Wikipedia (cringe to use, but here's more spaghetti against the wall) says the follwoing about Sea-Tac of that time:
The runway was lengthened twice, first in 1959 to allow use by jets, and again in 1961 to handle increased traffic for the upcoming Century 21 World's Fair.
Wikipedia (cringe to use, but here's more spaghetti against the wall) says the follwoing about Sea-Tac of that time:
The runway was lengthened twice, first in 1959 to allow use by jets, and again in 1961 to handle increased traffic for the upcoming Century 21 World's Fair.
Had to put in the part about Sea Tac.
I suspect when we get the airline data, we won't see the trip as having been through Europe and the East Coast. If my memory is correct, Vancouver BC was the Commonwealth airline hub in Western North America--flights from all over the Empire arrived there.
And that fits with another reported girl friend interview that says Ann was out of the country when he was born--she remembers in Canada.