Selfie - Byron with his 747F - N9672

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Selfie - Byron with his 747F - N9672
Selfie - Byron with his 747F - N9672

1980 Trip 817 Detroit, Mi

American Airlines 747F with Captain Byron Cramblet waving hello from the tarmac.

Following his service flying the Berlin Airlift Byron secured a Flight Engineer position with American Airlines. By 1980 he was one of Americans most Senior Captains.

Byron retired from American Airlines in 1981 at age 60 the most senior Pilot at American Airlines.

Byron had once told me that although he had made it to being the number 1 pilot at American that it had took his whole career to make it to the top and then he had to retire a few months later when he turned 60... (The FAA raised the maximum allowed age for an Airline Transport Pilot to 65 about 6 years ago...)

Probably Taken with Byrons Minolta 460T 110 camera...

My grandfather, Captain Byron S. Cramblet, flew for AA for 32 years, and this photo was taken with his camera. I am slowly scanning in his photo albums from 40's and 50's (in this case 80's) and fixing them up if possible in photoshop....

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Taken on: October 10, 1980
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