Flying In Style: The Glamorous History Of Air Travel

Onboard Entertainment

These days we have a ridiculous amount of entertainment at our fingertips at all times. With our smart phones alone, one has access to a tiny computer that you can communicate with, watch a movie, read a book, or listen to music. In the old days, this was not the case, especially for long flights. A popular pastime for passengers on flights before the mid-1960s was writing postcards.

Often, you were given a stack of postcards at the beginning of a flight and it became a sort of tradition to fill them out to mail to friends and loved ones. After the mid-’60s, the first inflight movies were introduced which also helped to pass the time.

Bathrooms

Going to the restroom on a flight in this day and age is not exactly a fun activity. The bathrooms are usually very tiny and cramped even for those petite in stature. It’s even worse if you have children or are a larger individual. But back in the 1960s, the bathrooms were full size.

Airlines clearly catered more to creating a comfortable experience for people rather than cramming as many people as can safely fit on an airplane, as is the practice today. Can you imagine being able to go inside a full-sized bathroom on a modern flight? That’s one feature I think everyone would love to have back!