We flew to Australia when I was around 3, before Pan Am sold its Pacific routes, and it took something like six different flights to get there! She used to pack us for both hot and cold weather, and we’d head to the airport to take whatever empty seats were heading somewhere interesting. My father was an attorney for Pan Am, but it was really my mom who was determined to make the most of his flight benefits. Can you tell us about your flying experiences as a kid and how they shaped you as a person and a writer? Do you remember your first flight? One 70-something woman told me she rarely bought a return ticket when she traveled because “you never know.” I loved their attitudes and the way it felt like they owned the whole world, and I wanted to know everything about them. They seemed to have lived life elbow-deep in adventure they talked about geopolitical events as if they'd had martinis with prime ministers the night before they were sophisticated and smart and funny. I met a few former stewardesses at a Pan Am Historical Foundation event at the Eero Saarinen TWA terminal at JFK Airport (before it became a hotel). Here she shares her thoughts on air travel, past and present, and offers some suggestions for making your own glamour when you take to the skies.Īs an avid traveler and travel writer, how did you get interested in writing this particular story?
Julia Cooke’s Come Fly the World gives readers a bird’s-eye view of the gritty, global history of Pan Am and its iconic flight attendants.
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