The 1968 Los Angeles Geographical Society trip to Africa began with a TWA transcontinental flight from Los Angeles to New York. This was the heyday of TWAs Foreign Accent service wherein flight attendants wore all sorts of exotic getup with a supposed foreign theme. Our were outfitted in gold lame minidresses, a French accent.
It was also the heyday of JFK Airport as the dominant gateway for overseas airline traffic to and from the USA. Many airlines had built monumental terminals at JFK. We arrived at the TWA Flight Center (Terminal 5) and transferred to the Pan American Worldport (Terminal 3). Pan Am flight 150 left New York at 5:00 p.m. for West Africa destinations. Our first stop was to be Abidjan. The made intermediate stops at Dakar and Monrovia. I recall at Senegal an official came on board and us all with a hearty to Dakar! We had arrived in Africa.
