VOLUME 45 NUMBER 5 MARCH 1, 1982

Pay Tribute to JFK's Chris Durr Business File for:DFW,MSY The report in the February 15 Skyliner as Usual? that TWA was postponin·g the start of service at /Ft. Worth and New (Cont'd) .· Orleans was premature. "DFW and MSY are still on the front burner," says Lured by "the challenge," ~second scheduling v.p. Tom Lagow. He indi­ presi4ent has- left a fast-growing cated that TWA's applications stand smaller airline to see what can be done and that the airline hopes to inaugurate about putting together again. Last service as planned, on April 25. August, Pan Am tapped Air 's top exec, C. Edward Acker, to be chairman and The collapse of may help chief executive officer. Now the president ease the capacity glut over - ~he North of People Express, Gerald Gitner, has gone Atlantic, but it's also going to make it over to Pan Am as senior v.p.-marketing harder for other to find a frien~ at and planning. Gitner, 36, headed PE since the Chase, or any other bank. In fact, one it was founded two years ago by a group of banker went so far as · to say the Laker former Texas International executives. He situation "in and of itself really isn't going was senior v. p. of marketing and planning to make much difference. There certainly for TI from 197 4 to 1980. Prior to that he were plenty of caution flags and warning was with TWA. lights already." Donald C. Barr, chairman and chief Cash attrition is placing severe pressure executive officer of People Express, will on. half the airlines, "and that cannot assume Gitner's duties. continue indefinitely," says the head of the It happened to Laker and it could happen airline division of Bankers Trust Company, Several hundred friends from all over the world came to the gala retirement party to ~raniff, says that. airline's president, John Bliven. "If 50% of the major carriers January 29 for Chris durr (right), manager-passenger and airport relations, JFK. Howard Putnam. In the wake of Laker's get in trouble; we've got a serious national He's pictured with one of them, A. B. "Bud" Kru_eger, general manager-Portugal. problem on our hands," he warns. Chris, who'd been with TWA for 40 years, received many tributes. "More than collapse, Putnam predicted that, "What's anything else, I always think of you as a person who cares about people ... '' said Jack going to happen is ~hat you will have fewer Ryan, senior vice president-personnel & administration. And a frequent passenger, airlines flying. And the· airlines probably ALPA Contract John Cardinal Krol, archbishop of , noted that for more than 20 years he won't make that decision as much as the traveled to Europe frequently, whenever possible on TWA. "You, Mr. Chris Durr, lenders will." He added: "If, by this Is Ratified were the principal reason for my choice of TWA.'' - summer, we [Braniff] don't generate traf­ The Airline Pilots Association Master Ex­ fic , we won't be able to continue." Unlike ecutive Council, representing TWA pilots, FICA Tax on Sick Pay some others, Putnam does not tJSe deregl!­ has ratified the tentative contract agree­ Company paid sick leave is now subject to TWA Warrant-Holders: lation as the scapegoat. ''History will show ment reached with the company Feb. 4. FICA (Social Security) taxes of 6. 7%. The The TWA employee stock warrants ; that deregulation is not at fault for the The new contract is in effect from new law went into effect January 1, 1982. issued in May 1977 will expire on May airlines' ailments. What history will show October 1, 1981 through December 31 , Sick leave pay was previously exempt from 3. The February 15 Sky liner gave is · that regulation was the cause." The 1983, and contains a pay pause from the such taxes. information on the available options. comments were made in aNew York Times date of commencement through all of "While companies do have six mon_ths Unfortunately, the address for the war­ · interview. 1982. to adjust complex computer programs,'' rant agent was incorrect. Communica­ Britain's Civil Aviation Authority has Commenting on the agreement, Presi­ notes Eleanor Tarson, manager-payroll, tions should be sent to the attention suspended Laker Airways' operating li­ dent Meyer said, "The new ALPA contract ~'any deductions not made during the of Mel McLean, Morgan Guaranty censes, which may stymie plans to start up is responsible recognition of the very tough six-month grace period must be made up, Trust Company, 30 West Broadway, again under another name. Laker has until environment we face including, in addition once computer program revisions are oper­ 9th Floo{ Agency, New York, NY March 9 to appeal the decision. Meantime, to the positive impact of the pay pause, ational." TWA matches every dollar of 10015. (Phone: 212-5~7-6086). British Caledonian Airways has applied for meaningful work rule changes. that will employee contribution. Laker's London- route. strengthen TWA's ability to compete." Spring-Can't Come Too Soon for STI. Senator Danforth Cited

Deicing a TWA 1011 - an all-too-familiar scene at St. Louis this winter as the TWA hub U.S. Senator John Danforth receives a plaque from President Ed Meyer expressing was hit by many days of sub-zero temperatures and one snowstorm after the other. appreciation on bt:half of TWA and its employees for his support of legislation which led Flights have been diverted, delayed and cancelled with regularity creating confusion and to the award to TWA of an -Air Force ~ontract to overhaul the JT3D engin_es on 707s frustration among airline employees and passengers. Ground crews have had to cope acquired from .· The presentatio!J. took place following a tour by with deicing problems one day and snow removal the next, with scarcely a letup. Senator Danforth of the JT3D engine overhaul line at MCI. · f

rarily out with an illness, I'm going to put ·my 2¢ in to see if I can sort out what we're Final Last Word on Loening.Amphibian saying to each other. Box·605 First, to Ms. O'Brien and Ms. Palma, I wholeheartedly agree with my colleague Bill Brown. If our two correspondents Starting at the Top could have listeneq to some of the taped Editor's Note: An article in the October comments on the Response Line, I think 26th Skyliner, "Response Line: Some Re­ it's safe to say that they, too, would have vealing Questions," led to an exchange of alternately been buoyed by the caring way correspondence (published in the Decem­ in which legitimate concerns are raised by ber 21st issue) between the author, Bill the majority of honest, dedicated TWA Brown, and Kathleen O'Brien of Philadel­ employees; and alarmed, as we were, at the phia. In her letter Kathleen criticized the depth of the almost willful mistrust and tone of the article, saying that rather than suspicion of management displayed by promoting a healthy exchange of informa­ others. With nearly everyone we know at tion it "struck a lethal blow to a system TWA busting their tails to make it go right, (Response Line) that has great potential for ignoring the existence of destructive atti­ success." Bill responded bluntly, as is his · tudes among us would be, in my view, Historic photo shows a Loening Amphibian at the company~s Manhattan factory on nature, but sincerely, which is also his irresponsible. the East River. Picture was taken April6, 1929. The young fellow at lower right may; nature, in essence that some of us have Certainly, and gratefully, the naysayers or may not, be retired TWAer Mel Warshaw, who worked at Loenjng as a colleg~ student. (Mel's not sure but admits there's a resemblance.) been carrying chips on our shoulders far are in the minority and no one should feel too long. ·threatened or inhibited when a responsible The above photo was sent to the Sky liner by Gastrick (retired); Lewis W: Goss, who Bev Palma of KCAC viewed Bill's employee, which Bill certainly is, points Thelma Young. Hpr late husband, TWA joined TWA when it merged with Western response as "condescending. He obvi­ out their existence as a cancerous threat to Captain Franklin Young, flew the Loening Air Express and retired in January 1960 ously ·has missed something very the very sense of family and achievement in scheduled seniice between Los Angeles after 32 years with the airline; Charles important ... Wouldn't it behoove TWA to we'd all like to enjoy. and Catalina Is!and. He also ferried a ·Gress, who was active in the TAT-Maddux, look further than the questions being In my more than a few years at TWA I've Loening from the New York factory to WAE, PAT, SAFE merger; F. B. McLeod, asked? Since we do as we are told, natu­ been privileged to serve as a union em­ L.A. in Aprill929. On that trip according ~4, who worked as chief mechanic on rally, we blame management and of course ployee and as a member of management­ to his log, which Mrs. Young also sent, Douglas mail planes and, on Saturdays, this will be reflected in your Question Line. both at 605 and on the line - so I've got Capt, Young covered 2,695 miles in flying collected tickets from passengers boarding If management is doing the job they're more than a casual -appreciation for the time of 38 hours six minutes, with over­ the plane to Catalina Island; Capt. H. A. supposed to, then this also would be ''I'm o.k., it's management that's screwed night stops in Wheeling, St. Louis, Tulsa Ottewill (retired); George Reynolds, re­ reflected. Therefore, something needs to up" ~yndrome . I won't deny that in some and Albuquerque. tired flight engineer; Dean C. Slaybaugh, be done. Try starting where it will do some · cases it's a tag that's probably well de­ Others who alsO-.... wrote in about the retired mechanic; and Robert G. Yulich of good - at the top. Communicate. Come served (oh yes, management does make Loening are Lloyd W. Everson; Capt. Hank - the MCI electric shop. down to us. We want to help! We like TWA! mistakes), but if any one of us can ever find It's too bad that 'old' is out, the old family a perfect understanding of recent events, To Be Consistent you may list yourself for both the outbound feeling, when we worked TOGETHER." I'd be very surprised if he or she didn't and return flights before you leave. A Bev added: "Notwithstanding the A recent letter to Box 605 com­ acknowledge, however grudgingly, that _ minimum of 4 hours prior to flight depar­ above, I view the Skyliner as a TAAS plained about non-rev frustrations at TWA's current management has made a Q ture is also required. offshoot and realize that any comment . inconsiderate employees who do not list more than respectable effort at a time when Thank you f.or bringing this to our written to Box 605 that hits home will not ·themselves - in this particular case, at a number of pundits were prediCting our attention. I hope this will ease some of the be published .. . ·~ Frankfurt. I am retired, and my wife and I demise. One of our union's, in fact, recently frustrations of traveling space available. Jerry Cosley, vice president-public af­ do not travel often, but I do run into commented in its newsletter that "TWA fairs, elected to respond below. But as the inconsistencie~ in trying to list ourselv~s. management is due a few bows for being Role of Council intermediary in all this, the Skyliner editor On our two overseas trips in four years, I able to sail the company through such In 1976, TWA established employee can't let Bev's parting shot go unchal­ did get listed out of Paris, but in London heavy waters." councils throughout the system for lenged: that is, her being so sure we're not • was unable to get through to reservations Q To Bill Brown, I would say that, while on.Sunday.I called early Monday morning the purpose of improving service to our going to publish her letter. Bev has no basis customers and raising productivity. that we know of for saying that. ·We some of Ms. O'Brien's and Ms. Palma's and the agent said it was too late, but that concerns, as expressed, rai-sed echoes of the flight was booked solid so it made no With the current depressed ec()nomy, the published· Kathleen O'Brien 's.letter, and company now needs more than ever the the very fact that Response Line was set up the paranoid monster we've heard on some difference anyway. We did get out, and in of the tapes, perhaps we've somehow first class! ideas and suggestions of our employees surely indicates that something is "starting and the employee councils to enable us to at the top. " missed their poil\t as well. They care In the U.S ., I find different offices seem enough to speak out, something we both to have different rules, or at least the agents achieve profitability and remain competi­ Jerry Cosley: encourage, and maybe- just maybe- he do. Some agents will take your non-rev tive in the industry. . ' As I read Ms. Palma's contribution to this and I suffer from "605-itis". listings several days ahead, both for origin What is TWA's position regarding the ongoing discussion, (Oct. 26 and Dec. 21 Third, and finally, · f doubt that our and return station. Others won't on both present and future status of the councils? Skyliners), I'm reminded of the Sperry whacking away at typewriters is the best counts. Howard L. Fox Corp.'s recent ads emphasizing the impor­ way to listen and learn from each other. As And when do you call? I've called at Chairman tance of listening, and how little of that soon as Bill returns we'll get off our duffs 7:30 a.m. and been told the hours are ( MCI employee council valuable trait is evident in the exchange and go talk to Kathleen and Bev in person. before 7:00a.m. and after6:00 p.m. I get a thus far. · I can't doubt that it's a far better way to different story from a diff,erer:tt agent in the (from Jerry W. Cosley, staff vice I'm perhaps as guilty as any of the . communicate, and, better yet, it might same reservations office. And can we call A president-public affairs): What is the participants, and, with Bill Brown tempo- even become contagious. anytime on Saturday, Sunday and holi­ status and future of the employee councils days? around the system? First of all, there are no Captain.Jim Paxt·on Retires To clarify for everyone, will you please · plans to disband ~e councils. The turbu­ publish the rules again, system-wide, and lent events of 198 f did prevent our having r -- republish whenever the rules ~hange? an annual system council meeting last year. Bill Dixon The role and charter of the councils is under San Jose review. The basic question is "Are the councils productive in terms of the issues (from Teresa Donohue, supervisor­ discussed in today's environment?" Would A reservations marketing): The prob­ the airline be better off if employees were lem of non-revenue listing has recurred not taken away from their jobs to attend frequently over the years as a result of meetings? There are good arguments on various changes in office guidelines and both sides of the question and a decision policies on when non-revs should call. A will be made early this year. bulletin will be· issued to all reservations personnel restating proper procedures and setting a consistent policy. For the record, the hours to call are: Between 6 p:m. and 6 a.m. daily domes­ tically, and between I p.m. and 4 p.rri. Published for Employees by the daily in Europe. City ticket offices are Public Affairs Department available at most destinations and are able 605 Third Avenue, New York 1 0158 to answer inguiries on flight availability Printed in U.S.A and schedules, as well as list standby -based Captain James Paxton retired on February 1, closing a 29-year career. Dan Kemnitz, Editor Jim joined TWA in 1953 as a flight engineer and was upgr~ded to captain in 1970. His passengers for meals . Anne Saunders, Associate Editor reiirement plans include spending time at home in Phoenix, Arizona and Lake of the PARS will accept a meal listing 8 days Ozarks, Missouri. prior to flight departure. For short trips,

2 March 1, 1982 50/75°/o Discounts: Stars Arrive at JFK for Music Hall Gala In the News Where Thev Applv The January 4 Skyliner carried a notice that 50% and 75% employee discounts Deaths could be applied to any unrestricted TWA fare. The central pass bureau has William (Bill) Hawkings, flight manager, issued a correction. Employee dis­ at San Francisco, died on January 29 of a counts may not be applied to certain stroke he suffered following an automobile unrestricted fares nor to any status accident. He was 55 . fares (i.e. Senior Citizen, military, Captain Hawkiilgs was well known etc.). · throughout the Bay Area for his work on 50% and 75% discounts may be safety and noise abatement, both for-TWA applied to the following fares only: F, and ALPA. He served as a m:ember and FN,C,CN,KW,KN,KX,K,KR, Y, chairman of the San Francisco Noise YN. Abatement Center, Inc., for many years . A.minimum charge of $20 one way He was instrumental in developing the ($40 roundtrip) for coach/economy FAA's landmark Big Sur Profile Descent, and $40 orie way ($80 roundtrip) for the Visual Bridge Approach and Shoreline first class will apply in all instances. Departure. The above applies to TWA em­ A member of the Quiet Birdmen and a ployees and' retirees only. OAL em­ colonel in the Confederate Air Force, last ployees may be granted discounts only year Bill helped restore a WWII PBY against full normal fares. flying boat and flew it from San Francisco to Australia. In addition to his love for old • the agency expects to save $25 billion in pl~nes, he was an expert .aerobatic pilot, operating costs by the year2000. The plan and his pride and joy was a two-place Pitts calls for much greater use of automation. Special. Microwave-guided landings would replace Bill Haw kings learned to fly in the Navy. existiQ.g instrument landing systems. He joined TWA as a co-pilot in 1953 and became a captain in 1959. He was named Seniors' Reunion the San Francisco domicile's flight deck The Southeast chapter of the TWA Sen­ "Man ofthe Year" in 1965 . In 1971 he was iors will hold their annual reunion May · promoted to flight manager. 11 -13 at the Ramada Inn, Treasure Island Captain Haw kings was known as a man (St. Petersburg Beach), Florida. Reserva­ of kindness and good humor, with superior tions must be made by May 1 . The hotel qualities as a pilot and leader. He is· rate is $32, single or double. Registration, survived by his wife, Johanna, son and which includes a lavish luau dinner at pool daughter and five stepchildren. side, is $16. Send registration and deposit Noah Dietrich, right-hand man to How­ for one night to chapter president Bill · ard Hughes during the years Hughes Townsend·, 8366 Candlewood Road, Sem­ controlled TWA, died on February 15 at the inole, Florida 33543. Phone (813) 397- age ·of 92. Hired in 1925, Dietrich directed 1035. the Hughes empire until 1967 when they Seventh Airport Hotel broke up after a _dispute over how Hughes Scores of celebrities who appeared in the Radio City Music Hall spectacular' 'Night of Hilton International, with every confi­ managed his money and Hughes locked 100 Stars" flew TWA to New York. The performance on February 14 was taped for dence in the future of air travel, has opened him out of his office. ~n 1972 Dietrich showing on ABC-TV on March 8. Photographed as they arrived at the Trans World its seventh airport hotel - the Gatwick wrote a biography of Hughes, who died in Flight Center at JFK were (clockwise) Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland and Tony Hilton International. (The others are Mon­ 1976, in which he said Hughes had chosen Perkins; Richard Chamberlain, and Wilt Chamberlain. treal, Toronto, Paris, Amsterdam, Sydney to live as a recluse because he feared public and Zurich.) The new hotel is ~ integral part of the arrival and departure information. appearance would raise questions of his The Gatwick, incidentally, is the ninth complex, linked directly The focal ·point of the lobby of the mental capacity. The book was thought to that Hilton International owns outright to the terminal. In fact, the hotel has a Gatwick Hilton is a replica of the De have been the basis of a bogus autobiogra­ among.the 85 hotels it operates around the check-in d,esk in the terminal just outside Havilland Gypsy Moth "Jason" in which phy of Hughes by Clifford Irving. world. "Our investment is partially a result the customs area so that an arriving passen­ Amy Johnson made her celebrat~d solo · Robert Shields, retired captain, died on of our successful experience at the other ger can proceed directly into London for a flight to Australia in 1930. January 27 of a heart attack. Captain airport locations and partially our convic­ day ofbusiness; when he comes "home" Shields is survived by his wife, Elma, and tion that London is and will forever remain that evening he can go directly to his room. Fuel Saving Guide three sons: Bob Jr., a pilot for American the number one hub of air traffic in All rooms have TV~ of course, but the A planning guide to help airlines save jet Airlines; Bob Ill, a U.S. Navy pilot, and Europe," says Hilton International presi- sets in the Gatwick Hilton have two addi­ fuel while aircraft are being serviced on the William. - dent Curt Strand. tional channels which show the latest flight ramp has been published by the Air 'frans­ port Association. Kenneth E. Mills, mac~ and plating shops, MCI, died on.January 18 following TWAer H~lps Recover Stolen Tick.ets The Aircraft Ground Support Air Sys­ a long illness. He was 63 . Mr. Mills had tems Planning Guidebook examines the potential fuel savings when airr~quired for been with TWA 18 years. He is survived hy air-conditioning and engine starts is his wife, Kathleen, and daughter, Myrtle. provided by fixed air systems at the ramp, John N. Wiley, Los Angeles-based flight rather than by the aircraft's auxiliary power engineer, died on February 1 of heart unit (APU). The APU is a small gas turbine failure . He was 58. Mr. Wiley had been engine that bums jet fuel. It generates with TWA 28 years . electrical power and air needed to operate the aircraft systems while the plane is Walter J. Gol~rick, . retired flight dis­ parked on the ramp. patcher, died on February 3 in Torrance, · This is the second phase of an airline California. Mr. Goldrick, .who was 69, industry effort to save fuel and reduce retired in 1977. He is survived by his wife operating costs by reduction or elimination Margaret, son John and daughter Joan. of tn.e need to use APU s while aircraft are Joseph Mackey, a pioneer aviator who parked. formed Mackey Airlines, serving the Car­ Fixed ground power systems reduce the ibbean, died on February 14. He was 72. In use of APUs, while the combination of 1967 he _sold his airline to Eastern Air fixed ground power and air systems can Lines. eliminate the need for APU operation and bring significant fuel savings. The hourly Traffic Control Plan operating cost of providing power. and The Federal Aviation Administration plans Kansas City CSA Benton Williams (center) receives reward check totaling $150 for his compressed air from fixed systems is - a $9 billion modernization of the U.S. air alertness and action leading to the arrest ·of a youth who attempted to cash in on a estimated to be about $10. Jbis compares traffic control system over the next 20 stolen ticket. Extending the reward to Mr. Williams are Gil Berth.e! (left), station with $35 per hour to provide air and electric years. To pay for it, the ~FAA proposes a 14¢ operations manager for United, and Dick Bennett, manager-security for TWA. A power from an APU in 727, 737 and DC-9 a gallon tax on jet fuel, a 12¢ per gallon tax police search of the suspect's automobile .uncovered a supply of stolen TWA and aircraft. DC-1 Os and L-1011 s using the on aviation gasoline and a rise in the tax on United tickets and a number of blank United refund drafts which had been taken in a APU costs $91 per hour. The 747 costs tickets to 8% from 5%. On the other hand burglary of the SATO office at the Orlando Naval Air Station last year. $130 per hour.

March 1, 1982 3 It's Been a Privileg,e

(Ed. note. Captain Jzm Schmitt's loving high performance·- can carry a load of lacked some of ~e technology to determine summer. recollections of the 707 are a matter of 150 first class/economy passengers coast failure points so they built a big, heavy, I talked to many of our people working record within 1WA' s higher echelons. We to coast. Our long haul331 BA models are beautiful, strong airplane that has avoided the 707 recently. Beth Burcroff, a flight share his fondness for the old girl, but if configured with 182 all-tourist seats and many of the problems frustrating manufac­ attendant based at New York, came from wishes were beggars -horses could ride, they are the same planes that flew the turers of later, more efficient types. This Michigan to join TWA in 1973. She calls and so this aircraft will be retired, as nonstop polars from Paris and London to year's very difficult winter is proving the the 707 the "Classy Lady," knows most of planned, before the end of 1983.) the West Coast for many years. strength of the 707 again as it crunches our planes by the numbers-; and remembers Looking into hiStory, it was the 707 that through snow and ice into Syracuse, N.Y. · that 8712 was used in the L'eggs commer­ by Capt. Jim Schmitt really carried TWA into its best times. Our oil its once a day trip from St. Louis. This cial! She was carrying the AA timetable Though her days are numbered, that vener- Pacific operation began with military char­ plane is keeping stations like San Jose, which bade farewell to their 707s (TWA is . able old queen of the airways- the Boeing ters into Viet N am and we had refueling , and Hartford open to daily the only scheduled U.S. carrier still flying 707 - still flies for TWA and is reaping stops (and pleasant crew layovers) in service at rillnimum cost because the stand­ the 707) with a picture and· this epitaph: unexpected benefits in today's rapidly , Guam, and.Okinawa. I remem­ ard cockpit crew and only four flight Twenty-three Years of Honorable Service. changing airlin~ industry. The 707 is ~me of ber carrying a full_ load of servicemen · attendants are required. The folks at Har­ Dolph Selten, also based in New York, the few commercial jets able to fly at nonstop from Honolulu to McOuire AFB in risburg, Pa. still like the idea of walking up came to TWA with a masters degree in · altitudes of 41,000 and 42,000 feet, shar­ New Jersey, when all our flight attendants those outside steps to board that big, psychology after practicing four years in ing that airspace only with an occasional changed into muumuus to work the trip! four-engine airplane rather than the "little Oregon and C?lifomia. He likes the 747 747 or corporate jet. This higher-altitude F.<)f(lBlaney was the captain, but to protect planes" of USAir. To more efficiently use best,_then the 707 because the aisles are capability is a real bonus as we operate with the innocent I shall not mention other crew our747sand 1011sonintemationalroutes, wider than the 727. Elizabeth Walthall, fewer controllers and necessarily greater names because at least one is riow in higher TWA continued many of its passengers on based in Kansas City, has been with TWA intervals between planes. That extra 2,000 'management! Hawaii later became a regu­ 707s beyond Paris, Rome and Athens with since 1964. She was a service manager on to 7,000 feet of altitude permits us to fly lar stop as we served Bombay, Bangkok, a plane change. This gave us more frequent the 1011 and spent six years flying interna­ more direct routes, to cut comers in empty Hong .Kong and Taipei on our round-the­ eastbound flights from the gateway cities tional. She feels wide bodies are "imper­ airspace, to avoid stronger headwinds or world route. The 707 was magnificent and also provided for the generally smaller sonal'' and says the 707 is the "most -utilize better tailwinds, to climb above when we flew to Entebbe, N~obi, and Dar loads after the Atlantic crossing. Through intimate" of our fleet. Capt. Dave Tonery, almost all turbulence and generally offer a es Salaam in East Africa because its fuel passengers who were at one time forced to my first officer for the month, thinks that smoother, faster ride·to our passengers. carrying capability permitted us to deviate remain on board because of security rea­ TWA could use our 707 profitably on many At these higherlevels our fuel consump­ all over the continent as political·situations sons now had the chance to disembark, more routes. My flight engineer, Hugh tion can be as low as 8;000 pounds per dictated. Of course the seven-day layovers stretch, visit the duty free shop, and then Schoelzel, would like to see us fly the 707 hour, which is a third the bum of a heavier in Tanzania were highly ·prized by our board the smaller plane with more window "at least forever." 747 and half the bum of a Lockheed 1011 . cre~members and we thanked the 707 for seats and a pleasant ride to Cairo or Tel What is the future ofthe 707? Some folks The smallest of our 707 fleet - the 131B, that. too! Aviv. This 707 service was discontinued in say it willla~t longer than the DC-3, which known as the "little hotrod" because of its The engineers who designed the 707 - October but may be re - establish~d for the has had nearly 40 years in the air. My side

4 business of the past 12 years- a travel otherwise love, humor, · and obey 182 agency in Freehold, New Jersey- makes passengers whose patience was _waning­ me unusually aware of what many cus­ rapidly! We kept them all~ and six months tomers want. Everyone wants the lowest later I had a repeat passenger from that price and ·in good weather will clamber flight! Maintenance for the 707 in unusual aboard almost'" anything with wings. Re­ places like Cairo, Bozeman or Fargo is a cently, however, some travelers have be­ piece of cake because everyone has worked gun talking · about experience levels, on a 707 at some time! It's kind of a Model reliability, other finer things thatTWA has T Ford and some tape or baling wire or a to offer. ~ must discount what many of my well placed kick has sent it on its way while travel agent friends think people want. the DC-1 0 houses its passengers in an Their idea of heaven is to have all wide­ ·expensive ·local hotel for two days and body plan~s traveling everywhere at all waits fo;r exotic maintenance. times with at least 100 seats open just in Great Leap Forward case they need them. When th,e flight is sold out they are -frustrated and berate the Never in my working years will another airline .sales representative on his or her plane appear that has had such a far:. next visit for not having a larger plane at reaching effect on the world! The 707 their disposal. The poor 727 and 707lJ.ave really put travel into high gear! It opened suffered unduly from th~s syndrome! areas of the world tG exploration, com­ merce and development. It carried many of A Thing of Beauty us very fortunate crew members and other Dave Tonery, c9-pilot. Now, it is at this point that I go into my airline employees to places we never ex­ 707 "sales pitch" ! Several airlines are pected to visit. Its great jump in productiv­ · experimenting with luxury service at less ity gave us wages that are considered than first class prices. The 707 would be an inordinately high by some. The old Lock­ 'admirable vehicle because of its high heed Constellation was ~beautiful sight in comfort level (with 100 passengers), its Manila ~d Colombo, but it didn't last 20 long range capability, and its excellent years. The 74 7 is a wondrous creation and reputation among knowledgeable trav­ may very Well carry us into the next elers. TWA has in the past operated an century, but we have so few that many ARAMCO charter to Saudi Arabia with TWAers may never fly it. Pity! The 707 has 100 first class seats and all the amenities. It touched almost all of us at TWA! Whenever was a thing of beauty, probably finer than I bring my 707 in to substitute fora 747 ora most executive jets today. With the increas­ 10 ll, I make an announcement along these ing emphasis on low price, no-frills serv­ lines: "Ladies and . Gentlemen, this is a .ice, the backlash has really filled many of Boeing 707 instead of the wide-body you our business class sections today. Inciden­ may have expected. It is a vintage airplaqe, tally, TWA's business class across the a fine, old, reliable model. We have Atlantic is far superior ·to most o( our arranged ~any more window seats and you . competition, . some of whom have the may watch two engines on each wing. We audacity to sell nine and 10 seats across as thank you for joining us and we are going to "business class." TWA has six across on have a pleasant trip together. Some day you the transatlantic 747 and I venture to say can tell your grandchildren that you had the thatwearenearlyalways "sold out" on that privilege of riding a Boeing 707! Thanks F/As-Linda Doshway-(left) and Joanne Dolane-Nelligan. touch of luxury! My personal feelings are for select~g TWA!" that TWA could offer a 100-seat; all-first class 707 to selected markets in Europe at Capt. Schmitt is checked out on the "business class" prices, and make a fine Boeing 747 and hopes to fly it with the profit. seasonal increase in the summer of' 82. He currently is based at JFK, flying 707s Manageable mostly out of EWR. He lives with wife Charlene and two sons and a daughter in I have flown the 707 for at least a p·art of Freehold, N.J. He came to TWA in 1956. each year since 1960. In all those years I He has been a member ofN.J. Air National have experienced only one engine ' failure · Guard as a fighter pilotfor many years. He (on my second captain trip, on takeoff!) has been active in corrzmunity affairs, and so few mechanical delays that I could hospital board, chamber of commerce, list them in a couple paragraphs. The plane jund raising, and was East Coast coordi­ is small enough so I can remain in contact nator for the pilots' "Go TWA" program with the passengers and in command some years ago, at another difficult period enougli to help quell any riots. Example: in the company's-history. We picked up a charter load of English citizens one evening, enroute from London Pictured here are flight crew compan­ to Los Angeles, with a fuel stop and crew · . ions ofJim Schmitt who share the aviator's change i,n Pittsburgh. The first snowstorm enthusiasm and high regard for the Boeing of the season field us on the ground for eight 707. They especially · like the on-board hours and forced us t~ wine, dine, babysit, feeling of" togetherness." F/As Dolph Selten and Diane Mullen.

I F/A Cathy Turner. , F/A Frank Messina. FlA. Elizabeth Walthall. FIR Hugh Schoelzel.

5 includes hotel, the budget variety a short distance from the center of most attrac­ tions; guided tours of Notre Dame, the · TraVel Tips Eiffel Tower, Montmartre, the Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe, Place Vendome, the Champs-Elysees, etc. by Harry Mickie They pack a lot into these 5-day tours Transatlantic. ·Embargo Dates: East­ (including travel time), You'll see more in bound and westbound transatlantic travel tnis short time than you could ever possibly · on TWA by class 8, 9 and 10 passriders will . do on your own. be embargoed this year as follows: Class 8 Hemingway's Paris is a bit more deluxe, & 9 (TWA employees and retirees): June 15 including centrally located hotel . through July 15, August 15 through Sep­ The deluxe tour includes the budget tember 30. Class 10 (OAL employees): itinerary plus Versailles. And one evening May 1 through October 31 . you will dine as Aero-Marine's guest in the Frankfurt. A former TW'Aer, now with former house of Mr. Guilloti~e. Lufthansa, offers private accommodations Both to~rs include room with private just 10 minutes by express bus from bath, admissions, ground transportation, and guide. · Frankfurt airport. Single $15, double $25. Weekly rates at 70% less. Write to Mrs. I. The budget tou·r departs March 18, March 26, April16, April22, and June 24. / Gentry, Sprendlinger Landstrass~ 222; D- 6050, Offenbach/M, West Germany. Extra days are available at $20 per day. Phone Frankfurt 84 29 44 or 84 19 45. The deluxe tour ·departs March 17, March 23, April 10, April 21 , May 11 , Vi~ ,Segale (center), supervisor-audio/visual aids, Kansas City, receives first place PortugaVSpain. September 23-0ctober May 13, and June 10. Extra days are $35 certificate in the employee training .category in the 1981 JVC Professional Video 3, an 11 -day tour for $650; positive fare on per day. Competition. Making the presentation are Mike Messerla.(left ), market development TAP and breakfasts and dinners daily. Contact Aero-Marine Interline Tours, manager for JVC, and Dan Roberts, manager-JVC professional video division. · · Another TWA exclusive. Parents and re­ 412 E. Shore Trail, Sparta, N.J. 07871. tirees at the same price. Write to World Phone (201) 729-5004. TWA will receive $6,000 worth of JVC capped people to make its point. The Wide Interline Tours at P.O . Box 28034, France. Guy Hoyet,. a former Air France professional video equipment as first prize actors, ina warmandopenmanner, explain , Georgia or phone (404) 255-5669. executiv~, again invites TWAers to stay at in the 1981 JVC Professional Video Com­ that airline travel is most comfortable for Wyoming. Hidden Valley Ranch again this his Chateau de Malans in Burgundy, near petition. The winning entry in the em­ both the handicapped and the flight attend­ year welcomes TWAers with a 10% dis­ the medieval town of Pesmes and 45 km ployee training category, titled "They See ants when the attendants "listen first, and count. Hidden Valley, located 17 miles from the provincial capital, Dijon. The MyChrome, ButTheydon'tSeeMe," was act second." southwest of Cody, is a working cattle and chateau is open June through' September, prod.uced by audio-visual aids supervisor "Working with these people during the horse ranch, not a dude ranch, and caters to and although a minimum of three nights is Victor Segale. . production was a learning experience in a limited ~umber of guests. Yellowstone normally required, TWAers will be accom­ "This is a touching video program that itself,'' says Vic. He aqds that response to Park is just an hour away, and the ranch modated for any iength of stay. The charge teaches TWA personnel that listening to the program has been tremendous, and that itself is in a setting of mountains on three for two persons, per night, including conti­ handicapped passengers is the key to serv­ several other airlines have bought the tape sides and "the wilderness is our back­ nental breakfast, is $40; single rate $30. ing them well'," commented Dan Roberts, from TWA. yard," say owners Duaine and Sheila (That, we should point out, is unchanged manager of JVC's-professional video divi­ The entry also won· a prize in the Hagen. Hidden Valley offers many activi­ from last year. )Dinner is available on sion. The program uses several handi- National Rehabilitation Film Festival. ties incluqing horseback riding, trout fish- · request for $17 per person, including ing, shooting, l;l!Chery, river floats and liquors and unlimited wine: - chuck wagon cookouts. Regular daily rates Malans is a small farming village in a Emergency Number are $60 per person for adults and $55 for quiet co_untryside with pleasant htnd­ Editor's Notes When illness or death strikes a retired children. That includes all the above activi­ scapes; no factories, no pollution, pure air. employee, his ·or her family often ties as well as three meal~ a day. For more Write to Guy Hoyet, Chateau de Malans, . doesn't know whom to call at TWA details and brochure, write to Hidden 70140-Pesmes, France. Phone (84) In th.e course of time and events, the for reassurance, assistance and in­ Valley Ranch, South Fork, Route 2, Box 31.23.19. Skyliner staff has been privileged to know formation regarding insurance and personally many people in TWA. We never other impprtant matters. TWA's per­ 3650, Cody, Wyoming82414. Phone(307) Barbados. Marriott's Sam Lord's Castle met flight dispatcher Walter Goldrick, . sonnel benefits group in Kansas City 587-5090. resort, {6 miles from Bridgetown, offers however, and wish we had. wants to help - that's what they're Paris. There's only one way to see Paris for TWAers a 50% discount. That translates to "Goldie," who retired in 1977 after there for - and you can reach them the first time and that is with a guide. $61 (European plan) based on double ciose to 41 years with TWA, died on via toll free numbers from anywhere ·Aero-Marine Interline Tours is offering occupancy through April 11. Effective February 3. His old friend and golfing in the . Benefits admin­ two guided Parisian tours. One is the April12 through December 15, $40 single, partner, Parky Parkinson, remembers Gol­ istrator Don Hartman and his staff budget variety and the other hits the haunts double or triple rooms. For reservations die as "one who was always doing things are experts ~d they'll help in any of Hemingway and F. Sc~tt Fitzgerald. call (800) 228-9290. In Europe, contact for other people." Birthdays, anniversa­ way they can. You can reach them Budget Paris is priced from $149 and your local Supranational .office. ries, retirements - Walt was often the immediately· by phone so put the instigator, and always he managed to make toll-free numbers in your wallet and No~ Showing in New York the occasion special. "Goldie would do the • with your other emergency numbers. work and then step into the. background,'' The numbers to call: From anywhere Parky recalls, ''and when he retired he in the United States except Missouri wouldn't let anyone throw a party for - 800-821 -5618; from anywhere in_ him." Missouri except Kansas City- 800- In the words of Parky, Walter Goldrick 892-7 61 ~; from Kansas City - 464- was "a giant of a man, a strong booster of 6447. TWA, full of fun - a happy man.'' Ever since he was eight years old and first Addendum to the "mystery plane" solu­ began coming to the airport Pat Muhlek of tion on page 8, Captain Ole Olson figures Detroit has been one of TWA's best in several personal anecdotes involving boosters. The walls of his room are covered the transcon speed record by Howard - with TWA posters and pictures, and the Hughes and Jack Frye. Since Ole had shelves are filled with old airline guides piloted many of the C69 test flights, he was and TWA timetables. invited as a passenger on the history­ At Pat's insistence, his grandfather, who making flight. To pay his way, Ole ap­ live·s in France, flies TWA whenever he pointed himself steward. He supplied the ,. 'lb.\..~ visits the U.S., Detroit CSA Arnie Clark crew and passengers with hot coffee arid a Two motion pictures that have been the hit exhibits at the National Air and Space and agent-in-charge Vic Mathis told the hearty breakfast, which was especially Museum in , D ~C. - "To Fly" and "The Living Planet"- are now Skyliner. welcome because they'd taken off from beirig shown for the first time in New York, at the American Museum of Natural Through the years, they have faithfully Burbank in the wee hours-3:56a.m. to History. added to their young friend's collection, be exact. Anyone who has not visited the air museum should not miss this opportunity to see and while he doesn't visit the airport as Just before take-off, Ole received a these two breathtaking (literally) films, Not incidentally, a TWA L- 1011 has a often he used to - he's 18 now - he telegram from his wife in Washington starring role in one ofth~films, "Living Planet." · corresponds with them often. The co.lorful which read: "Triplets born today. Two . So special is this exhibition that for the first time 1n its 113-year history the brochures and tour folders perhaps convey blonde, one brunette. Mother and babies American Museum of Natural History will be open Friday and Saturday evenings. to Pat more of the excitement of far-off doing nicely." Olson just laughed. The The double feature, with showings at 6 p.m: and 7:40p.m., costs $5.50, including museum admission. · places then they would to most armchair ''triplets'' were puppies! travelers, for he is a deafmute. That won't Ole could buy plenty o(dog biscuits with Get there early to select seats, if possible, in the c~nter section of the auditori urn for stop him, however; his latest letter to Arnie the $37 he won playing poker with his maximum visual and audio effect. and Vic requested a job application: fellow passengers during the trip.

6 . March 1,1982 Trans Wo~ld Travel C.ollege Offers Career Guidance Since the Trans World Travel College "The exams are carefully hand-graded to opened its doors in July 1979, some 400 monitor student. comprehension and the students have graduated. More than 900 thoroughness of the learning process. The people are currently enrolled, including examiner writes appropriate comments and travel agents, airline employees, and returns the exam to the student." others interested in a travel career. Student; Those who successfully complete the must be 18 years of age or older. home study program are eligible for three "Results to date have exceeded our classroom courses - advanced travel sell­ expectations," says Sherry Huggins, ing, computerized reservations training director-agency training & travel college, and airline reservations sales training - at KCAC. "And," she adds, "plans for conducted by the agency training and travel future growth are on target." Mrs. Huggins college staff at KCAC. notes that "The school is··· particularly Mrs. Huggins. points out that, while the happy with the success of its curriculum travel college cannot guarantee employ­ formula which combines classroom ment for its graduates, "We firmly believe courses at KCAC with home study." that a high quality educational program like The home study portion of the travel ours increases our graduates' credentials in college program consists of 18 lessons and the competitive travel job market. The Trans World Travel-college has b~e.n accredited by the National Home s·tudy must be completed within 18 months. The "Our career guidance center dees help Council. At the accreditation ceremony were (from left): Ron Pashen, director­ lessons cover: geography; airline sched- · graduates capitalize on their newly ac­ marketing automation programs; Hester Turner, of the NHSC accrediting commis­ ules, tariffs and ticketing, and introduction quired skills. In 1981, we helped 92% of sion, and Sherry Huggins, director-agency training & travel college. to automated reservations; selling; tours, our combined home study/classroom grad­ cruises and rail; baggage and trip insur­ uates find employment with·travel agen­ State, corporation division, and is accred­ lessons to all TWAers at the same industry ance. "Students proceed with lessons at a cies, airlines, hotels, and the like." ited by the National Home Study Council. discount available to travel agents. rate which matches their ability to learn," She adds that the college has written a Accreditation assures students that the Individual lessons cost $45 or em­ Mrs. Huggins says. Students can call for booklet about job search preparation which travel college operates on a sound financial ployees can order the entire set of 18 at one lesson assistance from qualified instructors provides worthwhile infqrmation about basis, has an.approved program of study, time for $540, a substantial savings. Dis­ at KCAC by dialing atoll-free number. resume preparation, effective interviewing qualified instructors, adequate facilities counts also apply to the following combi­ Exams are given after each lesson, again and other helpful tips. and equipment, and approved recruitment, nations when ordered at the same time: handled by. mail between the college and The travel college has been approved for admissions and placement policies. In Lessons I, 7, 9 (OAGs, domestic tariff, the student. Mrs. Huggins emphasizes that operation by the Missouri Secretary of order to gain accreditation, the travel airline ticketing) -- $115; lessons 4 and 5 college prepared an extensive self­ (geography) - $75; lesson 10 (selling) ~------~ TWA Agency Training & Travel College evaluation report, submitted the home with either 12 (tours), 13 (cruises) or 14 P. 0. Box 2007 study lessons to outside subject experts for (rail) -- $7 5; lessons 16, 17, 18 (introduc­ Kansas City, MO 64195 review, and received- a visit by the on-site tion to PARS automation) - $100. NHSC examining committee. "The _lesson purchase price includes an answer key to each final exam," Mrs. __ Please send more informa tion on the travel college home study lessons. Discount to TWAers _ ·_ I'd like to ·enroll now. Please send me the foll owing product knowledge lessons Huggins explains. "This way we provide "Word-of-mouth advertising within the travel agents and airline employees With travel agency community is our best source immediate feedback: I've enclosed my pe rsonal check payable to TWA Agency Training for $45 per" lesson of student referrals," Mrs. Huggins says. ''ForTWAers, the value of this training (or discount prices where applicable). Total$______"Also, satisfied students refer others and lies in self development," she says. "In TWA employees have been tremendous. particular, knowing what travel agents do Name ______~~------Personnel, sales and reservations staff in their jobs every day enhances the TWA PRN, ______Job Title, ______refer · callers who are. interested in sales­ employee's job and makes it much more I related travel industry jobs to the travel enjoyable." Home Address __~--~------I college for information." .For more information, or to enroll in the I As a way of saying "thank you" the home study program, use the accompany­ travel college is offering the 18 home study ing form. L ------/ ~ ------~-- ~ ------J Travel Tips a Good Omen Down Seniors Far West. Horsepacking, backpacking, white water rafting, houseboating, hot air ballooning and travel photography work­ J. S. Prokay, SFO, Mar. I (40) shops are this year's offerings by American Gordon T. Sullivan, JFK, Mar. I (28) Wilderness Experief!Ce, Inc. There's a 5% John M. Gillespie, PHX, Mar. I (35) Lyle M. Sackman, MCI, Mar. I (26) discount for groups of four or more or Leonard S. Sellers, MCI, Mar. I (37) anyone who has traveled with them in the · Joseph C. Miller, MCI, Feb. 1"(28) past two years. For a tempting descriptive I . Joseph Aguilera, JFK, Feb. l (1 7) . brochure write to American Wilderness at SilvanaMicossi, ROM, Nov. 30(31) P.O . Box 1486, Boulder, Colorado 80306. Jose d'l\lmeida, LIS , Dec. 31 (34) Phone(303)444-2632. Fabio de Felice, ROM, Nov. 30(26) Ettore Bassani, MIL, Jan. I (31) . Mexico. Teresa Donohue of 605 Third Paul R. LaBelle, STL, Mar. l (31) reports that the following hotels in Mexico CiareF. Mills, MCI, Mar. I (40) offers 50% discount to TWAers on an SA AbeBain, MCI, Mar. I (15) William M. Hein, STL, Mar. I (35) basis: The Plaza Careyes in Jalisco; the Herbert F. Weber, EWR, Mar. I (36) Viva Cancun in Cancun; and Viva Villaher­ Vtrginia L. Pryor, ORD, Mar. I (36) mosa, Yucatan. For reservations phone John E. Mitchell, MCI, Mar. 2 (40) (800) 231 -6289. In Texas, phone (800) John Peters, STL, Mar. I ( 16) 392-4427. · Henry Mensing, JFK, Mar. I (36) Michael Bartfalvi, PIT, Mar. I (30) London/Paris. Caesar Hotels has a new Nelson Bolduc, BOS, Mar. I (18) 5-day/4-night vacation to London and . Malvina Buchanan, LAS, Mar. I {24) Paris priced at $238 per person, double Billie L. Hoendorf, MCI, Mar. I (23) · · (single supplement $62). This includes Wilbur H. Buxton, BWI, Mar. I (30) Robert W. Larson, MKC, Mar. I (28) airfare-on Pan Am, London-to Paris flight There are probably one thousand and one .local customs !O be found in the many Paul G. Bergman, MCI, Mar. I (30) via Gulf Air, hotels with bath and breakfast countries served in TWA's international division,(the British, for example, carry Charles C. Dunn, JFK, Mar. I (17) daily. Hotels are centrally located. Contact . umbrellas with which to placate the rain gods). Shinji Koyasu, TWA's manager of Mary Alice Kuhn, OAK, Mar. I (17) Caesar Hotels, 7730 Forsyth Blvd., St. sales in Japan, recently introduced Daruma. No matter which way and how often·he, Norman R. Parmet, MCI, Mar. I (34) Louis, Mo. 63105. Phone (314) 727-1503. Daruma, is knocked over, he always rights himself. Joseph E. Sauard, JFK , Mar. I (16) And there is more . .. At the start of the year one of Daruma's eyes is put in place Joseph P. Stellabotte, NYC, Mar. I (33) Madrid: The deluxe, five-star Alameda Edwin Johnson, LGA, Mar. 17 (22) and, ifthe year is successful, then the other eye may be placed in its socket. Looking ·Hotel near the Madrid Airport offers a confident that Daruma willoe upright with both eyes in place at the end of l982.are W. H. Twohy, SFO, January I (32) special rate to TWAers through December Elizabeth}. Shirk, MCI , March I (16) (from left) Shinji Koyasu; David Balfour, manager for sales development for the Far 31 of 2,000 pesetas single, 2,500 pesetas V. M. Barnes, MCI, March I (24) East; Charles Zambello, director of the offline offices, and Bill Slattery, vice double, including a courtesy welcome C. R. Beighlie, JFK , February I (34) president for TWA's international division. - Vic Page drink.

March 1, 1982 · 7 The Plane Fact: Readers Tell Connie's Story , .... '" ' Who? What? When? Where? we asked when we published this photo in the January 18 Skyliner. We think we have the answer, thanks to several readers with good memories and sharp eyes, and a bit of detective work on our part. The aircraft is a C69 Constellation, register #43-10310. It was the second off the Lockheed production line. (The very ~.;..,.,, M. , _;.. ·••<::-'•• :...... first Connie joined the military on July 28, Constellation #310310 was used for Lockheed publicity photos taken at-Burbank on September 22, 1943: TWA colors were in a wash-off type of paint which could be removed easily for repainting in USAF colors when the aircraft was turned over to the 1943). No. 43-10310, the airplane in our ~tary in April1944. photo, set a transcontinental speed record of six hours 57 minutes 51 seconds when Howard Hughes and Jack Frye flew it nonstop from Burbank to Washington on Aprill7, 1944. In fact, a number of readers mistook the record-setting flight as the occasion for the photo. They may have been misled by the front page of the Los Angeles Herald Express for t_hat date, which featur~d the photo under the headline '"Giant L.A. Plane Flies Across U.S. in 7 Hours~" Actually, the photo was taken eight months earlier, in August 1943, at Burbank Air-· port, probably by Bill Sumits, TWA's own photographer, who later distinguished 1'1UJ;;Ui:l•L, 1943: Pu-blic relation~ man Clancy Dayh~ffro~nded. up April17, 1944. SecretaryofCommerceJesse·Jones (center) was himself with Life magazine. It was a TWA and other Burbank airport employees to pose for first official to greet TWA's Jack Frye (left) and Howard publicity shot to show off the passenger publicity pictures. The hangars in the background wear Hughes on their arrival in Washington after they set a transcon wartime camouflage. speed record of 6 hours,. 58 minutes. capacity ofthe Connie. The "passengers" were recruited from TWA offices, incom­ Anderson and Stubbs were all copilots at Capt. Olson was .once forced to shut United States Army Air Force on April17, ing flights and the terminal . Burbank then and recall making several down two engines on a C69 test flight. - 1944 (same day as its record-breaking· Publicity Pose trips to the airport to pose for publicity After landing, he resorted to the brakes to trip). It later flew in poth TWA and Pan Anl All but one of the TWA "crew mem­ pictures. keep the airplane from veering off the colors ~ut was destroyed by a ground fire at · bers" in the foreground have been identj­ Max Tegerdine notes that the picture was taxiway. Then "The brakes failed and we the Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank on fied . From left are: Max Tegerdine, set up by Clancy Dayhoff, then TWA's took a sharp right, heading toward the January 22, 1953. Burbank station manager; Charlie Conner, public relations manager in Los Angeles. terminal,'' he says. "The plane swung Special thanks to those TWAers, active meteorologist at Burbank and now a flight Lacking sufficient crew members (the first around with its wing over the observation and retired, who responded with informa­ dispatch officer at JFK, who identified internationaL flights would have nine), deck. The crew quickly scrambled out tion (and, in many cases, illustrated mate­ himself and several others in the photo, and Clancy recruited Max, who, as station through the belly door and threw parachute rial as well). They are: Capt. Ed Betts, was first with the correct answer; Capt. manager had two gold sleeve stripes - the packs under the wheels as chocks." Charlie Conner, Jim Figgins, Jack Hart, Chuck Stubbs (retired 1973); Capt. Dick sam~ as a captain. "We located a captain's Howard Hughes himself flew many of Patrick C. O'Keefe, Capt. Oryille Olson, Anderson (retired 1980); hostess Jean cap (with white cover), and I took a place · the test flights. In fact, one night, shortly Capt. Fred Pastorius, Dan Reid, George Mellby; unidentified hostess; Capt. C. H. with the crew members," writes Max. before the record-setting transcon trip, Reynolds, Max Tegerdine, and Steve " Pierre" Mollineaux; Capt. Jack Walsh, Capt. Orville ''Ole'' Olson, now retired, Hughes did 40 touch and goes in the Vargo. Thanks also to Bill Garley and Bob chief pilot a_t Burbank, and Capt. Ben was a C69 test pilot and one of 12 passen­ Connie, Ole recalls. Ferguson of the Lockheed-California Young (retired 1978). Messrs. Young, gers on the transcominental flight. The Connie was turned over to the Company for their research.

air transportation (then a novelty) to the Boeing 767 Passes Tough Te_st Risky Business distaff side of the family and overcoQJ.e -Two-for-the-price-of-one gimmicks are some ofthe·opposition to flying . nothing new in the airline business, com­ This was great public relations and our ments retiree Mel Warshaw, who just read loads picked up, even though half ·of the in hi-s-local papers about the recent "two­ passengers were "freebies." (It sure was fers" offered by and Pan tough on pass riders then, however). TWA Am. would write to each wife th~ftg her for . Mel recalls: Back in the early 1930s, taking the trip and trusting that she had flying was considered a risky business. enjoyed the experience. There was plenty of opposition from wives to the idea of their husbands' flying, when In Hot Water they could take the tram and stay s11fely on terra firma. Everything went well until one day a hot I can recall in part{cular one amusing letter came in from soine fellow's wife who incident. I was behind the ticket counter at asked "What trip?;' Things began to get TWA's Palmer House CTO in Chicago . quite sticky. We were_threatened with law when a couple came in asking for informa­ suits and expected lots of bad publicity as tion. The husband had his heart set on the airline was being accused of "promot­ flying to New York but the Mrs. was in_g adulterous conduct." We got off the jumping up and down objecting to his hook when the passenger manifest showed two passengers_with the same name- the Demonstrating takeoff performance under the most demanding conditions, a Boeing flying. She finally said she would agree ­ but only if he could keep one foot on the irate woman's husband and another mah. 767 is pictured during tail-dragging v mu (velocity, minimum) unstick slow-speed ground. (This was c_onsidered quite a joke One was listed as a single, the other as a takeoff. A series of V mu runs was carried out at Edwards Air Force Base, California in those days). I told her I would put a shoe couple. We wrote to her explaining what with the airliner's aft fuselage ~ protected. by a wooden skid, in contact with the box full of dirt next to her husband's seat so had happened and how she got the letter runway - which could only happen in airline s~rvice under the worst case of meant for someone else. mishandling. Tests were made at four takeoff wing-flap settings and, for each he could fulfill her wish. This broke her up and she consented to hls buying a ticket. After that, the practice of writing to the flap--setting, four gross weight simulations (through adjustments in engine power- _ / that is, thrust-to-weight ratio)', as required by the FAA. The four planes in the Boeing Not long after that, about 1934, when ~ives was discontinued, and before too 767 test fleet have now accumulated more than 475 hours in flight. Longest duration TWA introduced the DC-2, we had a sales long the free wives promotion was also flight to date has been 9 hours, 44 minutes. promotion scheme called "Take your wife dropped, to the great relief of the passri­ along for free ." The idea was to introduce ders.