Bette Nash, whose nearly seven decades of serving airline passengers aboard the Washington-to-Boston shuttle earned the route the nickname the Nash Dash and won her a spot in Guinness World Records as the longest-serving flight attendant in history, died on May 17.
Ms. Nash never officially retired, and her death, from breast cancer, was announced on Saturday by her employer, American Airlines.
She lived in Manassas, Va.Ms. Nash entered service with Eastern Air Lines in November 1957, at the dawn of the jet age.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, “I Love Lucy” was on TV and even short domestic flights were still a glamorous adventure.
Wearing white gloves, heels and a pillbox hat, Ms. Nash served lobster and champagne, carved roast beef by request and passed out after-dinner cigarettes.
Persons:
Bette Nash, Nash, Dwight D, Eisenhower, “, Lucy ”
Organizations:
Boston, Guinness World Records, American Airlines, Eastern Air Lines
Locations:
Washington, Manassas, Va