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Pan Am Museum Foundation Gala “Flying Down to Rio”

Roberta DunnBy Roberta DunnNovember 14, 2022No Comments2 Mins Read
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2022 Pan Am Gala

Although November 12th was a chilly evening, inside the Cradle of Aviation Museum, it was hot, hot, hot at the Pan Am Museum Foundations’ fifth annual gala.

Themed “Flying Down to Rio” commemorated Pan Am’s presence in Brazil, starting in 1930 with its flying boats to Rio and continuing until the last Boeing 747 in1991 when Pan Am’s operations ceased.
Caipirinhas and Cariocas evoked the Carnival theme, and guests were also entertained by the pianist United Airlines Captain Beau Brant.

This year’s honorees were Dorothy Kelly and Ed Trippe. Dorothy was the Pan Am inflight purser on one of the worst aircraft disasters, in March 1977, when a KLM 747 collided with a Pan Am 747 on the runway in Tenerife. Despite being badly injured, Dorothy pulled passengers out of the burning aircraft and had to jump from the plane, then returned to rescue more passengers.

Ed Trippe is the youngest child of Juan Trippe, Pan Am’s founder, and is Chairman and Founder of the Pan Am Historical Foundation. Mr. Trippe is credited with saving documents, artifacts, and images from Pan Am’s history and his dedication to preserving the airline’s story through the Pan Am Historical Foundation.
Linda Freire, Chair of the Pan Am Museum Foundation, welcomed guests back after a three-year hiatus due to COVID and updated the attendees on the Museums’ work. As usual, Linda introduced and spoke eloquently about the background and accomplishments of this year’s honorees and those who contributed to making the Museum and the evening a success.

We look forward to next year’s Pan Am Gala on October 12th, 2023 – “A Passage to India.”

2022 Pan Am Gala
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After graduating from Bard College with a major in languages, Roberta spent a year in Germany and France before joining Trans World Airlines in the early 70’s. At TWA she became the Ambassador and Constellation Club supervisor at JFK. An interest in food fostered by her international travel lead to “Deliciously Dunn”, her catering and gift basket business for 20 years, while still working at TWA. After the demise of the airline, Roberta became the North American sales rep for La Source, a 5 star resort in Grenada. When hurricane Ivan destroyed the island, she went on to work for Airport Press. Most recently Ms. Dunn is the Skating Director at the City of Long Beach, NY skating rink. Roberta is a US Figure Skating Gold Medalist in ice dancing and has skated since she was 17. Another of her passions is photography and her photos have been used in several publications. Roberta still travels extensively, enjoys cooking and entertaining and skates practically every day.

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