OVERSEAS NATIONAL AIRWAYS
FRANK TINE ONA CREW SCHEDULER 1968-1972 My prayers will be dedicated every day to such a wonderful girl as Anna Liisa. GOD BLESS and rest her soul. |
Anna-Liisa died in New York on June 1, 2009, after complications of surgery. Dearest Anna-Liisa, we will be missing you.  RIP |
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Anna-Liisa in her right element! A New Yorker since 40 years! 
NEW YORK, NEW YORK! |
ANNA-LIISA WALLIN An outstanding career in commercial airlines followed by employment in the banking world Marathon athlete Anna-Liisa lives in New York and after ONA she worked at the Deutsche Bank up to 9/11. They were located accross the street from south tower. Anna-Liisa was right there when the second plane went in over her head. 
HELSINKI FINLAND |
Which years did you fly ONA? I flew for ONA from July-66 to September - 78. My crew had the last flight, last working flight from Frankfurt. Then we all had that Farewell Flight to Santo Domingo, but I didn't work it, I just enjoyed it as a pax. Anna-Liisa put in thirteen years with ONA. She is a writer and a good story teller. She makes guest appearances on the columns of the Finland community friendship publication of New York. Read about her experiences as a flight attendant with ONA! |
 Lovely photo of Anna-Liisa Wallin and Rosemarie Neuber |
AMOS BLUM
ANDY ANDRECHYN
ANGELIKA VILLAGRANA
ANITA ARNELL
ANITA CLAESSON MELTON
ANITA STIBECK ENVALL
ANNA-LIISA WALLIN
ANNE BOYD LESTER
ANNE BRADDOCK PREEDE
AYLA VAN MINDEN
BARBARA CLAPP
BARBARA (FISH) MCGEE
BARBARA KOSSOVE
BEN CONATSER
BETTY BRODERICK BOE
BETTY CARVER
BILL PARKS
BILL TEDDER
BIRGITTA LINDSKOG
BOB HUGHES
BOB LOVE
BOB RICHARDS
BOBBIE FRANCIS
BRICK BRADFORD
BRITT CARLSSON THORSTVEDT
BRITT LARSSON ANTONACCIO
BURGA RATTI
BUZZ BUZZBY
CECELIA OVERTHROW McCLOY
CINDY MOSER
CHARLIE MOTT
CHRIS CHRISTENSEN
CHRIS(TINA) LINDER STARKLOFF
CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON
CHRISTINA WERJEFELT
CONNIE GAUN KING
CUB MORRISON
DAVE CASE
DAVE McCLOY
DAVID LAMPARD
DEBBIE McGEHEE
DENNIS OīCONNOR
DICK McCONNELL
DUANE DELK
ED CHANDLER
ED KAYE
ED STARKLOFF
ED VERONELLI
EDWIN C LAIRD
ELLEN ORROS DECRESCENZO
ELISABETH GYLLMAN
ERIK MOBERG
FIFI (MURIEL) LABINE
FRAN DICIOCCIO HILLMAN
GABE POTTER
GEORGE FLAVELL
GORAN WRAMBECK
GRATIA VON FURSTENBERG
GUN VIDAL
HELGA JENSEN
HELEN WINTERMAYR
HERB ECKHARDT
INGE B-BURG CASTRISSIADES
INGRID HINCKLEY
INGRID NILSSON
IRENE MILLER TURNER
INGRID VEST
JACK GOLD
JACQUIE LAW
JAN DVERIS WRIGHT
JANE HAUPTMAN RUPPEL
JANET RINCK PAYOT
JANIS MOMBOURQUETTE
JOE MOSER
JOHANNA HEINRICH ECHOLS
JOHNNY BERNARD WALKER
JUDY LYMAN
JUNE KOLB
KAREN MARCUS
KARIN BAARDSEN EVENSEN
ONA CREW
LARRY DUNCAN
LEE WATERS
LEIL LOWNDES
LEO SKELLY
LILLEMOR OSTLUND GARSTEN
LINDA GRAVES DE BARTOLO
LOIS HOLWERDA HOYT
LOU EVERSMEYER
MAGGIE LLOYD ZEIBAK
MARGARETA NISSER
MARGARETA (WULF) THAUTE
MARGIE MOSTUE LOOMIS
MARIANNE MATHIESSEN OHMAN
MARIE BRENNAN
MARIE (WARBERG) CURMAN
MARILYN MARTYR
MARILYN WHITE DOOLITTLE
MARY & GENE KIRSCHENBAUM
MARY FAIRBANKS POPWELL
MARY-ANNE HAMMARBERG
MAUREEN HANNA PERINCHIEF
MIKE GIBSON
NANCY WAIBEL CLEMONS
NETTIE MILLER
NINO-JFK AIRPLANE MECHANIC
PAMELA GREEN MCCLUNE
PAT KINEEN VAN DEKAMP
PAUL STARK
PAUL WITTING
PAULA BELL FEENEY
PORTER PIERCE
RAS NIELSEN
RICKI MCGONIGLE STRAHL
RIVA RIDGE
ROGER DAHLHAUS
RON HART
RON PREEDE
RON ROBERTI
RON WILSON
ROSEMARIE NEUBER
SAM CULPEPPER
SAM ROGERS
SANDY MARX VAN CURAN
SHARON GROGG FERRELL
SIGRID MONKEMEYER WATERS
STEEDMAN HINCKLEY
SUSAN MELVILLE QUESEY
SY WEINER
SYLVIA KING
TED & BARB SECOLA
TED WALLHOFER
TOM FENWICK
TORRE OSMO
VERN KERNS
WARREN VEST
WILL HOBBS
Breakfast service on the DC-8 |
Which is your favorite memory with ONA? Hard to pick a favorite memory in 13 years, there were so many. Somebody brought up the leaving of manual behind, comes to mind how many things we had to carry in our in-flight bags as regular stuff. There was the manual of course. The DC-10 manual was huge, the flashlight which had to float, attached pocket knife, extra batteries and bulbs, extra pantyhose, extra pr of gloves, especially with summer uniform, when the gloves were either white or beige. Panty girdle, pettypants, smock, in-flight shoes, the memos from the mailfolder as we checked in. |
 PISA AIRPORT Tuscany, ITALY |
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DC-7 days It was a military flight, and there were just 2 flight attendants, Barbara Kossove and myself. We were at some small airport and there was no catering (somebody goofed). Barbara and I ran accross the fields to find a supermarket where we bought loafs of bread, ham, cheese and mayonnaise. Ran back as we only had an hour to make the sandwiches for 90 soldiers. It was like an assembly line slapping on mayo, one put on the cold cuts and piling them high in the empty galley bin containers. I had mayo up to my elbow. I wonder if Barbara still remembers? |
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Aborted take-off with the DC-10 in Yokota, Japan. Luckily the plane sank into the mud before hitting the building. You could see people in frightened awe staring out the window as the plane approached. Well 2 days later the plane had been dug out and we were on our way on the same plane to Seattle, over the Pacific we had to turn one engine off. All ended well. 
Overseas National DC-10 30CF N1031F Honolulu HI (HNL) Febr 1975 copyright Werner Fischdick |
Yokota Air Force base and beyond by ONA Tokyo Station Manager Leo Skelly 
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ROME ITALY |
Hot dish in the galley! Anna-Liisa on the job 30 000 feet up! Note the rising sun in door window. |
S O B Familiar airline terms: pax, blueroom, how many s.o.b s on board when we did the pax count. A memo was issued which forbade us calling pax sob (soul on board). Seniority bidlines Remember the mad scramble for the new bidlines? Around the 20th of the month, if you were far away, the nervousness of not getting the bids in on time! I still have dreams now and then that I am flying and haven't gotten my bid in! Which flying contracts did you enjoy the most? I liked military flights the best. Many great destinations, wonderful friends, even good flights. |
Anna-Liisa at New York October 25, 2003 reunion |
Which countries did you enjoy flying to the most? I think Hawaii was my favorite destination even though those flights were long and especially the retun flights when one was very sore from too much sun. Everybody had a lei or two around the neck, and we always bought pineapples and macadamia nuts. I also liked Japan and Italy. Every destination always had its own shopping list too. Sometimes the crew needed an extra taxi to store our shopping when going to the airport. Sudden de-compression at 33'000 feet More scary moments. We got the dreaded 5 pink bells from the cockpit and started a very steep dive down. Even with seatbelts on, one could slide out of the seat and under the seat in front. We saw the street lights already before the airplane with great effort leveled off. I wish I could remember who the captain was, but my uniform hat off to him. |
 HOTEL CONRAD, CAIRO EGYPT |
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Visiting Paul Stark at hospital! A friend in need is a friend indeed! Marilyn White Doolittle, June Kolb, Anna-Liisa and Pam Green McClune |
 Anna-Liisa lives with lodger Oliver who is an 18 pound cat she rescued during a bitter winter of 2000. |
Anna-Liisa + Oliver = True Love I saw Oliver first out in an empty lot in the biting cold of February 2000. He was totally feral, I couldnīt get near him. I placed the food through a wrought iron fence. Slowly moving the food dish to the back yard garden where some mean people threatened to poison him. But the garden owner and I managed to trap Oliver in July just before "his time went out". Oliver lived in my closet for two months and slowly ventured out. I was thrilled when he finally hopped onto the bed and weīve been sleeping together ever since. At work I rejoiced that "Oliver has come out of the closet" (imagine the looks!) and now he sleeps with me. I finally had to tell them that Oliver is a cat. |
 HEY HEY ONA! |
Marathon at Margareta Nisserīs place at 7 F. MARGARETA WULF THAUTE, MARILYN WHITE DOOLITTLE, LILLEMOR OSTLUND GARSTEN, Tina Johansson Stephens, Anna-Liisa, PAMELA GREEN MCCLUNE, Margareta Nisser, Pam Suett and BETTY BRODERICK BOE |
 BANDARA JUANDA AIRPORT SURABAYA, INDONESIA |
New York ONA Reunion Organizers! The Magnificent Four!
Margaretha Nisser, Pam Greene McClune, owner of Lentini Restaurant Enzo Lentini
and to the right Anna-Liisa Wallin and June Kolb
Margareta Nisser, Anna-Liisa and Lillemor Ostlund Garsten at NY reunion |
NEW YORK OCTOBER 2003 ANNA-LIISA ON NEW YORK OCTOBER 25, 2003 REUNION I wish I had brought a steno pad and interviewed all attendants to get everyone's quick version of "bios" as to what they all had been doing since ONA days. Good turnout made it a memorable event. Of course the people were the reason. The noise level raised above the allowed decibel level, a proof of how much fun we all had! Surprisingly, quite few were there for their first re-union. For me it was the second. After we all left "Lentini's", we headed for a short stop over at "Dorian's" and proceeded from there to "Panorama's". We were able to take over the entire second floor, which was great. Some people had dinner there too. I was one of the early departees, before 7 pm. Still, it seemed like the day was entirely devoted to ONA people, and it went fast. |
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