Wonderful thread and love the stories. A world where things were different was more healthy than a world where everything is the same. Discuss
The Airplaneski documentary is a wonderful time piece, as was the similar documentary of that period on the Caspian Sea Monster,
In saying that, if you still want to experience cockpit rides on commercial flights, dubious aircraft, unusual fellow passengers (and their carry-on cargo), airports that don't exactly look like airports and quant ground and inflight procedures, this can be experienced everyday if you confine your flying to a 1,500 mile or so wide band North and South of the equator, on the African continent.