Museum Newsletter

Board of Directors

Pam Blaschum-Director

Karen Holden Young-Early History

Ann Noland

Alice Wasko

Nancy Sitzmann-Event Coordinator

Mary Ellen Miller- Member

John Mays-Library & Research

Chris Funk-Treasurer

Christopher Nold-Simulator & Scout Programs

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1937 Lockheed Electra (Ellie) Crew:

Ruth Richter-Owner

Captain Kirk McQuown-Pilot

Curt Walters-Pilot

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Archivists

Carol Emert, Archivist

Zana Allen John Mays

Martha Katz Mark Murtha

Joe Ballweg

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Volunteers

Blanc, Bob Lujin, Art

Chalberg, Larry McCarthy, Dennis

Coleman, John Morningstar, David

Conner, Carol & Dean Newberry, Nina

Dingman, Larry Rowe, Ray

Douglas, Yvonne Ruege, Frank Jr

Epperson, Keith Sheldon, Charlie

Gentry, Donna Shenefield, Judy

Hammer, Wayne Von Geyso, Frank

Kelley, Bill Wasko, Alice

Lhuillier, Janet Williams, Gwynn

Lillge, Larry & Marcia Wilkins, Dona

Wilson, Judy

From the Director Pam Blaschum. . .

The most rewarding part of my job is constantly being reminded of the kindness and generosity people show toward our museum and the legacy of TWA. Since I last visited with you in our November news-letter, a few things have happened that exemplify this. I’d like to share them with you.

This past winter our Librarian and researcher extraordinaire, John Mays, suggested we have an Am-bassador Club. From that idea, a frenzy of work ensued. Our Nov. newsletter announced our plan and from there we received a call from retired Capt. Tom Irwin. He told me he had the “Twin Globe” glass panels that were originally in the St. Louis Club and offered them to the museum. To the rescue came Captain Jim Georgen, a former TWA (now American) pilot who offered to head down to Charlotte (with his son-in-law), get the panels, rent a truck and drive them up to St. Louis. Once the threat of ice and snow in the Midwest was over, the panels completed their journey to our museum. Our deepest grati-tude to Tom, Jim, Travis Huber, Mark Reimer and Cory Gregg, all of whom made this possible. Without their help and generosity, we would not have these items.

We then hired Jeremy Stricklin of JS Solutions and Raquel Gonzalez to do the renovation. It required relocating the mountain of supplies and artifacts from our warehouse to make way for the Club. The story is best told in pictures.

Before pictures:

The after photos will be shown once the doors—original to the

building at 10 Richards Road—are installed and furnishings are

moved in. We will send those with an announcement of a grand

opening to our Ambassador Club and Reading/Research rooms.

March 2017

TWA Museum

10 Richards Road

Kansas City, MO 64116

816-234-1011

twamuseum@gmail.com

BSA Aviation Merit Badge The Boy Scouts now have an Aviation Merit Badge. We offer a program at our museum using the following agenda with good success that will satisfy at least 90% of the requirements of the Aviation Merit Badge at our museum. The merit badge require-ments and pamphlet can be viewed at http://troop75.us/files/MeritBadgeBooks/Aviation.pdf We have divided the requirements we use into five “activity mod-ules” as follows, not necessarily in this order: 1. Lecture on aviation, aircraft, theory of flight, etc. covering

Req. 1a thru 1e, 2c and 5, using audio-visual aids and charts in our “Scouts” lecture room.

2. Pre-flight check of a Cessna 152 or Piper trainer aircraft in the Signature hangar next to the museum, covering Req. 2b.

3. FPG-9 model glider project in the hangar, covering Req. 3b. 4. Fly a pre-determined course in our flight simulator, covering

Req. 2d 5. Tour of our airline flight museum, covering Req. 4c. The program usually begins at 10:00 AM, plus 30 minutes of intro/outro/bathroom break/slippage, puts the ending time before 3:00pm. This agenda is flexible and we can change if you want to use other requirements, times, etc. We encourage eating a good breakfast or a late lunch/early dinner. Please contact Art Lujin at 816-510-1687 for more information.

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VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE REPORT

We thank Ann Noland for her great work as Volunteer Coordina-tor during the past several years. Ann has decided to be relieved of that responsibility. Pam has asked Larry and Marcia Lillge and Alice Wasko to be the new Volunteer Coordinators. Larry and Marcia are now responsible for scheduling volunteers during weekdays and Alice will coordinate Saturdays.

Marcia and Larry are active TWA Museum volunteers for over 5 years since 2012. Marcia retired in 2001 from TWA as a Print Buyer with 12 years of service. Larry enjoys giving tours for our Museum visitors.

With our recent expansions and renovations, our Museum is entering a new chapter which will surely attract more visi-tors. We need to be ready to always make their visit very enjoy-able. More volunteers are urgently needed and we hope you will also be available to help even more frequent-ly. If you meet or know someone who may be interested in becoming a volunteer, please contact us and we will follow up promptly. We are also available to provide fur-ther training.

Your help and support is always greatly appreciat-ed! Thank you!

Marcia and Larry Lillge

Alice Wasko

A little TWA Trivia. . .

We asked the folks who write and edit our TWA Museum Guides Blog to come up with some of the more interesting TWA facts they’ve run across, while researching their articles. Here are some they came up with:

-To pay for flying lessons, TWA co-founder Jack Frye worked as a dishwasher in Los Angeles.

-Western Express (eventually to become part of TWA) operated the first four-engine aircraft in the United States. A Fokker F-32. It operated 1930-1931.

-TWA flew its first “freighter” flight on August 5, 1931, flying a shipment of livestock from St. Louis to Newark, in a Ford Tri-Motor.

-TWA’s first “hostess” class graduated training on December 6, 1935. During their three-week training period, they were given $2.50 per day for expens-es, including apartment rent.

-TWA was the first occupant of what would be Kansas City International Airport, when it built the first stages of its maintenance and overhaul base there, in 1956. The airport would eventually open its passenger terminals in 1972.

-TWA last flight crew navigator retired in 1964.

-In 1966, Howard Hughes (through his tool company) divested himself of his remaining shares of TWA stock. Over 6.5 million shares were sold, valued at over 500 million dollars.

-On Feb 1, 1985, TWA became the first airline to fly a twin-engine airliner (a Boeing 767) across the Atlantic Ocean, on a scheduled passenger flight.

A picture of the Twin Globe glass panels that were originally in the St. Louis Ambassador Club that have recently been donated to the TWA Museum by

Captain Tom Irwin

Our Time in Saudi Arabia. . . Part 1 Submitted by Donna Gentry who was a TWA Stenographer from 1952-1954. Her husband Kenneth (Bill) Gentry, was Inspector,

Engine Overhaul from 1951-1984

“How would you like to go to Saudi Arabia for a while?” That was a question my husband came home and asked his wife, who was 21 years old with a 15 month old baby girl. My re-sponse was “where is Saudi Arabia and why would I want to go there?” His answer was

“money”. The salary is higher, no federal or state income tax, and hous-ing, utilities and furniture are furnished. My next question was “How long do we have to stay?” His answer was 18 months to start with. Then in April of 1956 he took off for a 3 month trial period before I could follow him. In July my daughter and I ventured off on the TWA Connie from New York, via Shannon, Paris, Rome and finally Cairo, First Class no less. Due to Ramadan Bill met me in Cairo. Good thing as I would prob-ably would have got back on the plane for home. To me it was the end of the earth! In later years, I learned to like Cairo. A couple of days later we headed to Jeddah. There is not a good way of describing the chaos of going thru customs, etc. in Jeddah in the 50’s! So now it’s July and about a 110 degrees and I’m carrying my little girls coat on my arm with a doll hiding in the sleeve because children’s dolls or stuffed toys were not allowed in SA because in their customs these were forbidden. Eventually we learned how to get around this. We made false bottoms in barrels and trunks as we were allowed to bring in 250 lbs at the beginning of our contracts. We also disguised some of the forbidden things such as records, tape recorders, children’s toys, etc. by putting Kotex and other women’s necessities on top. Then we prayed we made it through customs without them catching us. It worked! Picture this! Four big stucco buildings sitting on 3 or 4 acres of sand without any landscaping what-so-ever. When my husband pulled up in front of the apartment building, cats started jumping out of a barrel. I said “Honey couldn’t you at least take me to the front door?” Bill then replied, “This is the front door!”. I thought I was in hell, not knowing that this would be my home for the next 4 1/2 years! Of course we made it our home by adding in patios, fences, outdoor furniture, trees, flowers, and a swing set for the kids! Bill was called a supervisor mechanic and he had a crew of Arabs under him. His purpose there was to teach them the mechanics of the air-planes so they could keep them running. There were pilots, administra-tors, instructors, and technicians there to also teach so the Arabs could eventually establish Saudi Arabian Airlines. Instead of a 5 day work week, like we have here, they worked 5 1/2 days. Their days off were Thursday afternoon and Friday. You might ask why Friday? Well, that is their Holy Day. Bill worked so close that he could come home on his breaks and lunch hour as the airport was only 1/2 mile away. We had a window air conditioner and he could cool off. There was no air conditioner at the hangar and temps could be as high as 120 degrees, espe-cially in the summer months. Wind from the Red Sea would help some, but not much. (Above: Family picture on the patio. Right: Red Sea Beach)

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Do you know our dedicated volunteers gave over 9,375 hours to the

TWA Museum in 2016? The TWA Museum runs solely by the effort of former TWA employees and people who just love TWA and the part it played in the history of Kansas City and the world! We are one big family around here! No one receives a “salary” for the time they give. From making sure the gift shop runs flawlessly, sweeping and dusting, making countless trips to hardware stores and office supply stores, bringing old plane models back to life, securing “great stuff” like an amazing conference room table, well, you get the idea, the list is just endless. No one does more than our Director, Pam Blaschum! During our “down” time for updating displays, building the Ambassador Club and Research Room, Pam was at the museum every day while most of us came in two or three days a week if that. Then she would go home and go through all the museum’s emails. If you come to visit the museum and you see Pam, make sure to tell her what a great job she does! It wouldn’t be the TWA Museum without her! We love you Pam!

Planning on visiting the TWA

Museum???? Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10AM - 4PM

Admission Fees: (please note new prices)

Adults $10.00

Children(6-12) $7.00

Seniors $7.00

Active Military Personal are FREE /with ID

Call the TWA Museum at 816-234-1011 for group rates.

And Now For the Rest of the Story. . . . . This is just a note relating to the very interesting story related by Anita Smith about her career and love for her TWA experience and the TWA family. I don't know if I ever met Anita, although it certainly is possible as I was domi-ciled at MCI and 10 Richards Road was a familiar location.

Toward the end of Anita's' article she mentioned Howard Hughes and Tyrone Power walking down the hallway at 10 Richards Road after delivering a new Connie to the company. She also mentioned how Mr. Hughes would occasionally take a new aircraft somewhere else before the final stop in Kansas City. As I was enjoying her story and "flash backing" over my almost 30 years of stories relating to TWA, I remembered a situation when Mr. Hughes took a Connie down to Bermuda and kept it for a time. As Anita continued to tell her story I was surprised as I realized it was the same story told to me by Bill Bushey of that particular experience.

As I remember Bill relating the story, it seems after they landed in Bermuda Mr. Hughes disappeared and only one time requested the crew to fly. With Mr. Hughes flying, they took off and flew about an hour due West and turned around and flew East back to Bermuda and landed, that was it. After that Bill said the crew sat and sat for several days and were wondering when they would get back home. Finally one of the crew worked up some gumption and knocked on Mr. Hughes hotel door

and explained that they had been enjoying Ber-muda for some time but would like to see their families, whereupon Mr. Hughes replied, "Wal bring em on down!" So that's when, I suppose, Bills' wife, and others, were flown to Bermuda for an unexpected vacation.

Capt. Max Calliham also added a snippet to my story: "I don't remember Anita but knew Bill. He was a fun interesting guy himself. One of the things he added to the story was that Hughes never carried money or at least change and when he wanted to make a call from a pay phone or other small purchase, would borrow from the crew and never pay it back."

I'm sure the exact details are lost to embellish-ment, but what are stories for anyway?

My Best to All the TWA Family, John Winslow, Capt. (Ret.)

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TWA Flight Attendant Judith Vavrek’s Aunt Jessie!

Aunt Jessie was born January 27, 1909 in Great Bend, Kansas. She died March 17, 2001 in Great Bend Kansas. At age 19, Jes-sie E Schultz eloped with James H Woods on August 28, 1928 in Wichita, Kansas. Jessie Schultz Woods was a pioneer aviatrix and she and her husband James founded the Flying Aces Air Cir-cus based in Wichita, Kansas in 1929. Starting out as barnstorm-ers, they did not realize they were making aviation history as they created the longest running of America’s flamboyant air cir-cuses. They provided a much needed diversion and family entertainment for a ten year period which included the Great Depression. She did it all. She stunted airplanes as a pilot, scampered about on wings, parachuted and dangled by her knew on rope ladders that swung beneath the biplanes. She was also a mechanic and later taught military pilots to fly. Woods flew with the Civil Air Patrol during WWII. She later became a commercial flight and ground instructor. The Flying Aces demon-strated, tested, and per-fected the latest planes of America’s struggling aircraft companies such as Cessna, Beech, and Stearman and helped aviation move forward.

Jessie retired from wingwalk-ing but in 1991, more than 50 years after her last trip on a wing, and at the age of 82, she once again cre-ated the early history of air shows by riding the wing of an airplane!

TWA 1st...Ahead of the Rest Many of the TWA firsts occurred during the 1930s and 40s when

it was known as the

'Airline Run by Flyers'

TWA was the first airline to require that pilots have a flight plan, flight log, flight clearance and cockpit check list - (1930). By 1933, TWA was the first to have developed and used advanced "flight planning" for every flight, based on a thorough analysis of weather and overall operating condi-tions.

TWA Museum. . . Lee Edel’s Bucket List Item Complete!

(Ms. Edel visited us this past fall and sent us the following note: “I wanted to share with you the Christmas note I sent in my cards this December. My trip to Kansas City and the TWA Museum was so thrilling. I now know why the trip was number ONE on my bucket list! Sincerely and Happy Holiday-

Lee Edel”

The first item on my bucket list was a trip to Kansas City, the home of Trans World Airlines where I trained to be a steward-ess back in 1957. My brother Sherm and his wife Judy flew with me. I knew I needed to go back to Kansas City when I heard the TWA Museum was located at the old air field where I spent so much time training and then returned for overnight layovers on many of my flight schedules as a TWA Stewardess. We stayed at a lovely historic 4 star hotel called the Raphael built in 1927 and beautifully restored. We hired a nice man named Lou to be our limo driver and spent time in several museums, including the National WWI Museum. But most of our time were spent at the two airline museums at the old Kansas city airfield in Hangar 9. I was in awe of the planes under its roof: the Martin 404, the DC3 and especially the Lock-

heed Constellation. Some were fully restored, some in the very long process of being restored. I had flown on all these planes for TWA. When the jet age began, prop planes were replaced with jets for commercial aviation. Those were the days when Howard Hughes owned TWA. We were required to wear high heels, uniforms with little hats and had to be single. We had height and weight requirements which were very strict. There were no doors to the cockpit, no bever-age carts in the aisles and we were not pressurized on the DC3 aircraft. I was air sick on the first leg of every flight the first three months that I flew on those smaller planes. As we usually flew under 4,000 feet, we never could get on top of the weath-er. Turbulence was common, air sickness bags were filled on most flights then left on the cabin floor at the end of the aisles for the ground crew to come on board to gath-er upon landing. On my very first flight, I locked my captain and co-pilot out of the plane, closing and locking the aircraft door, thinking they had boarded the plane and were sitting in the cockpit. They were not! My passengers that day had doubts I could do the job! On one dark and stormy winter evening over Dayton Ohio, our plane was tossing in the air like a toy. Lightning and thunder surrounded us up there. To my shock, I dis-covered one of my passengers was dead, slumped over in his seat! So as not to alarm the rest of the passengers, I strapped myself into the seat next to him to hold his body in the seat and ride out the storm. That was one of the longest nights of my life. The new stewardess from Ohio grew up a lot that night! All through the holidays in December the first 4 rows of the aircraft were always for the US Mail and gift packages that were piled up to the top of the cabin. There were no security checks to get on board, no charges for luggage, and bags with wheels were unheard of. Most travelers were business men. Travel for leisure was consid-ered too expensive. Accidents were frequent in the 50’s. In those days there were no sophisticated navigational systems. In 1956, the year before I began flying, a TWA Super Constellation and a United DC-7 collided at 21,000 feet over the Grand Canyon, All 128 passengers on board the two aircraft were killed. On a 5 day rafting trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon several years ago, our guide pointed out to me what remains of that wreckage high on the side of the canyon. After two years, I resigned from TWA to marry Al. I hung up my uniform and hat in a bag and looked back over the years with so many wonderful memories of so many great experiences. In 1980 when our children were off to college, Al and I moved to Washington DC. I worked in an office that was just minutes down Capi-tol Hill from the Air and Space Museum. Often at noon I would take a bag lunch, walk down to the museum and sit inside amidst all the historic planes. A 1957 TWA uniform was displayed in a glass case near one of the benches on which I liked to sit. Many times tourists would pass that case and say, “Look at that ancient uniform!” I did smile to myself and ig-nored the “ancient” reference.

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Did You Know?

Friendship International Airport was dedicated on June 24, 1950, by President Harry Truman. At the time, it had the only commercial jet service in the Baltimore–Washington metropoli-tan area. Truman arrived from Washington National carrying Governor William Preston Lane, Jr. and Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. on his first aircraft flight. The following month the airlines moved to the new airport from Baltimore Municipal Airport. The TWA Skyliner Magazine, 09-04-1952, describes the airport as "one of the newest and most modern on TWA's system. Located only 35 miles from the nation's capital and 190 miles from New York, Balti-more looks forward to becoming one of the major air terminals of the country." Pictured around the aerial view of the Baltimore airport are TWA’ers sta-tioned there: 1. Station Manager Stan Barwis, right, goes over a problem with lead transportation agent John Van Enige, Jr. 2. Looking ahead to the day when Baltimore will have Constellation ser-vice, agent-in-charge Emmet Condon and transportation agent Bob Shaw inspect the Connie steps at the terminal. And the steps seem to be all okay. 3. Transportation agents Don Tober and John Norton look up from their work in the operations office at Friendship. 4. Relaxing a moment in the office are Shaw, Condon and Jim Vreeland, another trans agent. 5. Directing TWA's sales efforts downtown is Lloyd Berry, city sales super-visor, shown dictating a letter to secretary Evelyn Conway. In the back-ground ticket agents Constance Baker and Jean Kugler prepare their daily report. 6. Lead reservations agent Bob Davison keeps smiling despite the stack of work piled up on his desk. 7. The reservations staff in full force: June Ziska, Nina Craigo, Henry McLeod, and in the rear, Bob Davison again. The Official Airline Guide for April 1957 shows 52 weekday departures: 19 Eastern, 12 Capital, 8 American, 4 National, 3 TWA, 3 United, 2 Delta, and 1 Allegheny. Miami had a couple of nonstop flights, but westward nonstop flights did not reach beyond Ohio; Baltimore's reach expanded when jet service started. The early Boeing 707s and Douglas DC-8s could not use Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport. did not open until 1962, so Baltimore became Washington's jet airport in May–June 1959 when American and TWA began transcontinental 707 flights. The State of Maryland, through the Maryland Department of Transporta-tion, purchased Friendship International Airport from the City of Balti-more. for $36 million in 1972. Under MDOT, the Maryland State Aviation Administration took over airfield operations and grew from three employ-ees to more than 200. Plans to upgrade, improve, and modernize all Mary-land airport facilities were announced almost immediately by the Secre-tary of Transportation, Harry Hughes. In order to attract passengers from the Washington metropolitan area, particularly Montgomery and Prince George's counties, the airport was renamed Baltimore/Washington Inter-national Airport, effective November 16, 1973. On October 1, 2005, the airport was renamed to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, to honor the former US Supreme Court justice, who grew up in Baltimore. Submitted by John Mays

TWA’s

Royal Ambassador

Service

Fried Rice

4 c. cooked white rice 1/4 c. green peppers

1/2 c. bean sprouts 1/4 c. scrambled eggs

1/3 c. sliced mushrooms 1/8 c. dry sherry wine

1/4 c. chopped onions 1 T. sugar

1/4 c. water chestnuts 1 1/2 t. salt

1/4 c. corn oil trace of pepper

1/4 c. soy sauce trace of ginger

1/4 c. red peppers trace of garlic

Sauté onions until golden brown. Add sherry wine and heat. Add cooked rice, turning frequently. Add sugar, corn oil and soy sauce. Sauté until rice is brown and tender. Add mushrooms, green and red peppers, water chestnuts, bean sprouts, scrambled eggs, salt, pepper, garlic and ginger. Makes about 8 servings.

Note: This side dish was served with Iron Skillet Chicken back in the 70’s

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What do these two photos have in common?

I was undecided if I should tell this story from my past, but it is my birthday...so what the heck! It was November 16, 1968, which was my birthday. My sister was getting married that day and I wanted to be her bridesmaid, so I traded my rotation with another TWA Flight Attendant. She would take my flight, and I would take her flight from the same rotation, but on a different date. When I returned to work and checked in for my flight, the gal I traded with and the crew had just returned to Kansas City airport. Needless to say, she was not happy. My flight (the one I had traded) had been hijacked on November 16th, and my crew had the experience of being commandeered by a man who wanted to go to, of all places, Mexico City. In those days all hijackings went to Cuba. What did the crew do during the hijacking? They made a wide slow turn and landed at a western US air base in the desert, probably Area 51. They opened the back stairs on the Boeing 727, told the hijacker he was in Mexico City, and to hurry off the plane. As soon as he was

off, the authorities promptly arrested him. So, that is why I am one of the lucki-est girls in the world. Every year since that time I always think of that narrow miss on my birthday. And my crew??They did not let me live down the fact that I got to be a bridesmaid while they were hijacked. Photos: me as the bridesmaid on my birthday, Nov. 16, 1968. The other photo is from that rota-tion. I think they were the unlucky ones!

Submitted by Carol Emert TWA Museum Volunteer & Archivist

DATELINE: 1969 The year was 1969. Our most successful ad campaign ever, “Up, Up, And Away,” still echoed throughout the system. TWA’s advertising agency wanted something new and different for In-Flight Services! The answer? The paper dress! The idea was clever but in practice there were numerous problems. The hope was to match “hostess” uniforms to TWA’s major overseas routes. With the uniforms in place, hostesses would serve foods in flight that matched the uniform theme.

Designer Elsa Daggs came up with the four concepts. Italian Accent hostesses wore white and gold togas. The food service was Italian with veal dishes featured. British Accent flights saw the introduction of kidney pie served by flight attendants wearing a gray flannel “serving wench” uniform. French flights featured flight attendants wearing a short gold lame cocktail “mini-skirt”. Manhattan “Penthouse” crews wore black sashed lounging pajamas.

The uniforms were constructed of a heavy fireproof paper product and initially worked quite well. Then the problems started. Flight Attendants working English Accent flights found only togas in stock at their domicile. French Accent flights were staffed by crews wearing lounging pa-jamas. Supplier problems began in earnest. The vendor ran out of the heavy duty paper and a lighter substitute was found. Different sizes were often out of stock with the end result that “one size fits all”.

Flight Attendants quickly learned that a pair of scissors, a stapler and roll of masking tape were “must carry” items. The built-in Velcro strips in the dresses often didn’t match the person wearing the uniform, making them uncomfortable to say the least. Flight Attendants reported for a turn-around pairing with nothing but a paper uniform, only to be told they’d be out for six days!

The lighter paper dress had dubious fireproof qualities. Many flight attendants were terrified that a wisecracking passenger might accidentally torch a crew member with a lighter. While the uniforms looked great on paper, the execution left something to be desired. Jacki Snow remembers wearing the black lounging pajamas on a particularly hot day. In mid cabin, she looked down to see streams of black ink running along with the perspiration down her arms. An accident at the aux bar or in the galley often ripped out the front of your dress. And, if the dress was cut too short, when flight attendants bent over, the back of the dress stuck straight out leaving the hapless crew member in a rather undignified pose!

As the program continued, uniforms which were initially expected to last several weeks wore out after a couple of trips. Some-times, they were often in shreds by the end of a flight. Increasing numbers of flight attendants refused to wear the uniform at all!

Blissfully the program came to an end seven months after it started. (You can see these all four of these uniforms now on dis-play at the museum! )

TWA Museum Fundraiser You are cordially invited to attend a 1940’s

USO style Hangar Dance to benefit the

TWA Museum

Where: Signature Flight Support Hangar at 10 Richards Road,

Kansas City, Missouri

When: Saturday, April 29, 2017

Time: 5:30-7:00 Check in/Museum Open

6:15-6:45 Dance Lesson

7:00-10:00 Dance to the Music of the

Moonlight Serenade Orchestra

Silent Auction

Featured Dance Performers:

The Swingsters by Allegro Ballroom

Jess & Jim McCauley from Paramount Ballroom

PLEASE BRING NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS!

The TWA Museum has proudly chosen

Harvesters – The Community Food Network as a 2017 beneficiary of our dance. Please support our efforts to feed hungry children, families, and seniors in our community by bringing non-perishable food

Vintage WWII and other military uniforms, vintage 40’s attire and TWA uniforms welcomed or come as you are!!!

If you have a photo and/or story about your history with TWA or the military, please bring it with you to share on our memory wall!

Cash Bar

(No outside alcohol/beverages are allowed)

Light Snacks Only Provided

Bring a picnic dinner or appetizers for your group!

$25.00 per person pre-reservations (before April 20th)

$30.00 per person at the door!

(Tables seat 10)

Heart of America Wing, Commemorative Air Force

HOA CAF will offer warbird rides to the public the afternoon of April 29th prior to the dance. Ride reser-vations made in advance of April 29th will be discounted. To make reservations call Steve Zimmerman at 913-302-4452. Visit the HOA CAF website at www.kcghostsquadron.org and click on Airplane Rides for com-plete information.

Ticket Reservations: Call the TWA Museum at 816-234-1011 for more information or email twamuseum@gmail.com or nlsitz-mann7@gmail.com. Fill out the form below, attach your payment and we will confirm your reservation via e-mail or by phone.

Please include names of attendees on the back of this form.

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Mail or drop off this form with payment (please make checks payable to the TWA Museum) to: TWA Museum, Attn: Nancy Sitzmann, 10 Rich-ards Road, Kansas City, MO 64116

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TWA Museum, Inc.

10 NW Richards Road

Kansas City, MO 64116-4253

If you have a TWA story you’d like to share, please email your story with a picture or two to nlsitzmann7@gmail.com or

mail to the Museum email twamuseum@gmail.com or mail to TWA Museum, 10 Richards Road, Kansas City, MO 64116.

Please be sure to include your contact information.