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Showing Original Post only (View all)Hey you young'uns.. wanna see how we used to fly? [View all]
http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/scandinavian-airlines-boeing-747-%E2%80%93-the-viking-of-the-1970s/scroll down for the really fun parts....like:
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It makes me sad to think that soon there will be no one left who even remembers
SoCalDem
May 2015
#5
yes. it was socially unacceptable to be in casual clothes around strangers
Liberal_in_LA
May 2015
#37
On the very first flight I took, there was a pack of 5 cigarettes on my seat tray when I sat down.
cbayer
May 2015
#9
I don't miss the cig smoke, but I really really miss the leg room! And the courtesy, and food....
Hekate
May 2015
#53
I think I still have some gloves somewhere.. I even had a nice pair of lace ones
SoCalDem
May 2015
#45
Today's lower fares are mostly illusory, by the time you add back stuff that used to be.....
Hekate
May 2015
#57
I remember paying MORE in dollars to go round trip to the Carribbean in the early seventies
MADem
May 2015
#31