Airway Pioneer Member
Michael Johnston

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July 1956 — Aug 1963 Denver, CO, Ft Worth, TX, Stephenville, NFLD, USAF Tower, GCA, &
Lincoln, NE, Rapid City, SD, Omaha, NE RAPCON Controller positions
Feb — Aug, 1967 PDX ATCT (Resigned to attend Med School) FAA
Aug, 1970 - Aug. 1977 SMO ATCT, SDM ATCT, EDF RAPCON, FAA SEA ATCT/TRACON (Temp Medical Disqualification)
Aug, 1977 — Aug, 1978 Bingham Construction, Hillsboro, OR Corporate Pilot (AC-680W)
Dec, 1979 — Jan, 1981 NTSB, Washington, DC Air Safety Investigator
Jan 1986 - Aug, 1997 HIO ATCT, BIL ATCT/TRACON, FAA SLC TRACON, ABQ ATCT/TRACON
JNU AFSS. Retired from FAA in August 1997

Pilot Ratings: Private, Commercial, Land SE & MEL & Instrument Ratings, TT 1700 (estimated).
Attended B-747 Systems Pilot Ground Training at Boeing, Seattle, Aug, 1980, while employed by NTSB.
Testified as NTSB’s expert witness before House Aviation Subcommittee, re; near-mid-air collisions problems.
Career Highlight: Rode jump seat on the Concorde from DFW to TAD in 1980, while employed by NTSB.

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