Sunday, June 26, 2016

Endless legroom, smoking lounges and polite chatter: Nostalgic photos from the golden age of flying reveals the glamorous journeys of the 1950s | Daily Mail Online

Endless legroom, smoking lounges and polite chatter: Nostalgic photos from the golden age of flying reveals the glamorous journeys of the 1950s | Daily Mail Online
The runway which doubled as a catwalk: In the 1950s everyone dressed to impress - particularly when flying. Pictured passengers disembark a DC-6Endless legroom, smoking lounges and polite chatter: Nostalgic photos from the golden age of flying reveals the glamorous journeys of the 1950s
  • Passengers dressed to impress in the 1950s with men in Italian suits, women in dresses and children in formalwear
  • Cabins had smoking lounges, cupboards to hang coats, tables for the family to sit around and plenty of legroom 
  • However, beneath the gloss, cabins in this era were loud and there was enough turbulence to cause air sickness
  • Read on!

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