NEVADA PILOT FLIES FOR CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100060019-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: December 5, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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DES 140INES, IOWA
REGISTER
M-230, 891
S-SI'?+ =95
DEC 5 1966
D a v i d' s ? Mil zoa The plane was a Pilatus Pot-I
;mother Mrs. Phillip Alle,t a . tct:, developed in Switzerland to
11 retrieve stranded skiers from
Nevada school teacher, said her:!
mountain slopes.,. It. costs abollti
son "hopes to save his money 00,000, can takeoff loaded in'
,and someday come back to Iowa j;. 320 feet and can carry 11 per-,
and buy a farm," ;"sons. It climbs at a rate of 1,4201
Cattle-Raiser !!feet a minute and can land at of
speed of about 47 knots,
"It takes a lot of money toI:~' !
Al ]call- 50 Air America fliers.
buy a farm nowadays," she , and 20 aircraft have been lost toy
added. "David would like to enemy action. Many captured
raise cattle someday." . A1ir America fliers have been
Allen is a pilot for Air Ameri !killed by the Viet. Cong, who,
trcal; them as spies.
.ca, called the private air force i Brother in SAC
j of the Central Intelligence r
,Aeenev (CIA1_ Air Ammrir~ (hnr,__~llef~ is unmarried. A brother,I
Iowa farm boy DES MOINES
David Allen, 29,
of rural Nevada, Nevada
remains an
00 a year.
April.+195:i, after five years as al'
'Navy pilot. He was graduatedi-
froni Milford Iligh School inI
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1955 and from Iowa State Uni-
versity in 1959.
Allen writes frequently to his
,parents but "tells us very little
!about his work," Mrs. Allen
said.
Sleeping Bag
y:; "For Christmas he wanted a
EV R A' PiOTsleeping bag and a mail order
.,-Ng`
catalogue," said Mrs. Allen.
We sent: him the sleeping bag
FLIES FOR CIA but couldn't get a catalogue. He
just loves to fly.
"We probably won't see him
By Nick Lamberto until next summer when he gets
(Register staff writer) :cave."
NEVADA, IA. - Though 11e: Mrs, Allen said a recent
now flies for one of the most,! letter from her son told more
secretive airlines in the world,i about his work than any they
,marked aircraft,, never adver-;
;tiles and never discusses its l
operations.
Pilots wear plain gray uni-
forms, do not mingle with
other __. Pilots and receive an
{ have received. The letter de-
scribed an assignment in
I which he ferried a light plane-
6,000 miles from Switzerland
to Thailand.
Omaha, Neb. A sister, Jan''q, is
married to a former Air. Force
pilot.
"David's the only one who
really wants to come back and
be a farmer," Mrs. Allen said.
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