Originally Posted by
CarmenOM
My first international flight was pre-jet, as a ten-year-old in 1953, flying SFO-MNL, with stops in HNL, Midway, Wake, Guam. 36 hours. Dress, patent leather shoes, gloves, and hat. The seats made into beds at night, like in a train compartment.
It was either PanAm or Philippine Airlines.
Just curious: how loud was the cabin on a prop plane? Was there a lot of vibration from the engines?