St. George, Utah – Captain Douglas Leonard Cline passed away quietly in his sleep the afternoon of 28 August 2018. He achieved the seasoned age of 91. Doug was born on 9 October 1926 to Lena Delphine and Lloyd Alan Cline in Dodge City, Kansas. In 1943 he married Dorothy Louise Serber, of Denver, Colorado. They had one son, Douglas Lloyd Cline. Later, on 30 August 1950 he married Beth Marjorie Larsen of Salt Lake City, Utah. They had three children: DeeLayne, Karen Lee and Dirk Leonard.

Doug's one great love in life was flying. He enjoyed an illustrious 35 year career with United Airlines. He retired in 1986 and spent the next six years flying Learjets for Private Companies. If he wasn't flying for a living, he was building, restoring and flying his own planes, flying just for the pure joy of it. In the mix he also found time to work on and build cars and boats.