Remembering George Tynan

[Jason in TX]

Sad to report that Dallas Model A Ford Club member and great friend George Tynan passed away last night July 16, 2020 at the age of 91. George was the 2003 MAFCA president, served on the board for 4 years and was selected by board of trustees of MAFFI to be the president from 2006-2008. In that time, George was instrumental in establishing the Model A Ford Museum at the Gilmore. George was very active in the Dallas Model A Ford club up until a few weeks ago, working Monday - Friday at a good friend's Model A shop educating newcomers to the hobby and helping others fix and recondition their Model As. He organized parades, meetings, canvased HUGE swap meets on foot handing out club flyers and lead fund raising efforts like the Leake Kruse Auction. George was the one who always took the long way home in either his 1930 Cabriolet or Blind Back 4 door. In 2017 he was the only driver to drive his Model A the entire way from Texas to Yellowsone National Park, up into Canada and back home, by himself!

George was a college football star, career military, aircraft commander of the 100th bomb wing, rose to Colonel in the Airforce of the 68th Electronic Warfare Squadron at Strategic Air Command from 1974 - 1975. (he had many positions beyond this that others may know more than I do)

He told me stories of founding Care Flight in Kansas city while his boss was on vacation and developing low flying bombing maneuvers in the service while trying not to crash. He was a go getter who never stopped.

We will miss you George. George (right) pictured below receiving award at our Christmas Banquet.