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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} White Gloves to Washington A Capital Experience by Pat Powers Rothacker Patricia Powers Rothacker. In 1959, Pat Powers was working in a secretarial position at Pepsi-International. She decided to become a stewardess and went to work for Capital Airlines. She flew on DC-3s, DC-4s, Constellations, and Viscounts. In 1960, Pat married Captain Ira Fargotstein, a fighter pilot. Pat retired then but Ira tragically died in a road accident only six months later, in February, 1961. Pat then returned to flying for non-scheduled airlines. While on a charter flight, she met Capt. Ray Poole at the Palace Hotel in Frankfurt. He suggested that Pat call Seaboard's Chief Stewardess, Jan Irwin, about a job, and she did. Pat flew for Seaboard from 1962 to until 1966, when she was furloughed. Pat then got a job managing the travel department at Columbia's Electronic Research Laboratories (which became the Riverside Research Institute). There, she met Donald Rothacker, an engineer-physicist, whom she married. In 1978, they moved to Fairfax, Virginia, where Pat owned and operated a travel agency for eleven years. In 2004, Pat's book about her airline career, White Gloves to Washington , was published. The dust jacket is shown below. In 2010, Pat published her second book, about her liver transplant, A Smile Never Hurts . Pat donated the proceeds to provide a scholarship for a girl from the South Bronx to attend school. Pat is survived by her husband, Donald; by her daughter, Marlene R. Harrison and her husband Michael; and her sisters Loretta Broughal and Margaret Kistinger. She was predeceased by a sister, Eileen Mulqueen; and a brother, Stanley Powers. Pat Powers Rothacker. In 1959, Pat Powers was working in a secretarial position at Pepsi-International. She decided to become a stewardess and went to work for Capital Airlines. She flew on DC-3s, DC-4s, Constellations, and Viscounts. In 1960, Pat got married to Captain Ira Fargotstein, a fighter pilot, and retired. Tragically, he died in a road accident only six months later, in February, 1961. She then returned to flying for non-sked airlines. While on a charter flight, she met Capt. Ray Poole at the Palace Hotel in Frankfurt. He suggested that Pat call Seaboard's Chief Stewardess, Jan Irwin, about a job, and she did. Pat flew for Seaboard from 1962 to until 1966. In 2004, Pat's book about her airline career, White Gloves to Washington , was published. The dust jacket is shown below. In 2010, Pat published her second book, A Smile Never Hurts , about her liver transplant. Pat donated the proceeds to provide a scholarship for a girl from the South Bronx to attend school. White Gloves to Washington: A Capital Experience. Title: White Gloves to Washington: A Capital . Publisher: Paladwr Press. Publication Date: 2004. Binding: Hardcover. Illustrator: B/W Illus. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Signed: Inscribed by Author(s) About this title. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. We accept check, money order, VISA or Mastercard. Please add $4.95 postage for 1st book. All books are returnable within 14 days of sale. MN residents add 6.5% sales tax. Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. I ship every book in a well-packed cardboard box. White Gloves to Washington: A Capital Experience by Pat Powers Rothacker. Pat Powers Rothacker has ventured to relate her experiences about the history of air transport during the late 1950�s and the early 1960�s. Pat Powers, (as she was known then,) was there to see it all happening. She has done so in style, combining shrewd observation with delightful humor. She has captured with flair the essence of the life-style and the special status that the cabin crew held during the period when the airline world was still quite small. In this book, she brings vividly to life the trials and tribulations, and also the joys and delights, experienced at Capital Airlines during its best years. Her account of her initial training is an introduction to her charmingly whimsical style that is laced with often impish humor. The reader can enjoy, especially in her well-selected use of hyperbole, some episodes that are hilarious. On the other hand, many are heartwarming, and occasionally some are sad. But Pat�s approach is always positive, and she has the confidence to laugh at herself. She wore her White Gloves to Washington with flair, and in this book, Pat Powers Rothacker invites the reader to laugh along with her. ABOUT THE AUTHOR. When she was still Pat Powers, Pat Rothacker joined Capital Airlines on 25 March 1959. She had left her secretarial position at Pepsi- International, almost on an impulse, to become a stewardess. She did not realize it at the time, but her months with that airline were eventful and memorable, as Capital was shaking up the airways with its new prop-jet Viscount aircraft. But she also earned her wings the hard way with many hours in the old DC-3�s and DC-4�s. She retired from Capital because she married Captain Ira Fargotstein, a jet fighter pilot who unfortunately died in a auto accident in February 1961. She returned to flying, at first with smaller non-scheduled outfits, but in 1962 she joined the reputable Seaboard World Airlines and flew on international routes with it for four years. Pat retired from flying in 1966 to manage the Travel Department at Columbia University Electronic Research Laboratories, which became the Riverside Research Institute. She was in charge of travel, communications, and catering, and while there she met Donald Rothacker, an engineer- physicist. They have one daughter, Marlene. In 1978 they moved to Fairfax, Virginia, where Pat owned and operated a travel agency for eleven years. She has remained in touch with many of her former stewardess �family� friends, some of whom are featured in this book, which recalls the exciting days when Capital Airlines introduced turbine-engined comfort to the American air-traveling public. Retail Price: $30.00 FlyingClippers.com Price: $27.00 You Save: $3.00 (10%) Availability: Ships in 24 hours. Format: Hardcover 240pp ISBN: 9781888962253 Publisher: Paladwyr Press Pub. Date: 2004 Item No: 9781888962253. Elstaraj aviadkompanioj. Kapitalo-Flugkompanioj estis aviadkompanio servanta la orientan, sudan, sudorientan, kaj mezokcidentan Usonon. La ĉefsidejo de Kapitalo situis en Washington Nacia Flughaveno (nun Reagan Airport) trans la Potomak-rivero de Washington, D.C. kie skiptrejnado kaj aviadilriparkontroloj ankaŭ estis plenumitaj. [1] En la 1950-aj jaroj Kapitalo estis la kvina plej granda usona hejma aviad-kompanio per pasaĝerkalkulo (kaj foje je pasaĝero-mejloj) post la Grandaj Kvar flugkompanioj ( la usona, Unuigita, TWA, kaj orienta). [2] Kapitalo kunfalis kun Unuiĝinta Flugkompanioj en 1961. Enhavo. Historio 1.1 Antaŭuloj 1.2 Pensilvania Centreja Flugkompanioj 1.3 Elstaraj aviadkompanioj 1.4 Akiro per kaj fuzio kun unuiĝinta 1.5 La New Kapitala Flugkompanioj. Historio. Antaŭuloj. Clifford A. Ball, a McKeesport, Pennsylvania, automobile dealer and owner of a controlling interest in Bettis Field near Pittsburgh, won airmail contract route No. 11 on March 27, 1926. In April of the following year, The Clifford Ball Airline began operating between Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Cleveland, Ohio. Clifford Ball Airlines operated from Pittsburgh's first commercial airport Bettis Field, a former farm field which farmer Barr Peat had allowed to be used for Barnstorming. [3] The airplane which flew the first flight from Pittsburgh to Cleveland, a Waco 9 named "Miss Pittsburgh", is currently displayed at the Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). Famed humorist and performer Will Rogers was known to be an early and regular passenger, [4] but scheduled passenger service did not begin until April 28, 1928. The following August, they became the first airline to serve Washington, D.C. from the west, offering their flagship "Path of the Eagle" service from Cleveland to Hoover Field across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. [5] A "Path of the Eagle" brochure and schedule are displayed at the Pitcarin Field Web site. [6] Ball sold his interests in November 1930 to Pittsburgh Aviation Industries Corp., and the airline became Pennsylvania Air Lines (PAL). PAL was reorganized as Pennsylvania Airlines after the Air Mail scandal of the early 1930s. [7] In 1934 Pennsylvania Airlines acquired Kohler Aviation. [8] Central Airlines was founded in 1934 by the men who had formed Pittsburgh Airlines in 1929. [9] Central was notable for hiring Helen Richey, the first female commercial pilot in the U.S. [10] Central Airlines became PAL's main competitor and they engaged in ruinous rate wars with prices well below those charged for railroad seats. [11] [12] The two companies merged to form Pennsylvania Central Airlines , or PCA , on November 1, 1936. [13] [14] Pennsylvania Central Airlines. The merged airlines flew Stinson A and Boeing 247 aircraft. [15] Early in its existence, PCA faced a minor crisis in January 1937 when the Bureau of Air Commerce temporarily grounded the airline's Boeing 247s. [16] The six B-247s were all sold off in 1937. The airline's 15 B-247Ds were all gone by the end of 1942. Two remain in museums today - one at the National Aviation Museum at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and another, the City of Renton , in flying condition at the Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington. [17] PCA, based at the new Allegheny County Airport near Pittsburgh, continued to add routes, notably to Chicago in 1938, and aircraft, notably the Douglas DC-3, in 1940.