Summary
Robert Gillespie is identified in December 1974 as the Beaver Island airport manager supervising volunteer labor on the emergency-aircraft hangar.
Evidence and limits
This is an episode-qualified record. The source does not provide his full civil biography, tenure dates, employment relationship, or later airport work.
Open questions
- What were Robert Gillespie’s full dates and airport-management tenure?
- What records document the volunteer construction project and airport fund?
See also
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 1974, “New Hanger.”Identifies Robert Gillespie as airport manager and says volunteer labor constructing the emergency-aircraft hangar worked under his supervision.
- Beaver Beacon, November 1974, “Beaver Island Fly-In.”Names Airport Manager Robert Gillespie on the Fly-In welcoming committee and credits him with planning another Fly-In for 1975; it does not establish a formal appointment or tenure.