Hi Brandie, In reference to your father, John, Ray Salak and I worked with him
in
Yellowknife NWT. We were hauling research camp out of Cape Allison not too far
from the
North Pole. Ofcourse, John was the life of the party in town. Always very lively
and
instegating some kind of shenanigans. I was scheduled to go to Australia with
his project
as well, but it was later cancelled. Back home in Fairbanks, he always came down
and
played volleyball with Fred Coleman, a bunch of the others and I... we enjoyed
all the
games. And by the way, I think Terry Reece was with us in Yellowknife for some
of that
trip. On our departure, is when Ray experienced his first mild heart attack
(unknown to
him). Other than that, we had a great time. I was just a mechanic/inspector at
the time.
Was later promoted to the Director of Maintenance.
Mike Benedict

--- In markair@yahoogroups.com, Terry Reece <swiftreece@...> wrote:
>
> Brandie,
>
> Hi, my name is Terry Reece and yes I remember your dad
> and you! We were in Australia helping to set up Cargo
> Masters. You Dad and I worked together in Alaska also.
> We had a good time setting up Cargo Masters, and you
> Dad was in charge of the company for AIA in Austrilia.
> John and I became friends in Alaska when he went to
> work for Alaska International. I want to tell you what
> a fun guy he was, and how much I enjoyed working with
> him, because he had such a great sense of humor....I
> can still picture his crazy grin. He was a hard
> charger and he had a work ethic that was not to be
> exceeded by anyone. I hope you and your Mom are doing
> fine...
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Captain Terry Reece
>
>
> --- indecisivetwit <indecisivetwit@...> wrote:
>
> > Hi, my name is Brandie. My father worked for AIA
> > for years (I believe
> > his title was VP of Operations?) his name was John
> > Kopacz. I barely
> > remember the company becoming MarkAir before he
> > passed away in 1984, I
> > was only 12 at the time. We had moved to Australia
> > for a little while
> > before that, I believe it had something to do with
> > the company's
> > expansion? I'm not quite sure why Australia though.
> > Anyway, I was just
> > wondering if any of you possibly knew him?
> >
> > Thanks so much....Brandie
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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