Continental Airlines from 1939 to 1962, and also served as an Air Transport Command Pilot during World War II. He was one of the first pilots at Continental to fly jets when the airline began using them in 1958. He died on May 22nd, 1962, while piloting Continental Flight 11, from Chicago to Los Angeles, with a stop in Kansas City. The Boeing 707 crashed near Unionvillve, Missouri, after a passenger set off a dynamite bomb in a lavatory. At the time of his death, Captain Gray was one of Continental's senior pilots, and a favorite of Continental CEO Robert Six.
Source:
Denver Post 5-23-1962, page 3
Rocky Mountain News 5-24-1962, page 31
Rocky Mountain News 5-26-1962, page 101
PILIOT CONTENNIAL AIRLINES
Captain Gray was a Denver native who graduated from East High School in 1930. He was employed by Continental Airlines from 1939 to 1962, and also served as an Air Transport Command Pilot during World War II. He was one of the first pilots at Continental to fly jets when the airline began using them in 1958. He died on May 22nd, 1962, while piloting Continental Flight 11, from Chicago to Los Angeles, with a stop in Kansas City. The Boeing 707 crashed near Unionvillve, Missouri, after a passenger set off a dynamite bomb in a lavatory. At the time of his death, Captain Gray was one of Continental's senior pilots, and a favorite of Continental CEO Robert Six.
Source:
Denver Post 5-23-1962, page 3
Rocky Mountain News 5-24-1962, page 31
Rocky Mountain News 5-26-1962, page 101
Captain Gray was a Denver native who graduated from East High School in 1930. He was employed by Continental Airlines from 1939 to 1962, and also served as an Air Transport Command Pilot during World War II. He was one of the first pilots at Continental to fly jets when the airline began using them in 1958. He died on May 22nd, 1962, while piloting Continental Flight 11, from Chicago to Los Angeles, with a stop in Kansas City. The Boeing 707 crashed near Unionvillve, Missouri, after a passenger set off a dynamite bomb in a lavatory. At the time of his death, Captain Gray was one of Continental's senior pilots, and a favorite of Continental CEO Robert Six.
Source:
Denver Post 5-23-1962, page 3
Rocky Mountain News 5-24-1962, page 31
Rocky Mountain News 5-26-1962, page 101
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