Comments on: The good ‘ol days of commercial air travel

By: Iranica

Iranica — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:11:08 +0000

Superb! I could rewind, watch and go weak in the knees. And you bet I am doing just that….

By: Shazzasaloon91

Shazzasaloon91 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:13:47 +0000

I think the Comet is the most elegant aircraft ever built. There are some great shots of the prototype in this film. Why don’t they make polished metal-finish planes anymore? lol

By: Proplinerman

Proplinerman — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:56:09 +0000

Fantastic stuff! Thanks for posting.

By: TISAC1

TISAC1 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:39:20 +0000

And-
IF YOU WEREN’T PROPERLY DRESSED, YOU DIDN’T GET ON!

No T shirts and jeans allowed- First Class attire were required or you were denied passage. It was after all, the bastion of the well to do- as airline travel at the time was considered to be their exclusive domain

By: GGTravel

GGTravel — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:57:31 +0000

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By: 600SELV12

600SELV12 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:07:32 +0000

Thanks.

That Comet banking right..what a beautiful looking plane.

By: acme4all

acme4all — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:51:54 +0000

I love these gung ho, “Proud to be British” films, a little touch of nostalgia. This one shows some fantastic aircraft, especially the flying boats and the Comet. Thanks for posting.

By: InfiniteMushroom

InfiniteMushroom — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:15:16 +0000

The airlines have tremendous overhead and terrible work environment the airlines have tremendous overhead and good work environment the airlines have tremendous overhead and operating costs and terrible work environment the airlines have tremendous overhead and operating costs and operating costs and operating costs and.

By: InfiniteMushroom

InfiniteMushroom — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:35:26 +0000

As well it should be! I remember when flying was a great experience. Jimmy Carter threw American aviation under the bus when he totally deregulated the industry. Successive administrations are equally guilty by complicity in the airline industry’s destruction.

By: johnster1964

johnster1964 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:14:01 +0000

Bomberguy, thank you for an excellent video !

Anybody know what is the four funnelled ship at 8 mins 54 secs?

I think it is either the Aquitania (scrapped not til 1950) or the 1921 Windsor Castle ( the onlt post WWI ship with 4 funnels)

Keep up the great work!!