Ellen Church

I wonder if Ellen still holds some kind of a record for being the only flight attendant who was a qualified pilot?

Good morning James. Ellen was a pioneer. You would not get that degree of cooperation from today's unionized flight attendants. Enjoy your day.

Hmm, I never really wondered who the first flight attendant was, but now I know, haha.

Smiles are easy, we need to do more.  Great information, thanks for sharing.  Make it a great one.  Bill Salvatore

Ellen sounds like she was a very hard worker... and accident prone.  I really appreciate Barbara's photo as it truly captures the time of Ellen's era.

Good morning, James... enjoyed reading about Ellen, as I always do reading about the women you feature. Also loved learning a bit of history about the airline industry at the same time.

Good morning James,

What an interesting story about Ellen Church, and I love the photo that Barbara Todaro found of here.  Happy Friday.  A

The role of the steward and stewardess has changed!

Now they're doing mask patrol and  stopping arguments,instead of assisting in flight safety and passenger comforts.

Good morning James,

I would say none of her jobs were easy.

Make yourself an astonishing day.

It is interesting that she was a pilot but ended up a flight attendant. Sign of the times I guess.

Good morning James! Great biography once again on an interesting person from our past

Hi James,

Barbara Todaro answered the one question I had.  It looks like it was United that made that distinction to call her a Flight Attendant, AKA back then...stewardess!

Hi James- what a remarkable woman!!! She did not let any grass grown under her feet!!!

Hello James, great accomplishment by pioneer Ellen Church.

You bring up the most interesting facts about people that I have never even thought of James... 😃

We have certainly seen a lot of variety of people and personal histories from you, James. Yet another unknown...to me at least...who made a mark on the world!

 Heinrich Kubis was the world's first flight attendant, in 1912. Kubis first attended the passengers on board the DELAG Zeppelin LZ 10 Schwaben. He also attended to the famous LZ 129 Hindenburg and was on board when it burst into flames. He survived by jumping out a window when it neared the ground

INDIANA JONES predated both Kubis and Church as most talented blimp waiter, attendant, bouncer.  He threw any one OFF the blimp without a ticket. "NO TICKET NO RIDE" !

Sounds like she was a leader for her time. A real go getter!

What an amazing and adventurous individual Ellen Church was. The tragedy of her untimely death undoubtedly deprived us of more stories about her adventuresome live.