More detail on this person: John Frank, Jr.
died on June 9th at this home in Santa Maria, CA.
He helped move the VHPA from VHPA founder
Larry Clark's house to a shared office with the
American Bonanza Society and the Cessna Pilots
Association in Wichita.
John Frank, a founder and executive director of
the Cessna Pilots Association, died at his home in
Santa Maria, California, on Thursday, June 9.
Frank was well-known as an expert and advocate
for Cessna aircraft and pilots. He hosted
seminars, consulted with the FAA and other
agencies, and authored three buyers' guides. He
was an A&P mechanic and had logged more than
15,000 hours as a pilot. "His knowledge of all
things Cessna was encyclopedic," says Mike
Busch, who worked with Frank at the CPA for more
than 20 years. "John and his wife, Kris, created
the Cessna Pilots Association at the kitchen table
in their small home in Wichita [in 1984], and
built it into a powerhouse with 14,000 members at
its peak."
Prior to founding the CPA, Frank had served as a
pilot in the U.S. Army, worked in aircraft
certification at Beech Aircraft and served as
executive director of the American Bonanza
Society.
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