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I am sorry to bring you the news that Captain Ken Healy passed away on June 23rd after celebrating his 100th birthday on June 9th. This picture was taken many years ago when he was Vice-President of World Airways. I have attached an obituary (see below) I put together for Ken and mentioned his days with CNAC. He really enjoyed the CNAC reunion and was still talking about those good old days in China. Sincerely, Warren Vest   Click here for a larger version.  This bio was prepared by Ken's friend Captain Warren Vest. Thank you Warren. Click here for a larger version. My first contact with Warren Vest in 2011: From: Ingrid Vest [mailto:ievwkv@flash.net] Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 10:40 PM To: pepperbud@pobox.com Subject: Kenneth W. Healy Dear Mr. Moore, During the past 50 years in aviation I have worked and flown with the following former CNAC personnel; Kenneth Healy, Paul Soha, Don Hassig, Byron Sherrill, Tom Sailer, Don McDaniel, Frank Letts and Joe Welschmeyer. I know that at least half of them have taken their last flight West during the past decade or so. However, I would like to report that Captain Ken Healy is still going strong and will celebrate his 96th birthday next March. I worked with Ken at Overseas National in 1960 and after spending 4 years throughout the Middle East joined him at World Airways in 1965. When he retired from World as Vice-President of flight operations in 1982 I took over that position and we have remained very close friends to this day. I retired from World in 2005 and accompanied Ken on the commemorative trip to Saigon in June of 2005 in honor of the 1975 babylift. Ken has great memories of his time with CNAC and I would like to request to be added to your e-mail distribution list in order to pass any current information along to Ken. The mailing address you have for Ken on Marineview Drive in San Leandro is still current. My e-mail address is ievwkv@flash.net. Any recent CNAC news you have that I could pass along to Ken would be much appreciated. Warren K. Vest 11490 Cresta Lane Dublin, CA 94568  World Airway 747 Here's the big version.  Ken Healy and Ed Daly (owner of World Airways) Healy Ken Overseas National Airlines Oakland Airport From a 1965 CNAC Mailing List: Ken Healy World Airways Inc. Oakland Int'l Airport Oakland, Calif. From the 1995 CNAC Members List: Healy, Capt Ken 1893 Marine View Dr San Leandro, CA 94577  Operation Babylift pilots Ken Healy (left) and Bill Keating (right) on the flight deck of the (World Airways) MD-11 that made a commemorative trip back to Vietnam. Please check out the following link for more about this special flight: http://www.vietnambabylift.org/World_Airways.html  or would like to be added to the CNAC e-mail distribution list, please let the CNAC Web Editor, Tom Moore, know. Thanks! |
