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In his later years, Varney suffered from chronic pulmonary emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and valvular heart disease. He lived for a time with the family of his son-in-law, Richard
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741:Blakey v. Continental Airlines, Inc.
243:in 1937, moving its headquarters to
1217:Deaths from pneumonia in California
848:1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision
159:Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps
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1165:List of airline holding companies
795:1943 Liberator crash at Whenuapai
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1074:Continental Express / Connection
307:Varney Santa Barbara DCT or Obit
157:Varney served as a pilot in the
859:1960 New York mid-air collision
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369:Continental Airlines Website,
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260:Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
1222:Deaths from bronchopneumonia
595:Texas International Airlines
410:. 2023-05-10. Archived from
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371:Company History 1934 to 1958
322:. 2023-05-10. Archived from
252:Detroit Aircraft Corporation
180:United States Army Air Corps
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1202:Continental Airlines people
283:in the Varney family plot.
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343:United Airlines Website,
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1076:accidents and incidents
1021:accidents and incidents
978:accidents and incidents
765:accidents and incidents
666:Frequent flyer services
647:Jet Capital Corporation
604:Former marketing brands
585:People Express Airlines
146:, which combined under
1207:United Airlines people
611:Continental Connection
565:Continental Micronesia
125:Thomas and Ella Varney
778:1934 Boeing 247 crash
753:United Breaks Guitars
652:Texas Air Corporation
432:Christy, Joe (1994).
309:Accessed 21 June 2007
266:Later years and death
222:Las Vegas, New Mexico
1118:77 West Wacker Drive
1019:Continental Airlines
694:William A. Patterson
560:Continental Airlines
275:. He was buried in
241:Continental Airlines
144:Continental Airlines
132:Walter Thomas Varney
41:Continental Airlines
23:Walter Thomas Varney
616:Continental Express
256:Burbank, California
408:"Walter T. Varney"
383:"Walter T. Varney"
350:2007-05-20 at the
345:Era 2: 1926 - 1933
320:"Walter T. Varney"
1197:American aviators
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1058:Flight 1883
1046:Flight 1713
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997:Flight 5925
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960:Flight 1175
918:Flight 2885
906:Flight 2860
714:Oscar Munoz
709:Jeff Smisek
678:MileagePlus
673:United Club
230:Albuquerque
163:World War I
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842:Flight 629
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813:Flight 624
807:Flight 608
801:Flight 521
747:Untied.com
724:Robert Six
445:007022014X
418:2024-02-15
393:2024-02-15
330:2024-02-15
237:Robert Six
233:New Mexico
82:California
60:California
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1052:Flight 55
1034:Flight 12
1028:Flight 11
954:Flight 93
789:Flight 34
772:Flight 23
205:in 1933.
122:Parent(s)
100:executive
43:, in 1921
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783:Flight 4
348:Archived
226:Santa Fe
136:aviation
114:Children
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