Obituary: 'Nips' Offenberg Was Early Corporate Pilot
Nips Offenberg, who died April 28, began a flying career in 1951 with Kollsman but later spent 25 years flying for Great Lakes Carbon Corp..

Nikita “Nips” Offenberg, 91, who was among the earlier corporate pilots and had a career that spanned nearly four decades, died on April 28 in St. Peterburg, Florida. Born May 18, 1929, in New York City to parents Anastasia (Hartwig-Gluhareff) and Sergei Offenberg, he was the stepson of Michael Gluhareff, one of the key Russian aeronautical engineers who worked with Igor Sikorsky in the development of flying boats and rotorcraft.


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