I Love flying these days...
- Thread starter Voosh
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ray1:
Flew for 1st time when I was about 11 yrs old by myself from Atlantic City on Eastern, stop in Newark, then to Boston...polio scare, but I had to go back to school. Steward wearing a hat told me I couldn't get off the plane in Newark, turned my nose up at beef stew lunch since I'd hever had & didn't know what it was. I didn't wear gloves, but I do remember a friend wearing them when we went to BDA from PHL in early 70's.
Izzy
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The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 "shook up the white glove world of the U.S. airline industry and democratized travel."
And comparing further back to a time that flying was right up there with champagne and cocaine for getting kicks:
More in-depth discussion about the Airline Deregulation Act can be found here.
stbartshopper
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Getting rid of smoking on airplanes was a great improvement!
Voosh
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noel
Senior Insider
Amy,
We always dressed our kids up for flying, even to St. Barts, and it always worked!
Tim
The DC3s were the easiest planes to fall asleep on, Almost like lying in bed.
I remember the same . . . sound of droning engines knocked me out!
stbartshopper
Senior Insider
And each sit had lots of space and meals were always served with real silverware and glasses.
