Wayne Kiser and I worked together as Air Traffic controllers at Norfolk Air Traffic Control Tower from 1987 until 2006, when he died in a tragic aircraft accident. He was a fine man who loved his family. I hadn't remembered Wayne from OHS; but we discovered we'd been only a year apart in high school when I arrived at ORF and we spent some time chatting. What a coincidence! I enjoyed knowing him.
SUFFOLK, VA — Michael "Wayne" Kiser died Friday, June 2nd, when the private charter jet he was co-piloting crashed into Long Island Sound.
Along with being a pilot, Kiser was a certified flight instructor and retired air traffic controller. The Air Force veteran guided military and civilian aircraft to safety at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton in the 1970s and for the Federal Aviation Administration at Norfolk International Airport until he retired in 2005.
Over the years, Kiser earned pilot's licenses in different types of flying, including an airline transport pilot license, the highest level of aircraft pilot certification.
Wayne is survived by his wife, Nancy Kiser, six children and five grandchildren.
Valerie Jones (Setzer) (1968)
Wayne Kiser and I worked together as Air Traffic controllers at Norfolk Air Traffic Control Tower from 1987 until 2006, when he died in a tragic aircraft accident. He was a fine man who loved his family. I hadn't remembered Wayne from OHS; but we discovered we'd been only a year apart in high school when I arrived at ORF and we spent some time chatting. What a coincidence! I enjoyed knowing him.
~Val Setzer OHS '68
Joanna Mallard (Wood) (1969)
SUFFOLK, VA — Michael "Wayne" Kiser died Friday, June 2nd, when the private charter jet he was co-piloting crashed into Long Island Sound.
Along with being a pilot, Kiser was a certified flight instructor and retired air traffic controller. The Air Force veteran guided military and civilian aircraft to safety at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton in the 1970s and for the Federal Aviation Administration at Norfolk International Airport until he retired in 2005.
Over the years, Kiser earned pilot's licenses in different types of flying, including an airline transport pilot license, the highest level of aircraft pilot certification.
Wayne is survived by his wife, Nancy Kiser, six children and five grandchildren.