And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Interior of Lockheed 2000 supersonic transport plane,1966
My first: Flew Pan Am out of Frankfurt Germany to London Heathrow in May 1970 on one of the newbie B747s. After Dc-8s and B707s it was amazing. Brought back a flicker of my memory of various trips traveling from Miami Intl. to Idlewild on a B377 Stratocruiser. Dad was a Pan Am engineer.
i recall a ride on a B377 frankfurt to gander to NYC in the mid 1950s. hell of a trip. first B747 was continental den to phil. it flew very fast.what a machine! I recall watching the B747 first flight early in the morning in the overcast grey shy.
Back in 1973 I flew from L.A. to Sydney, Australia on Pan American 747. Those were the days! Beautiful stewardesses, excellent food, free drinks & smokes in little 3-packs (one stewardess liked me, I got handfuls of them!) Took my toolbox on board, some tools in carryon and the rest in checked luggage; try doing that today!
And the leg room, sigh. Flying was fun then; now I don't fly, unless somebody's paying me. It's no fun anymore at all, especially the parts in the terminals.
recall the very first time you were ever on a 747? magic moment
ReplyDeleteMy first: Flew Pan Am out of Frankfurt Germany to London Heathrow in May 1970 on one of the newbie B747s. After Dc-8s and B707s it was amazing. Brought back a flicker of my memory of various trips traveling from Miami Intl. to Idlewild on a B377 Stratocruiser. Dad was a Pan Am engineer.
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ReplyDeletei recall a ride on a B377 frankfurt to gander to NYC in the mid 1950s. hell of a trip. first B747 was continental den to phil. it flew very fast.what a machine! I recall watching the B747 first flight early in the morning in the overcast grey shy.
Back in 1973 I flew from L.A. to Sydney, Australia on Pan American 747. Those were the days! Beautiful stewardesses, excellent food, free drinks & smokes in little 3-packs (one stewardess liked me, I got handfuls of them!) Took my toolbox on board, some tools in carryon and the rest in checked luggage; try doing that today!
ReplyDeleteAnd the leg room, sigh. Flying was fun then; now I don't fly, unless somebody's paying me. It's no fun anymore at all, especially the parts in the terminals.