Originally Posted by
PUCCI GALORE
When I was very very young - and as I lied about my age to get into BCAL (
I wish) - I recall that we had 707s that had ceiling projectors and the film sometimes used to unravel and woe betide whoever was sent to fix it. We rented headsets that looked like stethascopes and which made your ears sore.
Now if you watch very closely when you next see the film "Bullitt" with Steve McQueen (swoons) - when he gets aboard that PanAm 707 - you can see little tiny TV screens in the hat rack. So - I would say that some airlines had them in the late 60s.
I, of course, was still an Unaccompanied Minor unless I travelled with a chapreone!
And I was the person sent to fix it. I recall many occasions on boarding the aircraft in LGW or LHR and seeing the film looping down from the gaps in the ceiling panels. I had to physically rewind the film ready for its return journey and therefore the only thing I could do in the time available was to cut the offending loops, put them in a bin bag and re-splice the remaining film. This was why, if you flew the aircraft at the end of the month the movies probably made very little sense.
Oh, happy days.....
And yes, I also recall the painful "pneumatic" headsets.
PS to PUCCI. Your chaperone, as I recall was a wonderful woman.