I think my first flight was in the late 60s as a young mom. My husband was also flying that day, but he was going EAST and I was going WEST. I had our toddler child with me. We started our adventure on a very small local commuter plane (it was called BRIT Airlines, or it could have been Ozark Airlines) and it took us to Chicago, where we got on a bigger plane bound for LAX. Hubby went to somewhere in Ohio.

I've flown a lot since that first time, and am now 1K with UA. I fly in F once in a while (via upgrades on domestic flts) and an ocassional longhaul with miles, from ORD to BKK and back. With (old) age comes the requirement for more comfort when flying!

I recall that seatbacks really DID recline back in the day. I flew just last week on a very old Thai Airways 747 BKK-CNX and had a seat that really went waaaay back. Nice memories of days gone by. (oh, there was no one sitting behind me, so nobody's knees suffered