Interviewed on January 29, 2019
The interview describes Pat Lionberger’s life and work with United Air Lines from 1957 to 1959; childhood in Wisconsin at the end of the Great Depression; decision to join United; interview process and training at the Cheyenne, Wyoming; transfer to the Chicago base at Midway Airport; routes she flew; scheduling; airplanes she flew: Convair CV-240 Douglas DC-6, DC-7, and DC-8; uniform she wore; commendation letters and reports she received; memorable flights, including one on which she met her husband; life as the wife of a United pilot; trips she flew with him; work with Clipped Wings; their support of the Special Olympics in the 1990s; work as the travel editor for the magazine the Air Reporter from 1995 to 2001.
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