Austin, Elaine P.
Person
Biographical Note
Elaine "Ellie" Patricia (Keryluk) Austin was born in Detroit, Michigan about 1938-1940. She served as a flight attendant for Northwest Orient Airlines from 1960-1965. After she left the airline industry, Austin became a schoolteacher.
She married Jack Allen Austin (1943-2017) on December 29, 1965. The couple had two children, Patricia Jyl “PJ” (Baker), and John Charles Austin. As of 2013, she was residing in Washington state.
Biography derived from collection materials, donor information and online sources, including Ancestry.com.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Elaine P. Austin Northwest Orient Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2013-05-07
Contents of the Collection
The Elaine P. Austin Northwest Orient Airlines (NWA) Flight Attendant Collection is relatively small and comprised of primarily textual materials with some photographs. The bulk of the material was collected by Austin during her flight attendant career with Northwest Orient Airlines from 1960-1965.Textual materials include a large amount of stewardess training materials, including instructions for various safety procedures, aircraft layouts, and assorted work sheets from stewardess...
Dates:
1922-1961; Majority of material found within 1959-1961
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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