Smokejumper Obituary: Callaway, Milton "Cookie" (Johnson Flying Service pilot 0000)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Cookie took his last flight into the sky on March 15,1999. At the age of 72 Cookie passed away of natural causes at Colonial Manor in Whitefish Mt. ..In 1944, Cookie went to work for Johnson Flying Service as a gas attendant and then learned to fly from Dick Johnson, making his first solo flight in 1944. His favorite aircraft to fly was the DC-2. ..He continued a flying career for 40 years retiring from the U.S. Forest Service in 1985.

Identifier

Callaway_Milton-Cookie_Johnson-Flying-Service-pilot_0000

Publication Date

January 2002

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Callaway, Milton "Cookie" (Johnson Flying Service pilot 0000)" (2002). Smokejumper Obituaries. 1190.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/1190