Interview conducted by Carol L. Osbourne on December 24, 1997.
The interview describes Captain Stanley S. Griffin’s experiences as a navigator, co-pilot, and pilot with Pan American World Airways from 1940 to 1972; education in aeronautics; work as a flight instructor with the Civilian Pilot Training (CPT) program; Pan American ground school; brief description of 1939 World’s Fair at Treasure Island; flights from Treasure Island; aircraft he flew: Martin M-130, Sikorsky S-38, S-40, S-42, and S-43, Douglas DC-3, DC-4, DC-6; Boeing 307 Stratoliner, 314, 377 Stratocruiser, 707, and 747; Douglas C-54 Skymaster; flight routes: Pacific Division, San Francisco and Seattle routes to Hawaii, Alaska, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Vietnam, and Korea, Latin American Division including Miami routes to Rio de Janeiro, Puerto Rico, Havana, and Trinidad, Africa Orient Division from Miami to Dakar and India, Atlantic Division from New York to Bermuda, the Azores, and Lisbon, and the round-the-world route; encounters with Bob Hope, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Illona Massey.
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