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Southern Air Transport

An Air America, Inc. "sister company" that was bought into and then sold off into private hands and existed until very recently. SAT flew cargo and people around Southeast Asia on limited runs but concentrated its efforts in Latin America (and in the post-war years Africa). Thank you to the contributors. Click here for items from post-war SAT.

SAT Paper SAT Aircraft
SAT Founder "Doc" Moor	SAT Founder "Doc" Moor's Racing Boat Loaded onto SAT Aircraft - 7/1970 and Doc Loading Boat
SAT (pre-purchase)
Unknown Issue Cap Badge	Unknown Issue Cap Badge
First Issue Captain/Pilot in Command (PIC) Wings This is the first pattern worn by SAT in the early 1960's prior to CIA Purchase (Note: Compass Rose on the Shield)	First Issue First Officer/Flight Engineer Wings This is the first pattern worn by SAT in the early 1960's Prior to CIA Purchase (Note: Compass Rose on the Shield)
Courtesy Capt Ray Arnold
SAT Atlantic Division (post-purchase)
SAT-Atlantic Issue Cloth Cap Badge	SAT-Atlantic Issue Cloth Cap Badge
Courtesy Capt Ray Arnold
SAT-Atlantic Issue Metal Cap Badge	SAT-Atlantic Issue Metal Cap Badge
Re: SAT-Atlantic Cap Badges: WE WORE A BLACK HAT,..THE SAME STYLE AIRLINE HAT AS THE PACIFIC DIVISION'S GRAY HAT, ONLY BLACK. WE WORE THE SAME GOLD HAT EMBLEM THAT YOU HAVE POSTED FOR THE S.A.T. ATLANTIC DIVISION.  ( THAT'S THE EMBLEM THAT HAS "SOUTHERN AIR" PRINTED ON IT, AND THE GOLD WREATH COMING UP FROM THE BOTTOM TO FRAME THE EMBLEM).   SOME OF THE ATL-DIV S.A.T. PILOTS WORE THE SAME DESIGN HAT EMBLEM,..ONLY EMBROIDERED IN GOLD DIRECTLY ONTO THE BLACK HAT.  ( A "SOFT" EMBLEM, RATHER THAN A "HARD" METAL EMBLEM. ) An ex-SAT-ATL Pilot
SAT-Altantic Captain/Pilot in Command (PIC) Wings Note: Black Background
Courtesy Capt Ray Arnold
Re: SAT-Atlantic Wings: INTERESTING THOUGH, THE WHOLE TIME I FLEW WITH SOUTHERN AIR TRANSPORT ATLANTIC DIVISION, ( WHICH WAS 3 MONTHS SHORT OF 10 YEARS, `66 -`75, ) WE NEVER WORE PILOT'S WINGS.  WE NEVER WORE THEM ON THE WHITE, OPEN COLLAR AIRLINE SHIRT, OR ON THE FULL DRESS AIRLINE UNIFORM.  DON'T KNOW WHY. THE COMPANY HAD THEM AT OUR MIAMI OPERATIONS OFFICE, BUT THEY WERE NEVER GIVEN TO THE PILOTS. I KNOW THEY HAD THEM BECAUSE I SAW THEM. ONE DAY I ASKED THE CHIEF PILOT HOW COME S.A.T. DIDN'T HAVE PILOT'S WINGS?  HE SAID, "OH, WE'VE GOT WINGS." AND HE SHOWED ME A BOX FULL OF S.A.T. WINGS,..ALL KINDS,..FIRST OFFICER'S, CAPTAIN'S, ETC. ( THEY WERE OF A LIGHT BRONZE OR GOLD COLOR. AND LOOKED RATHER CHEAP.)  I ASKED IF I COULD HAVE A PAIR.  HE SAID "NO, WE DON'T WEAR THEM."  I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO WEAR,..BUT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PAIR AS A "KEEPSAKE" OR "SOUVENIR" TO REMEMBER MY DAYS WITH S.A.T.  HE STILL SAID "NO." OH WELL, A WHOLE BOX FULL OF THEM,..AND I NEVER GOT JUST ONE PAIR!  An ex-SAT-ATL Pilot
SAT-Atlantic Division Captain Class A Uniform
RE: SAT-Atlantic Uniforms: WHEN FLYING OUT OF THE MIAMI BASE OF OPERATIONS, THE UNIFORM WAS BLACK SHOES, BLACK PANTS, WHITE, SHORT SLEEVED AIRLINE SHIRT WITH THE APPROPRIATE RANK EPAULETTES. OPEN COLLAR, NO NECKTIE. HOWEVER, IF YOU HAD A FLIGHT NORTH OF MIAMI, SAY INTO NEW YORK'S JFK, THEN YOU WERE REQUESTED TO WEAR A BLACK NECKTIE. IN APPROXIMATELY 1967, SAT-ATL DECIDED TO ACQUIRE "AIRLINE UNIFORMS" FOR FLIGHT CREWS. THESE FULL UNIFORMS WERE TO BE WORN ON ANY FLIGHT "NORTH" OF MIAMI, AND THE OPEN COLLAR WHITE SHIRT WITH EPAULETTES WERE TO BE WORN ON FLIGHTS "SOUTH" OF MIAMI. THE COMPANY LET US LOOK AT BOOKS OF "AIRLINE UNIFORMS OF THE WORLD." THE COMPANY ALLOWED THE FLIGHT CREWS TO VOTE ON THE PARTICULAR AIRLINE UNIFORM WE LIKED. ( I THOUGHT A NICE DARK BLUE WITH GOLD ARM RANK-STRIPES WOULD BE GOOD.) WELL, THE MAJORITY OF THE CREWS VOTED FOR THE AIRLINE UNIFORM WORN BY SAUDI ARABIA. THE SAUDI UNIFORM WAS BLACK WITH BLACK STRIPES. YOU COULDN'T HARDLY SEE THE BLACK RANK-STRIPES ON THE BLACK UNIFORM JACKET. ACTUALLY, THERE WAS A REASON FOR THEIR MADNESS! THEY FIGURED THAT WITH THE BLACK STRIPES ON THE BLACK SLEEVE THEY COULD GO DIRECTLY INTO THE AIRPORT LOUNGE/BAR AFTER LANDING AND NO ONE WOULD NOTICE THAT THEY WERE PILOTS. HEY, THESE SAT-ATL PILOTS WERE NO DUMMIES, THEY EVEN VOTED NOT TO WEAR WINGS ON THE UNIFORM.   ANYWAY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING LITTLE SIDE STORY YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT. I DON'T STILL HAVE THAT BLACK-ON-BLACK UNIFORM JACKET, BUT IF I DID I'D SEND IT TO YOU. An ex-SAT-ATL Pilot
SAT Pacific Division (post-purchase)
SAT-Pacific Captain/Pilot in Command (PIC) Wings	SAT-Pacific First Officer/Flight Engineer Wings
Courtesy J Pearson	Courtesy JW Cook
SAT-Pacific  Command/Chief Pilot Wings
Courtesy Dennis English
Issue Flight Engineer Epaulettes	Issue Flight Engineer Wings
Issue Captain Epaulettes	Issue Captain Epaulettes
Flight Engineer Set	SAT Luggage Tag for Bangkok
	Courtesy JW Cook
SAT-Pacific Issue Wings Captain/Pilot in Command (top) Flight Officer/Flight Engineer (left) -- Stewardess (right) Tie Pin (bottom)	SAT-Pacific Stewardesss Wing
Courtesy J Pearson	Courtesy J Pearson
SAT-Pacific Tie Pin	SAT-Pacific Issue Metal Cap Badge
Courtesy J Pearson
SAT-Pacific Issue Cap
SAT-Pacific Pilot Shirt/Tie (Note Cap Badge)
Flight Engineer Informal Uniform Shirt	Flight Engineer Informal Uniform Set
Captain Informal Uniform	Captain Informal Uniform
Captain Class A Uniform	c Captain Class A Uniform
Stewardess	Stewardesses
SAT-Pacific Cabin Safety Guide! Courtesy: Cabin Safety International Ltd

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