Original DAL Stewardess Passes Away
10-18-2019, 01:59 PM
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Original DAL Stewardess Passes Away
A woman who graduated from Delta Air Lines’ first-ever class of flight attendants has died at the age of 103.
Sybil Peacock Harmon was hired by Delta in 1940 at age 24, right after graduating from nursing school. (Flight attendants were formerly required to have nursing degrees, according to Delta.) She flew with the airline until 1943, at which point she left the carrier to contribute to the war effort, eventually earning the rank of first lieutenant, before going back to nursing full-time.
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https://www.foxnews.com/travel/delta...as-died-at-103
Sybil Peacock Harmon was hired by Delta in 1940 at age 24, right after graduating from nursing school. (Flight attendants were formerly required to have nursing degrees, according to Delta.) She flew with the airline until 1943, at which point she left the carrier to contribute to the war effort, eventually earning the rank of first lieutenant, before going back to nursing full-time.
Read more:
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/delta...as-died-at-103
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