Scout, his unit visited Friendship Airport (now BWI). The group toured a Martin 4-0-4 airliner, including its cockpit; which began his lifelong interest in aviation. He served as vice president of the BSA's West Central Florida Council, Largo, Florida, from 1987 to 1991 and is a recipient of Scouting's Silver Beaver Award in 1990. He was also a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow, serving as a Lodge Advisor from 1974 to 1987. He was also a National Council Representative from 1992 to 1996. While residing in Bermuda, Howes was a member of the executive committee of the Bermuda Scout Association. This connection to Scouting led to him being lampooned by a Bermuda newspaper, The Royal Gazette, in a cartoon on February 14, 2003, during an airport firefighters' strike, by showing him atop the control tower in a Boy Scout uniform controlling the airplanes with signal flags. A Methodist, he joined the interdenominational Riverside Church in 1976, serving on the Music Committee. He was also a sponsor of musical events at the Ocean Grove Auditorium in New Jersey. In 2012, he commissioned a significant addition to the Auditorium's historic pipe organ. Howes was an editor on the English Wikipedia, where he authored 68 articles. References External links Atlas Communications Bermuda Hosts International Aviation Conference Emergency landing Low fare flight will help tourism season take off Princess Anne arrives for weekend visit Red Cross in the middle of the Atlantic Sacred Classics Radio personalities from Tampa, Florida 2021 deaths Businesspeople in aviation American telecommunications industry businesspeople United States Air Force officers 1945 births Wikipedia people