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.
Upper deck on the first 747 flights during the Juan Trippe PanAm era. They did indeed do this, had an actual bar with semi circular counter too. By the time I was doing trans-pacific flights early 80's they had converted upper to Business class and did not have such sumptuous presentation. And I too sure do miss being able to board domestic flights with my buck knife on the belt, or another fellow I knew who had a 22 derringer in his belt buckle, loaded, it passed without issue. Sigh!
Several times in the late 60's I would board the plane with a soft cased .300 Winchester Magnum and a soft cased Ruger 10-22. I would hand them to the stewardess as I entered the aircraft and she would put them in the front closet near the cockpit. When the rules changed I was made to check them as luggage. The clean cases were half covered with black grime from the conveyer belts. The airline ended up paying for the cases. I have not flown in years and do not expect to ever fly commercial again.
never understood why a meal was serviced on a plane. May be if going from NY to Hawaii. Then chips and whiskey would hold me. I always took the night flies. Just slept most the time.
The good old days when only the rich could afford to travel in these lofty venues and there were no TSA agents to grope you.
ReplyDeleteAnd that passengers behaved themselves both in the boarding terminal and in flight.
DeleteUpper deck on the first 747 flights during the Juan Trippe PanAm era. They did indeed do this, had an actual bar with semi circular counter too. By the time I was doing trans-pacific flights early 80's they had converted upper to Business class and did not have such sumptuous presentation. And I too sure do miss being able to board domestic flights with my buck knife on the belt, or another fellow I knew who had a 22 derringer in his belt buckle, loaded, it passed without issue. Sigh!
ReplyDeleteFlew upper deck twice on a 747. While the amenities weren't like that, it was a very pleasant trans-Pacific flight
DeleteSeveral times in the late 60's I would board the plane with a soft cased .300 Winchester Magnum and a soft cased Ruger 10-22. I would hand them to the stewardess as I entered the aircraft and she would put them in the front closet near the cockpit.
ReplyDeleteWhen the rules changed I was made to check them as luggage.
The clean cases were half covered with black grime from the conveyer belts.
The airline ended up paying for the cases.
I have not flown in years and do not expect to ever fly commercial again.
This is what democrats promise you in return for a vote.
ReplyDeletenever understood why a meal was serviced on a plane. May be if going from NY to Hawaii. Then chips and whiskey would hold me. I always took the night flies. Just slept most the time.
ReplyDeleteThis did happen, as a kid I saw it numerous times.
ReplyDeleteIs that Jack Webb in the back?
ReplyDeleteI flew back/forth to the PI through Japan several times in the early 2000s. Upper deck business class on the 747 was quite nice.
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The upper deck was quite nice.
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