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'Mad Men' meets 'Airplane!': Vintage photos show aviation's golden age

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Nowadays we can actually live tweet our own mid-air meltdowns, but how on earth did people entertain themselves on planes before the dawn of Wi-Fi and gadgets? (www.cnn.com) さらに...

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chrisrobey
They actually took time to look out the window to see the real world from a magical perspective!
jbqwik
jbqwik 1
No question these romanticized depictions are more Hollywood than real life, but the snarky comments below the photos are off the make as well. Still, the fact remains that was a Golden Age in more things than aviation. Flying back then was highly professional business with only the cream of the crop picked for the stews, and it was a thrilling, memorable experience for the pax.
anav8r
Somewhere around 1965, After completing an Army Arty course in Ft. Sill, I flew to Love Field where I boarded a Lockheed Electra and flew to Memphis, via Little Rock. I was seated back in the starboard rear of the cabin, on a circular couch next to a round table, just like the picture except for the color: my seat was red leatherette...
jbqwik
jbqwik 1
Electra? You poor man! Similar situation & time frame 'cept I went from a DC-3 to a then-new 707. My eyeballs rolled back...
jbermo
jbermo 1
I would rather ride on a comfy first class window seat on yesteryear's DC-8 than any of the modern first class "bathtub style" accommodations of today's airliners.

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