Capt. Stan LeBedis

8/4/31 - 11/30/01

Picture courtesy of Capt. Warren "Pinky" Clark

Capt. Stan LeBedis, seen here at the 2000 reunion, passed away on Nov. 30, 2001 in his sleep at home in Westport CT. He was 70 years old. He was hired at Seaboard World in 1965. He flew as captain at Seaboard, Tiger and FedEx. He retired in 1995 as a 747 second officer.

He began flying with the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1951 and went on to fly for Trans Canada Airways (TCA), the precursor to Air Canada. He also flew as an engineering test pilot at Canadair, where he flew an early vertical takeoff tilt-wing aircraft, the CL-86.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret and three grown children.