[BC] KLMR Lamar, CO Chief Engineer/Chief Pilot

[Lotus Engineering]

        At one time Dennis Behan, then owner of KLMR, had several stations in smaller markets that were underserved or not served by commercial airlines.  He had the Baron to get around.  He never was able to keep an engineer/Pilot for long because they were either good at one and not the other, or moved on to something bigger in a hurry.  When I went to work for him in the late 70's and became his corporate chief E. he had sold most of the smaller market stations and moved into larger markets with better air service so sold the airplane, although he often hinted that if I got my commercial he'd think about buying another one.  I had no interest in being his taxi driver, although I must say he was probably the best boss I'd had up to that time.  My low hours obviously did not impress him.  KLMR in Lamar had one flight in from Denver daily and one flight out to Denver daily and that was sufficient.
Bill

Bill Croghan CPBE WBØKSW
Chief Engineer,
KOMP/KXPT/KENO/KBAD/KWWN/KWID
Lotus Broadcasting, Las Vegas, NV






> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:broadcast-
> bounces at radiolists.net] From:  Linc
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> I remember an ad for a Chief Engineer/Chief Pilot at KLMR in the mid-
> 70's.
> If memory serves me correctly they had a Beech Baron.  At that time my
> 300
> hours or so of multi-time was in Piper Aztecs, Apaches, Twin Beeches
> and a
> Shorts Skyvan (right seat)so I didn't pass muster.
>
> I often wondered if they ever filled that job.
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> Linc
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