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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Fri Nov 15, 2013, 08:46 PM Nov 2013

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Flying Coach in a 747, circa 1970

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Flying Coach in a 747, circa 1970 (Original Post) n2doc Nov 2013 OP

These are staged photos. They almost certainly do not represent what coach was like in 1970. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #1

Yup marketing images... Agschmid Nov 2013 #13

You're making my head hurt! we can do it Nov 2013 #2

If you ever fly Virgin Atlantic in the Upper Deck HipChick Nov 2013 #3

I flew coach in a 747 in 1970 - MSP to LAX. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2013 #4

Which one is the flight attendant? Suich Nov 2013 #5

In the photo? I don't think any of them are. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2013 #6

The one holding the basket. BlueStreak Nov 2013 #7

LOL! Suich Nov 2013 #8

Even in 1970, I don't think you wear that dress in public. :) BlueStreak Nov 2013 #9

You have to admit those white boots might be fun to wear LeftofObama Nov 2013 #10

Nancy Sinatra BlueStreak Nov 2013 #11

I think I had a pant suit like that. Very stylish at the time. LOL nt Fla Dem Nov 2013 #12

I always find it funny that orange and yellow... Agschmid Nov 2013 #14

I liked orange in combination with blue jakeXT Nov 2013 #15

Orange and blue PasadenaTrudy Nov 2013 #16

I once played with the idea of painting my room in yellow and purple jakeXT Nov 2013 #20

Even allowing for the usual advertising hype..... Paladin Nov 2013 #17

I started flying when I was a child. In_The_Wind Nov 2013 #18

A whole different world. Glad I got to experience it. (nt) Paladin Nov 2013 #19

Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts)

1. These are staged photos. They almost certainly do not represent what coach was like in 1970.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 08:48 PM

Nov 2013

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

13. Yup marketing images...

Reply to Gravitycollapse (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 10:36 AM

Nov 2013

What they don't show is all the smoke!

we can do it

(12,182 posts)

2. You're making my head hurt!

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 08:48 PM

Nov 2013

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

3. If you ever fly Virgin Atlantic in the Upper Deck

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 08:56 PM

Nov 2013

They have a bar up there....that's where I would be hanging out...

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)

4. I flew coach in a 747 in 1970 - MSP to LAX.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 09:06 PM

Nov 2013

It wasn't like that at all (except for orange upholstery and ugly flight attendant uniforms).

Suich

(10,642 posts)

5. Which one is the flight attendant?

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 09:16 PM

Nov 2013

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)

6. In the photo? I don't think any of them are.

Reply to Suich (Reply #5)

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 09:18 PM

Nov 2013

But I do remember how hideous their uniforms were.

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)

7. The one holding the basket.

Reply to Suich (Reply #5)

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 09:23 PM

Nov 2013

Her dress sort of matches the wall hangings.

Suich

(10,642 posts)

8. LOL!

Reply to BlueStreak (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 09:26 PM

Nov 2013

I thought maybe it was because she had a flower in her hair!

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)

9. Even in 1970, I don't think you wear that dress in public. :)

Reply to Suich (Reply #8)

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 10:55 PM

Nov 2013

LeftofObama

(4,243 posts)

10. You have to admit those white boots might be fun to wear

Reply to BlueStreak (Reply #9)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 06:53 AM

Nov 2013

for a month or two.

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)

11. Nancy Sinatra

Reply to LeftofObama (Reply #10)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 09:28 AM

Nov 2013

Fla Dem

(23,650 posts)

12. I think I had a pant suit like that. Very stylish at the time. LOL nt

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 10:33 AM

Nov 2013

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

14. I always find it funny that orange and yellow...

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 10:38 AM

Nov 2013

Were the comfort colors of the day. Now it's blues and grays I can't wait to see what it is in twenty years!

Orange is just such an ugly color... Yuck!

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

15. I liked orange in combination with blue

Reply to Agschmid (Reply #14)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 11:10 AM

Nov 2013

PasadenaTrudy

(3,998 posts)

16. Orange and blue

Reply to jakeXT (Reply #15)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 11:35 AM

Nov 2013

my fave color combo, opposites on the color wheel

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

20. I once played with the idea of painting my room in yellow and purple

Reply to PasadenaTrudy (Reply #16)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 03:23 PM

Nov 2013

Finally, I settled for orange and blue.

Paladin

(28,252 posts)

17. Even allowing for the usual advertising hype.....

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 12:18 PM

Nov 2013

....this recalls an era which some of you never even experienced: a time when air travel was actually pleasurable, something to be anticipated and enjoyed. Seems like a million years ago.....

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

18. I started flying when I was a child.

Reply to Paladin (Reply #17)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 12:22 PM

Nov 2013

I remember short enjoyable flights between Atlanta and Chattanooga. I even had a little set of wings.

Paladin

(28,252 posts)

19. A whole different world. Glad I got to experience it. (nt)

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #18)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 02:21 PM

Nov 2013

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