Background
Hartzog, Ira Barnes was born on July 15, 1918 in Hobart, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Ira Barnes, Senior and May Bentley (Arnold) Hartzog.
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Ira Barnes Hartzog
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Ira Barnes Hartzog, American air transportation executive. Certified airline transport pilot Federal Aviation Administration, flight instructor. Decorated Distinguished Flying Cross, United States Army Air Forces, Air medals, Theater ribbons, others. Active Quiet Bird Men, 1957-2002. Member of National Business Aircraft Association (board directors 1962-1963).
Career
Fairlight instructor Coleman (Texas) Flying School, 1941-1942. Pilot Air Transport Command, worldwide, 1943-1946. Training captain Pan American Airways, Latin American, 1946-1948.
Pilot Irvin Air Chute, Inc., Buffalo, 1949-1952. Chief division manager Butler Corporation, Dallas, 1952-1955. Founder Fairlight Proficiency Service, Inc., Fort Worth, 1954-1955.
Division manager Butler Company, Chicago, 1955-1960. Founder, Chief Executive Officer Hartzog Aviation, Inc., Rockford, Illinois, 1960-1984, Airmanship, Inc., Illinois, California and Arizona, 1978-1999. Advisory board Beech Aircraft Corporation, Wichita, 1960-1964, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1980-1984.
Lieutenant colonel United States National Guard, retired.
Achievements
Membership
Active Quiet Bird Men, 1957-2002. Member of National Business Aircraft Association (board directors 1962-1963).
Interests
Connections
Married Ruth Jane Thompson. Children: Ira B. III, Clarice Mears, Betty Roth, Nancy Anderson.
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Born
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Died
March 31, 2007 (aged 88) -
Nationality
American
Career
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1941 - 1942
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1943 - 1946
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1946 - 1948
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1949 - 1952
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1952 - 1955
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1954 - 1955
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1955 - 1960