Come Fly With Us!
Subtitle: A Global History of the Airline Hostess
Publisher: Collectors Press
Published: March 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781888054613
Subjects: Aerospace & air transport industries; Social history; TRAVEL & HOLIDAY; 20th century; General; Transportation; Aviation - Commercial; Flight attendants; History
First sentence: On May 15, 1930, Creso, lowa-born Ellen Church made aviation history as the world's first stewardess, flying for Boeing Air Transport (later United Air Lines) from Oakland, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
Description: A history of the stewardess (now known as "flight attendant") includes hundred of photographs, color reproductions of airline advertisements, and anecdotes from the 1930s to today.