Originally Posted by
steveggetit
But I need to reminisce with the Group and offer my own Experiences that blew me away and got me on this Journey with you all!....
1. Swissair Economy. - March 1979. London-Geneva DC9. Window Seat.
Christ that Snack...... was good! Cold Ham, warm Bread, nice fresh Salad, Swiss Cheeses, Chocolate Mousse........ I was 20 then and enjoyed a beer and some Swiss Wine.. The approach into GVA was over the Lake - what a way to fly. Swissair hooked me and the further meal into Karachi wasn't bad on those big DC10's - these were in the days of 8 abreast so proper room in Economy!
2. BOAC Economy. - Singapore to London via Colombo, Mumbai, Dubai & Beirut.
Engine Swap at Beirut so overnight in the big swimming pool by the bay. It tragically got bombed later...Food was brilliant compared to Home with cold Canapes I seem to remember and the Hostess kept me fed. - this was in the age of the Junior Jet Club. And I looked older so was sneaking beers then as you do! VC10 tenderness! We all smuggled cigarettes back to school to sell for tuck money - I have never smoked but guess I was a drug dealer back then!
3. AF Airbus A300 CDG to London - Economy
I had to get a Visa for a remote African republic where my father worked. Again circa 1977. AbbaDays in Music Land. simple flShort ight home but got upgraded in my second hand Afghan coat - remember those days. So Champagne and Petit Fours and polite Sandwiches for the short flight back to London. I think the Afghan Coat helped with getting drinks as the Crew must have thought I was older LOL! Knocked back the Ciders subsequently at the School Disco and had a memorable night!
Younger Days...... thanks for the Memories and the Posts everyone! Cheers
SteveG
Thank You, Steve!
These were great fun to read, along with the other well told memories you submitted. Such was the essence of flying back in the day and I'm sure I'm not the only one who envies your international travels back in what I consider the heydey of great inflight service - the seventies - with new widebodies and still plenty of not yet old though plenty fuel inefficient VC10s, 990s and the like.
On the topic of memories, it's been some years since I posted these so I don't know if any you caught a couple of trip reports I posted about some flights I experienced back in the late 1970s. They would seem to fit well with some of these recent postings though, and so below are a couple of links -
Denver to Honolulu via Canada in 1976 (On a trip that was supposed to go to Mexico!)
DENVER TO ALASKA ROUNDTRIP via SO, TI, DL, AA, AS, WC, CP, PW and UA
This last trip report sprung up from an effort to recreate (per flights in the 1969 International OAG) the routing followed between London and Sydney by the Imperial Airways flying boats of the late 1930s. I came up with a routing and then had a little fun fictionalizing it into a trip report...
Strolling down memory lane between London and Sydney in 1969