Interview conducted by Carol McLaughlin on December 19, 2003
Final transcript
The interview describes Mr. Kewin’s life and career as a flight engineer for Pan American World Airways from 1942 to 1983; education in civil engineering at Modesto Junior College; training at the Boeing School of Aeronautics in engineering and design; training with United Air Lines as a flight engineer in 1942; hiring by Pan American World Airways in 1942 or 1943; detailed description of Pan American hangar and operations on Treasure Island in 1939 in some detail; description of original Terminal Building at San Francisco Airport; work as a flight engineer on piston and jet airplanes, including: Boeing 314, Martin M-130, Lockheed Constellation, Douglas DC-6, DC-8, Boeing 707, 747; bases in San Francisco and New York; routes he flew in the Pacific and East and South Asia; Flight Engineer International Association’s strike in 1958; membership in the “Rocket Rangers”; cultural changes at Pan American when World War II ended; changes in flight culture over the years; encounters with Valeda Lee, Harold Gray, and Charles Lindbergh.
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