Robert B. Lenczycki
July 22, 1941 ~ July 4, 2007
Lenczycki, Robert Bielen, 65, Flight Instructor for Flight Safety at Hawker Beechcraft, died Wednesday, July 4, 2007. Wake 6:00 ~ 8:00 P.M, Tuesday, July 10, Downing Lahey Mortuary East. Memorial service 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, July 11, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Robert was born July 22, 1941 to Frank S. and Nellie Bielen Lenczycki in Stamford, Connecticut. He was a graduate of Stamford High School and The Academy of Aeronautics. He served four years in the U. S. Army during the Viet Nam War and did one tour of duty in Viet Nam as a Helicopter Pilot. After the army, he worked at Sikorsky Aircraft as a Test Pilot. He transferred to the parent company of United Technologies (Pratt and Whitney) where he worked as a pilot and then became the youngest Chief Pilot at that time. His most recent employment was at Flight Safety in Wichita, where he resided until his death. He is survived by three children, Susan Gould, Robert B. Lenczycki, Jr. and Patricia Lenczycki; three grandchildren, Robert, Ethan and Amanda; his sister, Judith L. Costello and his maternal aunt, Pauline Bielen. His parents and sisters, Barbara Nyberg and Carole Parahoo preceded him in death.
Wake, 6:00 ~ 8:00 P.M., Tuesday, Downing Lahey East Mortuary.
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I am not 100% certain, but I believe that Robert B Lenczycki served with my father in Vietnam as a pilot for the 937th Engineer Group (C) in 1966/1967. I was reading an accident report from August 25, 1966. My father John W. Furrer was acting as the pilot your father was the copilot on a UH-1B that suffered a catastrophic failure in the tail section of the helicopter while enroute from Qui Nhon to Pleiku. They successfully autorotated the aircraft and all 4 crewmembers and passengers survived the accident. I lost my father this past summer in WA and learned much about his life during his last year but not enough about this incident (I have not come across any pictures of the accident and today is the first time I have seen the name of anyone who was involved). Im glad to know that your father had a long and successful career in aviation.
Jeff Furrer