Playboy first joined the mile-high club with flight attendant Ester Cordet. The Panamanian model was crowned Miss October in 1974. Her appearance in Playboy caused a stir with her employer, the now-defunct Pacific Southwest Airlines. According to reports, Cordet was relieved of her duties shortly after her debut.
Six years later, Cordet's saga basically repeated itself when model Martha Elizabeth Thomsen posed for Playboy's May 1980 issue in a sexy stewardess uniform. Delta stewardess Linda Jo Lehner and TWA stewardess Nancy Nachtigal were suspended by their airlines for also appearing in the spread.
Controversy - November 1980
Just a few days before Ronald Regan was elected in the 1980 Presidential election, Playboy celebrated the nation's patriotic fervor with a special 10-page "Women of the U.S. Government" issue. The issue raised eyebrows both inside and outside of the Beltway, including those of syndicated Washington Post columnist Art Buchwald. The late columnist was especially weary of the magazine's political motives and that "the rest of the country might get the impression that all Washington women look like these women." All kidding aside, two D.C.-based Naval enlistees were court martial-ed for posing in the spread. A Navy spokesperson condoned the actions of Yeoman Darlene and Aubrey Rein, who both posed semi-nude in the issue, saying "The Navy considers it inappropriate for its personnel to pose in the nude or semi-nude." Both women were honorably discharged from the service.
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