Posted on 05/08/2012 8:57:55 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo
He is best known for his critical actions as an off-duty DC-10 training captain who helped captain Al Haynes minimize loss of life on United Airlines Flight 232 when all flight controls were lost, on July 19, 1989.
Amazing story. One of the all time great flying feats. A hero of aviation and a hero to all those people who were able to survive that incident.
A fine man. He wept learning of the loss of life during that miraculous hard landing. He gave it his best. RIP Mr. Fitch.
Godspeed Denny a great, great man.
Ditto that, I had a “heavy” pilot friend of mine tell me he was real sick a week or 2 back. RIP Mr. Fitch, you did very well...
Diagnosed with brain cancer last Jan. RIP.
God Bless Mr. Fitch. The country is poorer without you.
May he rest in peace.
Rest In Peace
The End of the Journey
Dear Friends and Family,
It is with the saddest heart that I tell you that my sweet Denny lost his battle with brain cancer last night. He put up the most courageous fight. We are so proud of the man who was a great husband, father, papa, friend and aviator. Everyone who ever met him, or listened to him speak, went away feeling inspired and was a better person for having met him. He is so loved!
His visitation will be at Yurs Funeral Home in St. Charles on Sunday May 13th from 12:00 noon to 8:00 pm. The address is 405 Main St, St. Charles, IL 60175
The funeral mass will be at 10:30 Monday, May 14th at Resurrection Church 30W350 Army Trail Road, Wayne, IL
A luncheon will follow.
We will make one more posting tomorrow.
We will have a block of rooms at a local hotel for you to make a reservation, if you need a place to stay. We would like to ask that in leu of flowers you make a charitable donation - we don’t have that organization chosen yet - we will get that information to you by tomorrow.
Thank you for your support.
Love,
Rosa Fitch
Will always remember a young co-worker here, who lost his Mom on that flight.
Capt. Fitch’ last flight is back into the clouds in Heaven where he deserves to be. Godspeed Captain Fitch.
Ref. photo at post #2.
What a total piece of eye candy he was.
Ref. photo at post #2.
What a total piece of eye candy he was.
RIP, Sir.
RIP.
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