Inaugural First and Last Flights World Record Commercial Aircraft Media Coverage

1. Aviation Industry
Media Interviews
with
Sally & Tom Lee

2. Sally Falls in Love with Flying
As a young girl, Sally
grew up in the farmlands of
Southern Illinois. Her Dad
owned a Piper Cub that was
parked in the barn. Sally
loved to ride
in that airplane!

3. Sally Glenn-Lee started her flying career on DC-3
aircraft for Purdue Airlines
Sally Glenn-Lee Started her Commercial
Airline Flying Career on DC-3 Aircraft
for Purdue Airlines

4. Sally is filmed by a
British production
company aboard a DC-3
for a documentary about
that aircraft’s history for
the Smithsonian Channel

5. The audio sound system is set up and
operated from the rear of the aircraft
with the sound man crouching behind
the last row of seats

6. The Director (in white) and Assistant
Producer talk through the filming interview
and questioning process with Sally

7. Here’s the perspective the TV
audience had when this documentary
aired on the
Smithsonian Channel

8. Still photos of Sally are shot for
the Smithsonian Museum
archives and this production

9. There is wonderful irony
in that Sally worked at
Long Beach Airport where the
DC-3’s were built and the
famous airport scene in the
movie Casablanca was filmed.
Reviewing the photos at the
conclusion of the video shoot

10. Sally was on the original team that
started Southwest Airlines. She is
pictured (upper left) standing at the
bottom of the Airstairs, a product
built by her husband Thomas’
company. She was the President of
the very first class of Flight
Attendants (above in front row at far
right).

11. Sally was selected by Southwest for several PR events. In both photos
on the left, Sally is at far right. Above Sally is on the very first Southwest Airlines
promotional poster wearing a Jane Fonda wig.

12. Sally represented Southwest Airlines
on Holidays and local television shows
as “Miss Transportation” in Texas

13. Sally & Tom
have flown on
many inaugural
(first)
commercial
flights of new
aircraft types
and final flights
of iconic
aircraft

14. The 747 Inaugural (first commercial) flight was covered by all media
TV, Newspapers, Radio and Magazines

15. Tom’s Family on Inaugural Flight of Pan Am B747
New York to London January 21, 1970

16. Pan Am 747 Inaugural Flight with Charles Lindbergh onboard
(below center)

18. A Chinese production
company is filming a five
part documentary on the
“History of Commercial
Aviation” to be aired on
CCTV with over One
Billion Viewers globally

19. The Chinese
production team
arrives at our Orange
County home,
unpacks their gear
and scouts interior
locations for the
interviews

20. They Select our Living Room as the Filming Location

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22. Cameras, Lighting & Sound Systems are Positioned

23. Lou is the segment
producer and prepares
Sally for her interview

24. Final Consultation Amongst the Production Team

25. The Interview Begins Covering
Sally’s Extensive 50 Year Flying Career

26. Sally is Asked to Hold Photos as She Explains
Details of Training Programs She Created

27. Fabulous First & Last Flights on Iconic Aircraft

28. The Production Team Restages our Living Room
Preparing for Tom’s Interview

29. Model Planes are
Positioned and Framed
in the Background

30. Lou walks thru the
interview questions
with Tom discussing
the Aviation
Documentary
Themes
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31. The interview begins
covering Tom’s 50 years
of Aviation Experiences
with focus on Inaugural
& Final 747 Flights

32. Aviation Career Memorabilia is Displayed

33. The filming crew
captures all
the career
memories to be
cut into the
documentary

34. Wonderful Memorabilia is Displayed and Filmed

36. After a Six Hour Production Shoot the
Chinese Team Says Farewell

37. Tom Secured Seats on the eBay Auction for Sally and Briana
to also join the A380 Maiden Voyage

38. It is difficult to capture the
enormous size of the Airbus 380

39. CEO of Singapore Airlines Presents Framed Original
Flight Certificates onboard A380 Inaugural

40. Original certificates personally framed by Singapore Airlines
officials and presented to Thomas Lee onboard A380 that provide
documentation of Thomas Lee’s two historic flights

41. Our Family being
interviewed on a “Live”
morning television
show in Singapore.

42. The Press Included Newspaper and Magazine Reporters
plus Radio and Television Media.
This crew is from Germany.

43. The German Media
were particularly
interested in this
original “Stern”
Magazine dated
February 1st, 1970.

44. This was quite an historic event. Here is
the front page of one of the
Australian newspapers.

46. Media Coverage

47. Within hours,
literally hundreds of
publications around
the world picked up
the story. Here are
just a few.

50. For more coverage
Type into Google:
“Thomas Lee A380”

52. All Nippon Airways CEO,
Mr. Shinichiro Ito poses with
Thomas Lee while flying on
the inaugural flight
of the B787.

53. Tom Interviewed Live from Hong Kong Aired on
CBS Early Show Nationwide in the United States

54. Sally & Tom on the US 787
Inaugural flight
with United Airlines CEO,
Jeff Smisek

55. Sally with CNN’s Richard Quest aboard inaugural
flight of A350 at Qatar Airways

56. Final United Airlines 747 Flight
47 Years Later – November 7, 2017

57. The theme was to be “retro” recreating the 1970
look and feel when the first B747 flew between
San Francisco and Honolulu

58. A 747 timeline covered the entire history of the
aircraft. In January of 1970, at 17 years old, I
had the good fortune of flying on the
inaugural 747 flight.

59. We brought along the
framed original
inaugural flight
certificates for the
B747, A380 and B787

60. The media was recording
everything as passengers shared
their favorite stories & memories,
then embarked onto the
last United 747 flight

61. United Airlines
CEO Oscar Munoz
was extremely
friendly and was
clearly excited to
participate in this
great and fun
event!

62. United Ground crews
gently positioned a
giant orange lei over
the 747 welcoming her
to Hawaii