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Oct 16, 1955 - Jan 24, 2003
Robert Young Cable, 47, of Upland died Jan. 24, 2003, in Rancho Cucamonga. He was born Oct. 16, 1955, in Pomona and lived in Claremont and Upland all his life. He was owner and President of Foothill Aircraft for 34 years and co-owner of Cable Airport. He graduated from Claremont High School in 1975, where he was a member of the football and wrestling teams. He was a member of EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association, Chapter 448, Cable Airport) and Mechanics Safety Board at Chaffey College. He enjoyed flying with his friends, working on his house and cars, and also watching sports.
He was preceded in death by his father, Walter David Cable; and his grandparents, Dewey McKinley and Maude Cable, and Ida and Emerson Valentine. Mr. Cable is survived by his wife, **Janette Joyce Cable; two sons, Curtis Young and Kevin Michael Cable; his mother, Marilyn Ruth Cable; a sister, Debra Scudamore.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 1 at Cable Airport, Upland. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Rob Cable Memorial Fund-Scholarship for Flight Education, Cable Airport, 1749 W. 13th St., Upland, CA 91786; (909) 982-6021. Stone Funeral Home, Upland, is in charge of arrangements.
~ Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Jan. 30, 2003
**Janice Joyce Moore, CHS 1974
Airport colleagues remember Rob Cable
By Conor Friedersdor (The Whittier, CA Daily News - Tuesday, January 28, 2003)
At Cable Airport on Monday, planes took off and landed as they always do. Kitchen staff hurriedly served patty melts and grilled cheese sandwiches at the airport cafe. Staff at the flight school talked to potential students.
But a flag flown at half-staff and a small memorial in the parking lot betrayed grief felt over the death of a lifelong flier.
Those who knew Rob Cable continue to mourn him. The pilot and businessman, grandson of airport founder Dewey Cable, was killed Friday afternoon when his twin-engine plane crashed into a Rancho Cucamonga house. Investigators have yet to determine the cause of the crash.
The aviation business that Rob Cable ran on the airport grounds was closed Monday.
"Honoring the memory of our friend and beloved Rob Cable, Foothill Aircraft is closed,' a sign hanging in the window said.
Across the parking lot at Mike's Maniac Cafe, Michael Stewart ran the kitchen. Even as he busied himself with a half-dozen sandwich orders, he spoke of how hard it would be to continue working at the airport without his cousin.
"Working with him over the last few years we've really rebounded as a family,' Stewart said. "Rob was so dedicated to his business and his family, and it's impossible to measure how much he'll be missed around here.'
Those who observed Cable over the years repeatedly remarked on his love for flying.
"Flying planes, fixing planes, helping others to do the same,' a man working in a hangar replied when asked how he remembered Cable.
Stewart, owner of the window- lined airport cafe for the last three years, saw Cable take off countless times on the runway that fronts the cafe patio.
"He loved to fly in the afternoons, and watching him from here in my crystal office I often envied him,' said Stewart. "Over the years I've flown with Rob a lot, and we'd talk about work and family and just enjoy ourselves.'
Colleagues at the flight school declined to comment about Cable Monday, directing questions to the Cable family.
Others at the airport wanted to pay their respects to Cable, and chose to do so with gestures rather than words. Some paused in front of a small plane replica in the parking lot, where flowers and signs had been set on the wings.
"Rob, you are the wind beneath our wings,' one sign read. "We will always love you,' said another.
Others said they would pay tribute to Rob by taking to the air, indicating that a man who loved flying as much as Cable would have wanted it that way.
A public memorial service will be held for Rob Cable at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Foothill Aircraft hangar at the airport.
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20030206X00174&ntsbno=LAX03FA074&akey=1
Upland News October 21, 1971:
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