recipient of the Tony Jannus Award for his distinguished contributions to commercial aviation. In 1980, he was inducted into the U.S. National Aviation Hall of Fame at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Six was a key player in the revealed mystery in the third episode of Starlee Kine's Gimlet Media-produced podcast "Mystery Show". In 2011, United Airlines, which merged with Continental Airlines, named a plane (N77006) after Robert Six. References Sources 1907 births 1986 deaths American airline chief executives United States Army personnel of World War II Aviators from California Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City Businesspeople from California History of aviation National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees People from Stockton, California United Airlines people United States Army Air Forces soldiers 20th-century American businesspeople