John “Jack” Enders, a lifelong aviation enthusiast who led Flight Safety Foundation in the 1980s and early 1990s and held leadership positions with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and a number of other aerospace operations, died Nov. 25. He was 94.
Enders was president, CEO and vice chairman of the FSF Board of Governors from 1980 until 1993, a period during which he was a key participant in efforts to foster international cooperation in advancing aviation safety improvements. Some of those efforts involved building a relationship between the Foundation and its Soviet (and later, Russian) counterpart, Flight Safety Foundation International, based in Moscow. His relationship with the Russian organization, of which he was honorary president and, for a time, a member of the Board of Directors, continued until 2019.
“John Enders was a relentless advocate for international cooperation in the sharing of aviation safety information,” Dr. …
