"The purpose of this organization is to enhance the welfare of and to maintain the friendships and associations of its members."

A Short RUPA History

In early 1963, the then Senior Vice President of Flight Operations,  Dick Petty, wrote to Bill Kennedy offering a suggestion that the retired pilots of United Airlines form a social organization to keep in contact with each other. At the first RUPA meeting in October, 1963, Bill Kennedy was elected President, Bill Williams, Vice President, and Harry Huking, Secretary- Treasurer.

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The Fine Print

The purpose of this site is to act as a supplement of the RUPANEWS magazine. Information of timely importance to the general membership, received between issues of our magazine, will most often be available on this Web Site.  

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