AIRLINE HISTORY
ELINOR SMITH – THE FLYING FLAPPER – 1920s
Monday, April 19th, 2010Great Video on Elinor Smith.
Elinor Smith was born in 1911. She knew she was born to fly at the age of 6 when she took her first airplane ride. She started taking lessons at the age of 8. She was fortunate at that time to have parents who supported her in what she wanted to [...]
The 747 is 40 Years Old Today. Cruising the Past celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the first commercial flight of a Boeing 747 aircraft. It was flown by Pan Am between New York and London.
Friday, January 22nd, 2010Airline History: The 747 is 40 Years Old Today. The flight was scheduled for Jan 21, 1970 but departed late on Jan 22. Cruising the Past celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the first commercial flight of a Boeing 747 aircraft. It was flown by Pan Am between New York and London.
A PAN AM 747 TV [...]
KLM – THE OLDEST AIRLINE IN THE WORLD GOES WITH BIOFUEL
Monday, December 21st, 2009CRUISING THE PAST: KLM – THE OLDEST AIRLINE IN THE WORLD GOES WITH BIO-FUEL.
Dutch airline company KLM inaugurates a biofuel flight on one of its passenger carrying 747’s – a combination of 50% biofuel and 50% jet fuel. The biofuel being used in this KLM flight will be made from camelina, a feedstock that [...]
Airlines History – The Stewardess – During the 1960s – The period of the AMC award winning MAD MEN TV Series
Sunday, October 4th, 2009Airline History – The Stewardess – MAD MEN: Set in 1960s New York, the sexy, stylized and provocative AMC drama Mad Men follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising, an ego-driven world where key players make an art of the sell.
Stewardesses play apart in the MAD MEN TV [...]