Boeing 377 Stratocruiser: Early 1950's

[ashling]

Boeing Stratocruiser Main Cabin c.1950


Boeing Stratocruiser: 28 Berths for First-Class Passengers c. 1950


Boeing Stratocruiser Passenger Lounge, Lower Deck c. 1950

[hunter]

1. Only white people were allowed to fly?

:shrug:

[geardaddy]

6. And only skinny people.

[krispos42]

9. Not only white... but only dark or red hair, too

At least in the main cabin.


I guess blondes got 1st-class berths. :-)

[ashling]

11. There's one blonde in coach (on the right in front)

but they gave her a dumb expression.

[krispos42]

12. Oh, I thought it was a light brunette.

Still... just one?

[Old Troop]

18. I'm sure there was a "separate but equal" section (maybe the

baggage compartment.)

[Shagbark Hickory]

2. I couldn't help but notice there are no screaming babies. n/t Or any babies. n/t

[ashling]

3. The lady knitting in the first pic

looks suspicious to me. I think she should be isolated from the rest of the passengers as she is obviously a threat to homeland security. Possibly knitting some sort of weapon of mass destructification.

[Denninmi]

4. Yummy.

Crown Roast of Frankfurters and Jello Meat Molds for everyone at meal time!

[Blue_Tires]

5. That was one of the last mainline "Get there in comfort and luxury instead of speed"

aircraft...Not long after came widespread use of the Comet, the Super Connie, and then the jet race officially began with the B707 and DC-8

[ashling]

7. That was Boeing just squeezing as much money as

as they could get out of the B-29 Superfortress.

[ashling]

8. Those two at the back of the Lounge are spys

notice how the lounge area has double seats, but the females are all on the other side of the seat arm from the guys a la
1940s movie standards.

[Old Troop]

19. Did you notice the man lighting the woman's cigarette in the lounge?

[krispos42]

10. Oh my god!

<post-9-11 mindset>

KNITTING NEEDLES!!!!

DIVERT TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT!! CALL THE TSA!!! TERRORIST!!! TERRORIST!!! TASE HER! TASE HER! TASE GRANDMA TO THE FLOOR!!!

40 years in the federal pen! NO PAROLE!!!

No, that's too good for her! Waterboard! WATERBOARD TO FIND OUT HER CO-CONSPIRATORS!!! WATERBOARD GRANDMA NOW!!!

</post-9-11 mindset>


Ahem. Sorry about that.


Man, I can smell the Brylcream. And didn't any women back then have straight hair?

[BiggJawn]

13. And people DRESSED UP back then!

Nowadays I doubt some even bathe.

[ashling]

14. I remember my first flight

when I was 14. My dad took my brother and I to Dallas with him. We wore sport coats with our collars out and slacks. Daddy, of course, wore a suit and tie. 1967 or so.

[Blue_Tires]

17. Oh how I love being stuffed in an overloaded MD80 in summertime

[begin_within]

15. Now THAT is First Class.

[progressoid]

16. Imagine all the stuff in the overhead falling onto your head during turbulence.

ouch