Last revised: May 04, 2008
Chicago Center Retiree Website
Updated:    May 04, 2008

Address List | E-mail Directory | SPORTS | ZAU 1962  | 2nd Careers | Couples | MIDWAY | Useful Links | Reunion INDEX | 

FUTURE REUNIONS 

PHOTO ALBUMS:

HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS - (Click on any Album above!)


2008 Florida Annual February Reunion Photos
("Many more photos will be added over the next few weeks - come back and visit!")

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LINKS TO THE LATEST CHANGES AND UPDATES WILL BE FOUND IN THIS WINDOW:

(05/04/08) - 1963 - 16 Controllers receive Safety Award - Bellanger
(03/22/08)
- SharewareJunkies Website - Mike Dulin
(03/03/08)
- New Webpage of Obituary Notices
(02/29/08)
 - Updated MEMORIAL List (Still need more photos)
(02/24/08)
- NEW 2008 Florida Reunion Photos
(02/12/08)
- East Terminal Softball Team (1983)
(01/28/08)
 - Old Center Newspapers: "Headset II" Memories
(01/20/08)
- Hyperlink to Airway Pioneers Website
(01/18/08)
- Old Chicago ARTCC Midway Photos Discovered!
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(11/21/07)
 - LeRoy 'Mac' McCarthy, Former AF Chief, died 11/21/07
(09/18/07)
 - 1965-69 - Chicago Center Softball CHAMPS & Sports Page
(08/22/07)
 - John Germata passed away 22 August 2007.
(08/13/07)
 - Charles Mercer passed away 26 July 2007.
(07/08/07)
 - 2nd Career: 'Woodbutcher' - Rod Peterson
(06/27/07)
 - Excellent Aviation Website - Great Resource!
(04/23/07)
 - ZAU Training Center Website
(04/07/07)
 - Several New/Updated E-mail Addresses Added
(04/07/07)
 - Dinner with friends - St. Petersburg, Florida

 

HISTORIC ZAU - Aurora Photos

 


Memorial List

William Dale Hunt, 70  - (d. 01 March 2008) - Obituary
Frank M. Tindill, 83 - (d. 25 February 2008) -
Obituary
Jerry McCurry, 62 - (d. 15 February 2008) -
Obituary
Don Elliott, 86 - (d.  04 January 2008) -
Obituary


REUNION PHOTO ALBUMS

2007 Reunion (Lehigh Acres, FL):        #30. |  #31.  #32. | #33. | #34.
2006 Reunion (Punta Gorda, FL):         #25. |  #26. |  #27.  #28. | #29.
2005 Reunion (North Port, FL) :#19. |  #20. |  #21.  #22.  | #23.  #24
2004 Reunion (Cape Coral, FL)#11.|#12.|#13.|#14.|#15.|#16.|#17.|#18. 

ZAU Retiree Address Directory (January, 2007)
Chicago Center Memorial List (December 2007)
Retiree Internet E-mail Addresses (December 2007)

 


1967 - "F-Troop"
"Click on Photo for Larger View!
: Jacie & Phil Coulter (Pharr, TX)Ed "Fast Eddie" and Jane Johnson (Hemphill, TX)Warren "Dean" AndersonMary Nell (Mrs. Dean) Anderson (1985) - Bill and Donna Mingus, Bill Plasch, LeRoy Halle, Bob Miller, Roger Brubaker(1985) -- Connie Graf, Bob Seymour, (Chuck Brancato in background)(1985) -- Roger Miller, Willis Zinn, (Vince Volpe in background), Connie Graf

Jimmy Davis, Junior Bartels, Jim NicholsBilly Mingus, Ed Froelich1964 -- Bob "Whizzer" White, Bill Mingus, John Ryan, Ray Belanger, Marty LauthClick on Photo for Larger View! Click on Photo for Larger View

"Click on Photo for Larger View!"


Retiree Meetings:
1. Illinois - 3rd Thurs. Breakfast at Select Restaurant - Boulder Hill, IL--
Contact Dick Goold
RGoold@core.com or RGoold4654@aol.com

2.
Texas - 3rd Thurs. (Oct. thru Apr. - 9:00 AM) - Breakfast at the
                 Echo Hotel  Dining Room, 1903 S. Closner Blvd; Edinburg, TX
              
- Call Phil Coulter at (956) 783-9754 or E-mail: Coulter@aol.com

3.
Florida - Reunion - February 19-21, 2009 Hosted by Terry & LeRoy Halle
                


Chicago ARTCC - Indian Trail Rd. - Aurora, Illinois - (38k) "Watch Desk" - Warren Holtzberg, Gary Kaiser, Ron Fossel
"Watch Desk" - Warren Holtzberg, Gary Kaiser, Ron Fossel
Chicago ARTCC - 1962 - (30k)

Danny Dreher 'Old Blue' - IBM 9020 Computer!
Danny Dreher    |'Old Blue' - IBM 9020 Computer!

Phil and Jane at NAFEC - 1959 Wally, Hansen, Lux  -  (11k) Rex Murphy, Emmet O'Hara - 1959
Phil and Jane at NAFEC - 1959   |   Wally, Hansen, Lux  |  Rex Murphy, Emmet O'Hara - 1959



Aurora Hilton - 1984
Aurora Hilton Retiree Breakfast - 1984
"Click on photo for larger view!"


Avon Park, Florida - 1997
Avon Park, Florida - 1997
"Click on photo for larger view!"



Select Restaurant, Boulder Hill, IL

"Click on either photo for larger view!"


Junior Bartels contributed a box of old photos taken by Jane Schroeder over the years. Hank Bronson contributed a CD full of ZAU photos. Dick Goold, Dick Leupold and Phil Coulter also added several photos. Thanks for sharing! Watch this space (along with new links to other albums) for some wonderful memories of Chicago Center. More photos can be found in these ALBUMS: # 1. | # 2. | #3. | #4. | #5. | # 6. | #7. | #8. | #9 | ZAU 1962 |

George Gunter Roger Brubaker Shelomo "Sid" Wugalter John Bacon Dennis Burke Mike Ciancanelli
George Gunter, Roger Brubaker, Sid Wugalter, John Bacon, Dennis Burke, Mike Ciancanelli


"Another Cabinet-Level Meeting!"

L-R: Don Huezenga, Dennis Kabela, Bob Riddle, Dick Furtek, Russ Sanborn, Bob Mauntel, Mike Ciancanelli,
Don Markwell, Roger Brubaker, Nick Guglielmi, _???, Gil Piker, Bob "Jaws" Miller, Don Elliott



Controllers - (White Shirt/Tie) - "Old Days"Aircraft Data BlocksBroadband - PVDs

Chicago ARTCC "Good Old Days!"

A Legend of Air Traffic Control - Website: http://patco81.com
(This link is informative only, as plans are being made for a
25th Anniversary PATCO Reunion on August 2-4, 2006
at the Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, FL.
The Website Guest Book contains names of several from Chicago ARTCC)


Useful Hyperlinks:

AACS - AACS Alumnni Assoc.
AGL -
Great Lakes Region
ATC Alumni Website
ATS -
FAA Air Traffic Service
Aurora Beacon News
Aviation Answers Website
BBC News from London
Business Journals (Over 30 Cities)
Census Bureau Statistics
CIA -
Central Intelligence Agency
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Tribune
CNN Interactive
DOT -
Dept. of Transportation
FAA - Federal Aviation Admin.
FAA Academy - Oklahoma City
FAA Aeronautical Center
FAA Centers and Regions
FAA Conf. Federal Mgrs. Assn.
FBI -
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Times
FED Week Publication
Fed World
GOLF - PGA Tour
Golf Week Magazine
U.S.
House of Representatives
IRS -
Internal Revenue Service
JFK Tower - New York
Kelly Blue Book (Price Guideline)
Library of Congress
NARFE -
Natl. Assn. of Retired Fed. Employees
NASA -
Natl Aeronatics & Space Admin.
National Geographic Society
New York Times
New York Center Alumni
NTSB -
Natl Transportation Safety Bd.
OPM - Office of Personnel Management
Roll Call News (About Congress)
Smithsonian Institute
SOAP - Society of Airway Pioneers
SSA
- Social Security Admin.
Suburban Chicago Newspapers
United States Senate
USA Today Newspaper
U.S. Information Service
USPS -
U.S. Postal Service
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
Washington Times
White House - Wash. D.C.
ZMP -
Minneapolis ARTCC

2nd Careers - Productive Retirements:

Dulin, Mike - Shareware Junkies = www.SharewareJunkies.com
Peterson, Rod - Woodbutcher Website = www.woodbutcher.net
Peterson, Rod - Amateur Radio =                                 

McConnell, Guy - Master of Metal Website= www.missvalley.com/guymcconnell
McLaren, Dave - Military Aviation Books Author
(Published 10th book: "P-51H")


Please send ZAU photos (i.e. Retirement/Going-Away Parties, Golf Course Events, Special Dinners etc.) and other interesting information either as attachments (*.gif or *.jpg) to E-mail or by 'snail mail' and I'll add them to this Website and return them.

Ron.Fandrick@verizon.net

Ron Fandrick
2224 Ground Squirrel Dr.
New Port Richey, FL 34655-4029

Last revised: May 04, 2008

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