JIM CROWELL
1964 - 1984
PILOT
DEN


Jim commuted from DEN to FYV several years.  
He was a big friendly guy who died just before Frontier crashed in '86.
He wasn't that old either.  It was sudden and unexpected.
-Jake Lamkins
(5/10/99) 

Hello Jake,
I can't possibly give you a date for Jim Crowell's passing. It was quite awhile ago.  
I heard that Jim had a massive heart attack and went very suddenly.  
I had only seen him once since I retired.  I retired in 1980.   
Jim lived in, I believe, Rogers, Arkansas.  It was the city just North of Fayetteville.
Jim was a great guy.  
I did enjoy flying with him and he must have still been pretty young when he passed away.  
We had a layover in Kalispell, Montana together and had a lot of fun driving 
to Glacier National Park and around Flathead Lake.       
-Eldon Lietz
(5/17/99)

According to the Social Security Death Index,
James Crowell was born 20Nov1930 and died Jul1986, age 55.
-Jake Lamkins
(6/16/00)

The pix of Capt. "Fech" Fetchner and FO Jim Crowell are taken from the
Summer 1974 issue of Frontier Magazine in an article titled A RIDE ON THE JUMP SEAT.
The article was one of a continuing series of articles discussing the operation
of the aircraft for the benefit of the traveling public.  They were very educational.
Jim Crowell became a captain afterwards.
-Jake Lamkins
(5/19/01)

Doug (Christensen) used to fly with Jim Crowell.  He was a good friend of ours.  
He was living in Springdale when he died and I wonder if you know if his wife Faye is still in the area?  
I was wondering about her the other day.  I don't think there was another Crowell?  
He had a son who would be in his 30s by now, maybe?   
-Margo Christensen Cook
(2/4/05)

I knew Jim Crowell too.
He was a great guy - I got to know him when he was commuting into FYV where I was an agent.
-Jake Lamkins
(2/5/05)

J C  CROWELL
Pilot seniority date of 6/29/64 on the 9/1/81 FL/ALPA seniority list.
He is not on the 9/1/85 list.
The Boone County article says he was retired from FL and died Jul 30, 1986.
-Jake Lamkins
(5/8/09) 

Posted at the FL Club 
Updated pilot Jim Crowell memorial webpage
JIM CROWELL
1964 - 198?
PILOT
DEN
http://FAL-1. tripod.com/ Jim_Crowell. html
Does anyone know when Jim retired?
It must have been a medical since he was 55 when he died.
Post your remembrances.
-Jake Lamkins
(5/14/09)

The FL 5-84 Pilot Domicile List shows Jim as a DEN 737 captain on sick leave.
He is not on the 5-85 Pilot Domicile List.
I will assume he retired medically in late 1984 until I get further info.
-Jake Lamkins
(12/19/10)

FAL 
JAMES C CROWELL
ALPA # 0254623 
DOB 11/20/30 
DOH 01/01/64 (error)
RET 07/01/84
per the FL/ALPA Roster.
-Jake Lamkins
(10/17/13)

Posted at FLacebook and the FL Club:
DEN pilot Jim Crowell's memorial webpage has been updated.
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Jim_Crowell.html
Two items added and page updated.
-Jake Lamkins
(10/18/13)

A good man .... A Good friend.
-Phil Stallings 
(10/18/13)

He was indeed! We saw lots of each other during the "commuting years". 
He lived near FYV and was a very likable and personable person.
-Jake Lamkins 
(10/19/13)