The Fun of Flying: The Pan Am Years

by Robert Roth

Overview

My experience at Pan American World Airways during the mid ‘60s and early ‘70s was far more than just a job. It was a whole series of adventures. I was snowbound and buried in baggage at Kennedy Airport for 3 days during the Christmas Blizzard of ’66. I was on special assignment in Paris during the infamous general strike of ’68. I survived three years of martial law in Guatemala after Ambassador Mien was executed while escaping from terrorist kidnappers. My plane caught fire and lost its only two engines over the steaming Honduras jungle during the 1969 “Soccer War. Best of all, I met and married my soul mate.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045249874
Publisher:	Robert Roth
Publication date:	08/28/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	438 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Bob Roth had divers experience in the transportation industry before moving to local government in New Jersey. After a two year stint as a U.S. Army Finance Officer, primarily in Korea, he worked for Pan Am in JFK and Central America during the mid ‘60s and early ‘70s, when aircraft hijacking reached its peak and terrorism was beginning to show its violent nature.
After surviving martial law in Guatemala, he used his financial skills in managing operations for international shipping companies.
Bob retired as the Chief Financial Officer of Middletown Township, New Jersey after 22 years, during which he published numerous articles on municipal finance and budgeting.