Alfred C. "Al" Haynes is a former airline pilot and a regular guest speaker at social events. Haynes gained international fame in 1989, when he, together with the rest of his crew and Dennis E. Fitch, a United DC-10 flight instructor who was a passenger on the flight, limited the loss of life by crash-landing United Airlines Flight 232, a damaged DC-10 jetliner, at Sioux City Airport. Haynes graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1948, and then attended Texas A&M University, where he became a member of the university's corps of cadets. Subsequently he entered Navy flight training and was commissioned a Marine Corps aviator. In 1956 Haynes completed his military service and joined United Airlines, eventually climbing up the airline's pilots' ranks until he became a captain. He began flying for United as a Boeing 727 first officer, and was later promoted to DC-8 and DC-10 first officer, before becoming a captain on the Boeing 727. Haynes later became a DC-10 captain. As a worker for United, Haynes was based at Seattle, Washington for virtually his entire 35-year career. [More at Wikipedia]

January 4th, 1932 in Dallas  /  Died:   Aug 25th, 2019 - aged 87