May 15, 1930: Ellen Church, a registered nurse from Iowa becomes the first airline stewardess on a flight from San Fransisco to Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Church, who had a fascination with air travel signed up for flying lessons and when Boeing Air Transport turned her down for a pilot job, she proposed that the airlined have registered nurses aboard to assist people with common fears with flying and other such needs. Boeing liked the idea and hence, she was hired.
Ellen Church defined the standards that were upheld through the 1930's, when stewardessses were required to be registered nurses, single, younger than 25 years old, weigh less than 115 pounds, and stand no higher than five-feet, four-inches tall.
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In related air travel news, David Sims' writes up an announcement from Beyond Network America, Inc. who was chosen by Hibernia Atlantic to provide "optical level service from New York to London quickly and securely."
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