<\/a>I Just Wanted to Fly<\/p><\/div>\n
In 2017 he published I Just Wanted to Fly,<\/em> a memoir of his early days as a commercial airline pilot. It was a followup to his 2011 self-help book Age Is an Attitude: Tips and Tricks for Young People Over 60<\/em>. Tilmon, an accomplished musician, also recorded a symphony-infused relaxation CD, \"Angel Whispers,\" in 2003.<\/p>\n\u201cJim Tilmon was a role model for so many in our industry,\" said Frank Whittaker, station manager and vice president of news at NBC 5. \u201cOur viewers trusted him, his colleagues loved him. He will be missed.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to his wife, Tilmon is survived by son John, daughter Thera and five grandchildren. Another son, Jim Tilmon Jr., died of cancer in August at 60. He too worked as a pilot for American Airlines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s a sign of how much Chicago loved Jim Tilmon that when he retired in 1994, Mayor Richard M. Daley proclaimed it \u201cJim Tilmon Day in Chicago,\u201d the Federal Aviation Administration named an airway navigation point after him, and United Airlines awarded him the title of \u201chonorary United Airlines captain.\u201d As one of the nation's... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28266"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28284,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28266\/revisions\/28284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}