INTERNATIONAL AIR BAHAMA - GATEWAY TO PARADISE
Photos by Romy Baesens and Georgette Kohn Frisch
We are coming to reunion!
happy reunion attendants assembled by the swimmingpool, July 13, 2006
Happy reunion! Yvonne Shaw hosted a glorious welcome party at her house in beautiful Sansouci part of Nassau on July 13, 2006, seconded and assisted by generous Ian Mortemore, member of noted Skal International global travel association, has a wonderful situation at the Nassau Flight Services and Pertrina Lightbourne McPhee who busies herself with the Nassau Gaming Board, keeping an eye on the casinos in the Bahamas!
Yvonne is now associated with the Bahama Journal.
Thanks to your brilliant organizational and hospitality skills this reunion came about, the
Dream Come True Reunion in Nassau July 2006!
FULL SIZE AIRPLANE
Please also help fill in missing crew names on photos! L to r Arthur Bunch, Angelina van Oortmarsen, Olive Rolle Schneider, Margaret Snorrdottir Johnson, Carnetha Carew, Diane Wildgoose, one unidentified F/A dressed in all black next to Georgette Kohn Frisch, Vivica Watkins, Althea "Twiggy" Bodie, partly hidden Yvette Moos Pauletto, unidentified F/A all dressed in white, Romy Baesens, Daphne Kerr Johnson, Ruthie Lightbourne, captain Tempie Hutchinson, next to Gerda Prezeu in apricot jacket, Ruth Brunotte, unidentified in white and at the end one more unidentified. In front Yvonne Shaw in turqouise green striped dress, Pandora Storr in mauve colored pantsuit, Elisabeth Karlson Gyllman in light blue, Liana Mori in red next to Elisabeth, Arlette Fabry Hutchinson in red next to Yvonne and at the right end Linda Braun in green jacket! At the back of front sitting group unidentified F/A in green jacket.
The faces are hard to make out due to the poor focus, caused by a still poorer photographer, I was presented with a state of the art digital camera by my family before leaving for the Bahamas, so it takes an engineer to operate the darling ....... slowly getting there ......
AIR BAHAMA GROUP PHOTO # 2 |
Continuing back row .... Sleeveless black gown is Pertrina Lightbourne McPhee someone hidden ....... beside captain Artie Bunch In lightblue Romy Baesens BIG BIRD! Gerda Prezeu in apricot jacket. All dressed in black is ..... then follows three reunion attendants hard top make out, Daphne Kerr Johnson in flowered top carrying a large envelope! Daphne, please do send the wonderful Air Bahama graduation photo from 1970! In front left to right: Five radiant beauties starting with Carnetha Carew to the left flanked by Yvette Moos Pauletto sitting next to .......... then Arlette Fabbry Hutchinson and Linda Braun in green shirt and white pants! |
Angelina van Oortmarsen stood by her aviation career and still flies KLM Dutch airline living in Holland. She brought her two children to reunion in Nassau! Liana Mori flew in from Canada to celebrate Air Bahama
Dream Come True Reunion!
Gerda Prezeu left Air Bahama to fly for LUFTHANSA and still lives in Germany, she is
of Bahamian origin and
came home for Air Bahama crew reunion. Carnetha Carew, Rogann Huyler, Vivica Watkins,
Althea Bodie and Pandorra Storr all Nassau residents were there,
as well as Diane Wildgoose, Beverly McKinney with lovely daughter Pamela with
boyfriend and Daphne Kerr Johnson from Freeport, Bahamas. Olive Rolle Schneider came
from Luxembourg / Belgium to celebrate crew reunion in her homeland Bahamas!
Nassau resident since 40 years back Margreth Snorradottir Johnson originating from Iceland,
attended reunion welcome party at Yvonne“s house accompanied by sweet daughter Nadja
who is shortly moving to Iceland! Good luck with your new adventure Nadja!
How great to meet you all and what a wonderful feast in tropical Nassau paradise!
Captain Arthur Bunch attended welcome party at Yvonne“s house as well as captain John Gordon. Captain & Mrs Arlette Hutchinson came to celebrate Air Bahama friendship reunion! 1970 to 1982 Air Bahama sales director and Nassau resident Hans Borghardt originating from Holland was there and from Luxembourg Europe Georgette Frisch Kohn and Yvette Moos Pauletto arrived, Romy Baesens came from Florida accompanied by a friend. Elisabeth Karlson Gyllman and husband Uffe came from Sweden.
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PHOTO # 3 LEFT TO RIGHT
Reunion attendants in this version is a constellation similar to photo no 2! At the end I clearly make out Diane Wildgoose and Dahne Kerr Johnson! And still one unidentified at the end ..... Who is the lovely mystery woman .......
Georgette Kohn Frisch, Olive Rolle Schneider, Angelina van Oortmarsen, Vivica Watkins, unidentified in white dress, unidentified in black dress(!), Beverly McKinney in striped dress beside Artie Bunch and Pertrina Lightbourne McPhee just in front in black dress. Beside Bunch is Romy Baesens in turquoise, Gerda Prezeu in apricot jacket, unidentified in black top, unidentified in white top, yet another gorgeous Air Bahama flight attendant in black top unidentified and Daphne Kerr Johnson in flower patterned top at the very end.
In the front left to right is Carnetha Carew in sparkling lilac and Yvette Moos Pauletto, unidentified talking to Arlette Fabry Hutchinson and unidentified at the end! Please do help filling in missing names of attendants by sending an email to Elisabeth right here!
Looking forward to hear your experience of the reunion also, as well as plenty of more photos from these wonderful happenings in dreamy Nassau!
There were so many impressions and so much to take in, I am still at the reunion in my mind, havent really left .......and never will, Nassau is paradise. Hope we meet soon again! Maybe in Dublin Ireland next summer of 2007 or at the Air Bahama Caribbean Cruise 40 year jubilee in 2008! Start planning now! Welcome to Air Bahama reunion! And hey, I need your personal experiences and stories after having attended this reunion!! The Air Bahama Crew Web - the station of the stars!
THE DREAM COME TRUE REUNION!
Hosted by Air Bahama chief stewardess Yvonne Shaw, Pertrina Lightbourne McPhee and Ian Mortemore
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IN FOND AND LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF ALL ONA FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES
WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US