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The golden age of air travel: Jet back in time to when flying was glamorous
In the past 75 years, the experience of flying has changed in many ways. In the olden days, flying was only available to the select elite who could afford it. (www.express.co.uk) Altro...
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The cost of a ticket in the 1950s was about equal (in buying power) to today's business class fares and we get as good if not better comfort and service in most business class cabins. Things weren't all that good in the old days - the noise and vibration of piston engines and higher accident frequencies are best left in the past! See also http://flightaware.com/squawks/view/1/24_hours/new/48129/Good_Old_Days_of_Air_Travel_Weren_t_All_Good_Bad_Times_of_Today_Not_All_Bad.
