A history of air travel | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

1950s: the Queen arrives in Bermuda on a BOAC flight in 1953

In this decade, plane tickets were still very expensive, so air travel ....... the domain of the wealthy and elite.

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1930s: a woman hands over an airmail parcel to Western Air Express staff circa 1930

Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, it became common for mail to be transported by air, and many airmail aircraft ....................... also carry passengers.

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1970s: a lounge on SAS's Boeing 747-B "Huge Viking"

Swish onboard lounges ...... still be commonplace for first-class guests too and most travellers would socialise with their fellow passengers over drinks

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1950s: an air hostess attends to passengers on a National Airways Corporation flight in 1959

Air stewards ..... often hand out postcards for passengers to document their on-board experience.

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1920s: passengers are served drinks on a French Air Union plane in 1929

Life onboard a 1920s aircraft ....... very different from that of the modern day. Flights .... a lavish affair reserved only for the richest members of society.

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1920s: an early in-flight movie in 1925

in the early days of flight, passengers .......... typically gather around a single screen if they wanted to catch a movie.

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1960s: lunch service on a Lufthansa flight in 1967

Menus ........... often include multiple courses, bread baskets and dishes such as steak or even lobster.

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1930s: an Imperial Airways cabin in 1935

Alongside the help of attentive staff, 1930s passengers ......... be able to enjoy plush aircraft cabins worlds away from the no-frills set-up of the modern day

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1930s: Eastern Air Lines stewards in the 1930s

In the 1920s and into the early 1930s, the role of flight attendant was one mostly reserved for men, who .........be referred to as "cabin boys".

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