Who's Who of Ballooning


APPENDIX4-CA
THE LIGHTER-THAN-AIR-SOCIETY
(LTAS) Organization


On 10 December 1952, several employees of Goodyear met to form an organization of lighter-than-air enthusiasts, to be known as the Wingfoot Lighter Than Air Society. The known founding members (possibly others) were:

BAUCH, Kurt F. BLOCK, Ralph S. (Z) BROWN, P.Ren Z)
CONTOS, James (Z) CORDIER, Ken L. CROSS, Harry
DAVIS, Thomas P. DeBRAKELEER, H.J. FISHER, Jack P.
HUSTON, Ralph M. TSCHUDY, Donald B. WOLCOTT, Roger L. (Z)


Past Presidents were:
1952-53: Wolcott, Roger L. (Z) 1954-55: Davis, Thomas
1955-56: Wolcott, Roger L. (Z) 1956-57: Wolcott, Roger L
1957-58: Cordier, Kenneth L. 1958-59: Block, Ralph S.
1959-60: Block, Ralph S. (Z) 1960-61: Block, Ralph S.
1961-62: Block, Ralph S. 1962-63: Block, Ralph S.
1963-64: Glazer, Emmett J. 1964-65: Contos, James A.
1965-66: Contos, James A. (Z) 1966-67: Contos, James A.
1967-68: Contos, James A. (Z) 1968-69: Topping, A.Dale
1969-70: Topping, A.Dale (Z) 1970-71: Topping, A.Dale
1971-72: Topping, A.Dale (Z) 1972-73: Topping, A.Dale
1973-74: Topping, A.Dale (Z) 1974 : Contos, James A.
1975 : Hill, David 1976-77: Swanson, Art.H.
1977-78: Swanson, Art.H. (Z) 1978-79: Swanson, Art.H.
1979-80: Swanson, Art.H. (Z) 1980-81: Swanson, Art.H.
1981-82: Armstrong, W.G. (Z) 1982-83: Armstrong, W.G.
1983-84: Kerka, William F. (Z) 1984-85: Kerka, William F.
1985-86: Hill, David L. 1986-87: Hill, David L.
1987-89: Eubank, Binford F. 1988-89: Eubank, Binford F.
1989-90: Eubank, Binford F. 1990-91: Howells, William E.
1991-92: Howells, William E. 1992-93: Howells, William E.
1993-94: Howells, William E. 1991-95: Howells, William E.
1995-96: Howells, William E. 1996-97: Rubino, Vincent
1997-98: Rubino, Vincent 1998-99: Rubino, Vincent
1999-00: Rubino, Vincent  

NOTE 1:On 1 Jan.1971, the name was officially changed to "Lighter Than Air Society", and the organization was incorporated on 14 Jul.1975.
r: 34th Annual Banquet program; NLTA flight summary 1956-65; BF-V3/#8/p3; BF-V4/ #8 /p11; A.Topping, W.Kerka archives.
(P)=Known Pilot; (F)=Female.   (Z)=Bio-data on file.
NOTE 2:On 1 Jan. 2001, officers were listed as Chairman, Vice Chair., Sec/Treas. Format To conform to Federal & State “not for profit” guidelines.    Eric Brothers archives


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