Evelyn Pinckert Brier

I am sister of Margaret Beulah Fuller, Gonzales. Sandra Pinkert and my sister Margie were very close. Curt and Pearl Pinckert were a second Dad and Mother to Margie Fuller. Sandra (Sandy) as we called her grew up together and kept close and still keep in touch.. What a beautiful and special family the Pinckerts were also to our Family.. So very blessed they all are and have been.. My husband and I James L. Walker, now living in Lompoc, California, send our condolences to you and Family of...

Pinky was a wonderful person to many of us and she will be greatly missed..... The Wright Family

My Dad, Jack Nelson, loved airplanes and taught me that love too. Pinky and Joe were a part of that education and I remember running around the airport on many weekends when I was a kid with my sister and my two brothers while my Dad worked on radios or other equipment or just talked with them and the other pilots. I remember the flights Pinky took us on and all the “imaginary” flights we took behind the cockpit when Pinky would let us sit in the planes. “Tango Charlie” was always a big hit...

I "know" Pinky Brier through her husband, who is celebrated on the website, www.dmairfield.org, along with the other pilots who landed and signed the Register at the old Davis-Monthan Airfield between 1925 and 1936. Joe Brier landed at the Airfield flying a Boeing P-12-E in February 1932. He signed on page 182.

Forty-one of Pinky's sisters are also in the Register: O'Donnell, Barnes, Earhart, Harkness, et al.

Each time we lose one of these pioneers, it is like having a library...

Our family had a wonderful and long association with Pinky (and Joe, too). My husband, Jack Nelson, worked with Pinky and Joe at the airport-mostly on electronics. Pinky took our younger son, Robert, to LAX to visit his aunt and picked him up a few days later and brought him back to Tri City. A big thrill for a youngster. Robert spent a lot of time at the airport with his dad and Pinky always made a fuss over him. Our older son Mark became reaquainted with Pinky after he finished his...

FOR ONE YEAR, I WORKED FOR PINKY IN 1962 AS ONE OF HER PILOTS JUST BEFORE BEING HIRED BY DELTA AIR LINES. LITTLE DID I KNOW AT THE TIME THAT FLYING FOR HER WOULD BE SOME OF THE MOST ADVENTUROUS AND EXCITING OF MY FLYING CAREER. SHE IS A LEGEND AND WILL BE MISSED.

"Pinky" was a very special woman. I remember the 1st Tri City Airport before the freeway took out the parking lot and some of the hangers. They had the restaurant and the tower right close to the main road then. She was always busy taking people somewhere or bringing them back. and the place was normaly packed. I remember when she flew Ike from LAX to Palm Springs, that was a big deal in those days.

Pinky was a true "one of a kind" and an excellent pilot and a very good friend. Her friendly "hello" and with a hard punch to my arm were her usual greeting. There were a lot of pilots who flew from Tri-City who will never forget our "Pinky"

I knew Pinky from childhood. She was great friends with my parents, Lowell and Nancy Smith. She and my Father flew together many, many times. She flew me with my Mother to meet her sister, Jean Dixon, when I was 19. We landed at LAX among the huge jets. Everyone in the Tower knew her. Dad and I met with her a few years ago, and took some photos of she and Dad.
She was a most amazing woman. God bless her.