Warren Hill (wife: Irene deceased)
3157 Henesta Dr.
Billings, MT 59102
(406) 652-7790
E-Mail:	i whill@webtv.net
Note:	There is a — between the I and the whill (i_whill) in Warren’s email address. 
It doesn’t show when you type it because of the underline the computer puts in automatically.
How I came to be employed at Frontier:
There was an inaugural flight for Challenger Airlines from SLC to DEN and it (DC3) had an engine failure in CYS. 
I was working for United Air at the time. Challenger asked United to change the engine. 
It was my day off and United’s superintendent of maintenance called to see if I could change the engine. 
When I finished changing the engine, Floyd Ririe, Challenger Chief Pilot, told me I could come to work for Challenger. 
I said I would if I could move to BIL.
I told the Challenger Station Agent in CYS that I wanted to go to work for Challenger in BIL. 
I gave my 10 day notice at United and left for Blil ings to go to work. 
I don’t recall ever Filling out a job application for Challenger but began working for them in April of 1947 at the age of 26.
I worked for Challenger until March 1948 when Monarch took over maintenance in BIL. 
(I had to fill out an application for employment this time) I worked for Monarch until 1950 when it became Frontier.
I started as Lead Mechanic in BIL where I worked through 1965 when the maintenance base was transferred to GTE. 
I worked there until 1966, when I was offered a position as General Foreman, Line Maintenance in DEN.
After a short stint in management, I chose to go back on the line as a Lead Mechanic in 1968 
and remained in that position until I retired in 1984, as People Express was buying Frontier out.
After my retirement, we remained in DEN, where Irene and I enjoyed golf, travel, gardening, 
and particularly getting together on a regular basis with a group of other FAL employees we called the “Birthday Bunch”. 
We gathered on each other’s birthdays for years. 
The “Bunch” included: John Brenner, Larry Larsen, Bob Miesenbach Bob Houston, Harold Wagner & Fred Gulliksen. 
I played golf on a regular basis with Harry Russell, Don Wardman and Bill Howard until we moved back to GIL in 1998 for Irene’s health.
Irene passed away on September 11, 2002 and I remain in our home. 
Our oldest son, Warren A., and his wife Anne live in BIL, our daughter, Sharon Pielaet, and her husband, Rick, live in BZN 
and our youngest son, Dave, and his wife, Debbie, in Thornton, CO. 
I still enjoy reminiscing about FAL and the many great people who made the company.
-BIL 2003 Reunion Booklet