First class suites sound nice, but air travel has come a long way since the 1950s – 1970s, and some even consider this period the Golden Age. With commercial flights being a new market, airlines struggled to top each other by offering the fanciest of meals, such as TWA’s “full meal” to be served in-flight: soup, meat, salad, vegetables and dessert, complete with real glassware as well as a main lobster entree. Flying was so rare that passengers were given postcards during boarding with pictures of the plane or in-flight meal, to show their loved ones what the experience was like. “The tradition at the time was that you would use your in-flight time to write people you knew on the ground, describing your flight,” said historian Guillaume de Syon. Continue reading for more pictures and information. Click here to view the first image in this week’s funny autocorrect texts gallery.
