"6 1/2 Magic Hours"
Jan 28, 2005 | 8:40 pm
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"6 1/2 Magic Hours"
"The comfort and delight of transatlantic air travel at the beginning of the jet age."
Link to movie.
Whether the early days of jet flying were ever exactly like this is unlikely, but it is still fun to see what was foreseen back then, when PanAm promised travelers the 707 jet clipper would "take the travail out of travel."
Link to movie.
Whether the early days of jet flying were ever exactly like this is unlikely, but it is still fun to see what was foreseen back then, when PanAm promised travelers the 707 jet clipper would "take the travail out of travel."
Jan 29, 2005 | 12:42 am
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It was as glamorous as that, I can assure you.
Pam Am used to have a flight that went just around the world with a 707. Stopovers were places like Rome Athens, Teheran, Bombay etc. The food was great, there was a little lounge at the front, the seats were wider, soft, there were little cushions for your feet (foot resters?). Of course, no DVD's, films, etc. but people used to talk to each other, flying was just something special.
Those were the days...
Pam Am used to have a flight that went just around the world with a 707. Stopovers were places like Rome Athens, Teheran, Bombay etc. The food was great, there was a little lounge at the front, the seats were wider, soft, there were little cushions for your feet (foot resters?). Of course, no DVD's, films, etc. but people used to talk to each other, flying was just something special.
Those were the days...
Jan 29, 2005 | 10:25 am
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Originally Posted by magexpect
It was as glamorous as that, I can assure you.
Pam Am used to have a flight that went just around the world with a 707. Stopovers were places like Rome Athens, Teheran, Bombay etc. The food was great, there was a little lounge at the front, the seats were wider, soft, there were little cushions for your feet (foot resters?). Of course, no DVD's, films, etc. but people used to talk to each other, flying was just something special.
Those were the days...
Pam Am used to have a flight that went just around the world with a 707. Stopovers were places like Rome Athens, Teheran, Bombay etc. The food was great, there was a little lounge at the front, the seats were wider, soft, there were little cushions for your feet (foot resters?). Of course, no DVD's, films, etc. but people used to talk to each other, flying was just something special.
Those were the days...