Miscellaneous Photos
Revised February 10, 2023
The photographers, whose initials are in parentheses, are listed at the bottom of the page
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Initially, the military required a Registered Nurse aboard each flight,
and those Flight Attendants who were nurses wore their nurses' uniforms.
This is Pat Parlette some years after she graduated from nursing school. (PP)
This is Pat Parlette in 1964 with the first Seaboard World uniform
for Flight Attendants.
The new uniform was introduced when Seaboard's first DC-8 went into service. (PP)
Julie Johns Kane (JK)
Christmas, 1971, Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam
USAF Photos by Detachment 4, 600th Photo Sq. AAVS (MAC)
courtesy of Pat Parlette
Sweet duty for Master Sgt. Yancy,
helping the ladies with Christmas decorations.
Ellie Prakopcyk, Pat Parlette, Ethel Payne, and Sue Beerli.
Ellie Prakopcyk
Ethel Payne Ison
Sue Beerli
Pat Parlette
Weather delay in Shannon, 1978
Pat Parlette, Vicki Thornton, Jackie Lloyd, Barbara Morton,
Larry Sullivan, Mary Green, Gail Guynn. (PP)
Carl Hirschberg and Pat during Carl's last flight
(with Flying Tigers/Metro), July 9, 1982.
Pat improvised a cake, and made "candles" out of drinking straws. (PP)
Bud Redgate and Pat Parlette
Flying Tigers operations at JFK, 1986. (PP)
Crew "hotel" on Guam, 1960's
Not exactly the Ritz (TR)
A very senior crew
Jim Ritter, originally one of the early radio operators; Don Campfield,
the 3rd navigator hired (in 1947); Bob Warner, the 2nd pilot hired (in 1947);
Jan Irwin, hired in 1956, Chief Stewardess from 1963 to 1967;
Bob Snowden, also hired in 1947 (SWA)
Honolulu-based employees in the 1950's
The names are below the photo.
Elliot Held was the station manager and the rest were mechanics. (BC)
Capt. Ed McKinney, Job Vanderweyde (Ground Supervisor of Cargo),
and F/O Kaplowitz in Luxembourg operations, 1950's (JV)
Line maintenance mechanics at breakfast,
the O-Co-Nee diner, Islip NY, June 18, 2010.
(L/R) Ed Speidel, Rich Romani, Ralph Brell, Bill Razzano,
Tom O'Brien, John Winlkelman, Joe Giglo (JW)
Photographers:
| BC | Bill Callanan |
| JK | Julie Johns Kane |
| PP | Pat Parlette |
| TR | Tom Reinke |
| SWA | Seaboard photo, courtesy of Paul Ritter Jr. |
| JV | James Vanderweyde |
| JW | John Winkelman |
