BISHOPP FAMILY
was inducted into the Alaska Aviation Pioneer Hall of Fame. How did Rex manage
to achieve so much in the helicopter industry with- out ever having become a pilot himself? Simply, he knew his passion for sup- porting his employees and others could get him into trouble if he had a pilot’s license. “Certain pilots and operators have historically said, ‘We can do
Rex and his stepson, Clint Johnson, at the family home in Anchorage.
Not having a pilot’s license allowed Rex to manage his operations objectively and profession- ally. Besides, as he said in the 1991 interview, “I always figured I could hire better pilots than I am.” Ruth agreed with Rex’s self-assessment. “Speaking from a wife’s standpoint, it was wonder- ful [not to have him fly]. We
it, we don’t need any help.’ Pilots think they can do just about any- thing,” Rex told the Anchorage Times in 1991. He conceded that he might have acted similarly if he had held a
license. “If I was a pilot myself and a ship had broken down out in the bush, I might be tempted to fly that part out there myself despite conditions. And that’s not the way you should do it.”
were the first ones to hear of any problem, and he would have been the first one to go out, and you shouldn’t do that when you’re upset.” Rex was preceded in death by his beloved wife and partner,
Ruth, in 1995. He is survived by his children, Laurie, Renee, Lynn, and Clint Johnson, as well as grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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