It's hard to imagine a time when air travel was synonymous with glamour, indulgence and luxury.Nowadays, we're more concerned with how cheaply we can fly for, as well as just how long we will have to spend wedgedin a tiny economy seat amid leftover debris from our in-flight meal.But the pioneering years of commercial air travel were an opulent time indeed. Passengers in fur and high heels supped champagne from crystal glasses as bee-hived air stewardesses handed out deluxe freebies, from cigars and deodorant to embossed evening robes. Come evening time, guests could stretch out on full-size sleeper beds, where they were pampered in style with thick blankets, slippers and large, fluffy pillows. There was no need to worry about leg room 1950s and 1960s airliners such as Imperial Airways and Pan Am came with vast amounts of space. There was room enough to have space for spiral staircases, meals served on actual tables, bathrooms with urinals in, and mile-high bars serving exotic cocktails. All in all, flying back then was a boozy, smokey and extravagant affair. It was also slower, a good deal more expensive (an average economy ticket from New York to LA cost the equivalent of around £950 in today's money) and much less safe (pre-flight screening didn't exist back then, and air traffic control and in-flight technology has improved dramatically). While we're likely much better off in today's world of contemporary air travel, here's eight things we miss from that golden age - based on vintage photos from the era.


1. Passengers enjoy a drink and a game of cards in the cabin ofan Imperial Airways plane. 1936


2. Dining service aboard the Pan American Martin Clipper aircraft, circa 1936.


3. Cabin service on board an intercontinental Boeing 707 during a flight with the West German airline Lufthansa, April 1967.


4. Relaxing in the main salon aboard the Pan American Martin Clipper aircraft, circa 1936.

5. The cabin of the all-new Boeing 707 Stratoliner. The first commercial flight was by Pan Am in 1958.


6. A look at Boeing's new 747 aircraft, 1968.


7. Sleeping berths on an Imperial Airways Flying Boat, most likely of the Short Empire class, 1936.



8. A woman snuggles up in her sleeping berth on an Imperial Airways aircraft, March 1937.

8. Even where passengers did sleep in their seats they did it in style, with plenty of room. Here, passengers prepare to take a nap on a Transocean Air lines Boeing 377 Stratocruiser in the mid 1950s. Transocean Air lines flew between 1946 and 1962 and was a pioneer discount airline the retro equivalent of Ryanair or EasyJet.


9. Air hostess Patricia Palley attends to passengers in the decorated cabin of a Pan-American air liner over the Atlantic, December 23 1946.


10. A member of the cabin crew, serving luncheon to a passenger on board the world's first jet airliner service. The Comet flight is bound for South Africa, April 21 1952.


11. First class passengers in a BOAC Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet are served lunch, 1970.



12. The Aft Cabin of an Imperial Airways Liner of the Heracles Class in the 1900s with embellished woodwork and cushioned seating, it looks like something out of the Orient Express.

13. Cabins came with tables, even on budget airlines. This photoshows the inside of a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser from discount airline Transocean Air in the mid 1950s.


14. A demonstration of the new Boeing 747 passenger plane, which was so large it included a spiral stairway between decks and carried up to 490 passengers in the most luxurious seats ever offered to air travellers, May 13 1968.


15. Singers from The New York Midnight Follies band alight from an Imperial Airways aeroplane at Croydon Airport, October 5 1933.


16. Fashion designer Oleg Cassini and an in-flight model attend the Lufthansa Airlines Fashion Show at the Pierre Hotel in New York City, October 1967.

17. Crew from the first Boeing 747 to land at Heathrow, via a Pan Am flight with 361 passengers on-board, Heathrow 1970.


18. And just as a little reminder, this is what your average flight looks like today... happy travelling!


http://www.stylist.co.uk/travel/the-glamourous-golden-age-of-air-travel-aeroplane-plane-1950s-photos-retro


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Redoil:
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What bro...

Sile12:


What bro...

for you and ur research. How you dey?

Bro,you too dh dig o,LOL,are you a historian?

Redoil:
for you and ur research. How you dey?

Just like surfing the past.....Thanks bros.

Dreamcome2ru:
Bro,you too dh dig o,LOL,are you a historian?

Wish to be bro, but am not a very good writer and verbal expression is not that fluent too. So I changed course, but love history.

Sile12:


Wish to be bro, but am not a very good writer and verbal expression is not that fluent too. So I changed course, but love history.

Ohhh,one thing i hate about history is the ridiculous names (Tamwetamani,Monomotope et all)The dates nko?(508BC et all)how i passed that course during my first year in college is still in cloud to me

Dreamcome2ru:

Ohhh,one thing i hate about history is the ridiculous names (Tamwetamani,Monomotope et all)The dates nko?(508BC et all)how i passed that course during my first year in college is still in cloud to me

like seriously and if a particular is boring, you won't have a choice than to cram those rare long names, dates and which will be very difficult because its boring....

Sile12:


like seriously and if a particular is boring, you won't have a choice than to cram those rare long names, dates and which will be very difficult because its boring....

Abi o,na craming things i do then