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Calair aviation12/28/2023 Flight attendants had to be young and available,” she said Susa Bailey, another stewardess from that era who also lives in Manhattan Beach began flying for TWA in 1953 on a 4-0-4 Skyliner. At the time, pregnancy was grounds for dismissal. Pattinson stopped flying and became an airport tour guide when she started her family. “I flew the DC 4s, 6s and 7’son the Seattle-Denver-LA-Portland route,” she said. Pattinson began working for United Airlines as a flight attendant In 1951. LAX historian, and museum guide Ethel Pattinson, of Manhattan Beach Resident Ethel Pattinson, is the longest serving employee at the airport. Among the more familiar names are TWA, Braniff, Pan Am, and Flying Tigers. The refurbished structure offers visitors a self guided tour of airline uniforms, posters, and aircraft models in rooms dedicated to airlines that have long vanished the South Bay skies. The museum is inside the West Imperial Terminal, which at one time was home to host of charter and novelty carriers such as Freddie Laker Airlines, World Airways and MGM Grand. According to, this is the only facility dedicated to preserving the history of Southern California aviation and encouraging youth through education and scholarships to pursue a career in this industry. The Flight Path Museum and Learning Center, on the southwest side of Los Angeles International Airport is home to a vast collection from the Golden Age of Flying. ![]() PSA was known for short flights and short flight attendant outfits.
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